Self care, resilience and hope are essential for anyone working with climate change. This month we’re delighted to shine the Member of…Continue readingMember of the Month: COPE Scotland
Category: 1000 Better Stories Blog
1000 Better Stories Blog
Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Catherine Lawson, one of the volunteers behind Bonnie Dundee (In Your Neighbourhood) group who take…Continue readingEveryday Changemakers: Catherine Lawson, Bonnie Dundee IYN
In this blog post SCCAN Story Weaver Lesley Anne Rose shares reflections on a day long workshop Living Well Locally, using the Place…Continue readingLiving Well Locally
Member of the Month is a regular feature through which we shine a spotlight on a SCCAN member and the amazing community…Continue readingMember of the Month: the 360 Centre
“When you control seeds you control life on earth” – Vandana Shiva At the start of the Summer, SCCAN acquired 10 licenses…Continue readingTalking and Learning About Seeds
Member of the Month is a regular feature through which we shine a spotlight on a SCCAN member and the amazing community…Continue readingMember of the Month: Moving Images Cinema Caravan CIC
SCCAN Story Weaver Lesley Anne Rose reflects on SCCAN’s Northern Gathering, which took place at Merkinch Community Centre in Inverness on Saturday…Continue readingNature’s Coming In! Reflections on SCCAN’s Northern Gathering
Member of the Month is a new regular feature through which we shine a spotlight on a SCCAN member and the amazing…Continue readingMember of the Month: The Fittie Community Development Trust
Footdee, or Fittie as it’s known locally, is an historic planned village located on a spit of land at the mouth of…Continue readingFittie – Past, Present & Future. A Story.
Story Weaver Joana Avi-Lorie comes back from maternity leave and shares an illustrated poem that came to her mind as lightning thunder…Continue readingRiver Mouth
In this 1000 Better Story Shona Macintosh (biog below) reflects on the challenges and solutions of natural flood management at Eddleston Waters…Continue readingEddleston Water: Reflections on Natural Flood Management
Queen of the Skies is written by Bernardo Esteves and describes his arrival into Edinburgh and the creative inspiration he found in…Continue readingQueen of the Skies
Long Live Lenny is a creative short story exploring the good work of the Edinburgh Remakery through the eyes of an old…Continue readingLong Live Lenny
An opportunity to be part of an exciting mass creative and climate action partnership. Beach of Dreams began in 2021 as a 500-mile…Continue readingBeach of Dreams
Reflections on SCCAN’s National Gathering: Re-imagining local democracy: 22 March 2023 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh by Story Weaver Lesley Anne Rose This…Continue readingOne of the most powerful things we have is our voice
Jo Gilbert is a spoken word artist and writer from Aberdeen, who writes in Doric and English. Their work has featured on BBC Radio 4,…Continue readingNo Nature to Nurture
by Madeleine Scobie When the Covid-19 pandemic started around March 2020, Scotland and the rest of the UK were put into several…Continue readingConnecting With Nature In Scotland
It’s a glorious, if chilly day, and there’s a little green fishing boat bobbing in the gentle waves of Stranraer harbour. Running…Continue readingThat Vital Spark Reflections from a first-time visit to Stranraer
by Annie Lord Annie Lord is collaborating with A+E to explore the theme of the Regenerative Cathedral. Working from St Mary’s Cathedral…Continue readingPreservation
by Jonathan Baxter I wrote this ‘response’ in December 2022 when SCCAN asked me about a deadline I’d committed to. I wrote…Continue readingDeadline
by Gazelle Buchholtz Creation of a Climate Community BookMy short story ‘Earth’s Violet Sun’ was originally written in Danish and published in…Continue readingThe Creation of a Climate Community Book
For the 6th year, communities all around Europe celebrated ECOLISE’s project European Day of Sustainable Communities (#EDSC2022), this year aligned with the…Continue readingEuropean Day for Sustainable Communities 2022 – Stories and Reflections from Scottish Communities
This short children’s story was created for a storytelling event at the Glasgow Centre of Contemporary Arts, as part of a project…Continue readingLittle Binx Doesn’t Want to Eat her Friends
The Wrong Turn is a short dance film about nature and humanity. One day, while dancing in ecstasy, mother nature gives birth to humanity,…Continue readingThe Wrong Turn
By Pam Candea I The treasure. It was always about the treasure. Heroes always find the treasure, don’t they? They do that…Continue readingThe Treasure
In celebration of the European Day of Sustainable Communities, we would like to share 3 stories told at the National Mining Museum…Continue reading#EDSC 2022 – Stories from Newington Grange
By Gazelle Buchholtz You can listen to the audio story version narrated by Gazelle in this podcast episode of 1000 Better Stories.…Continue readingThe Egg Hunters – Part 2
By Erin Rizzato Devlin & Emir Elisa Rizzato, Càrna You can listen to the audio story version narrated by Erin in this…Continue readingNEM, TALAM, MUIR
By Gazelle Buchholtz You can listen to the audio story version narrated by Gazelle in this podcast episode of 1000 Better Stories.…Continue readingThe Egg Hunters – Part 1