There comes a moment — usually around the third doomscroll of the morning — when you realise the climate crisis isn’t just…Continue readingLaughing Through the Climate Crisis
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There are moments in life that gently test your character, and then there are moments that grab you by the collar, shove…Continue readingWhen the Heating Gave Up Before I Did: A Week of Cold Truths in Rural Aberdeenshire
To celebrate Scottish Book Week 2025, which runs between 17th and 23rd November, we turned to the best book critics we know:…Continue readingStories that Shaped our Thinking: SCCAN’S Picks for Scottish Book Week
Story Weaver Joana Avi-Lorie comes along to Edinburgh Climate Cafe at Portobello Promenade, a 10-year running project meeting people where they are…Continue readingEdinburgh Climate Cafe at Portobello Promenade
Discounted rate for SCCAN members of £30 from £95: Zero Carbon Britain: Live Online – Scaling up Community Action by the Centre…Continue readingMembers Discount: Zero Carbon Britain One-Day Online Training Course – 19th June 2024
On the 22nd of May, 1.5 MAX hosted its 2024 Global Schools’ Climate Summit for young pupils from Scotland, Malawi, Bangladesh and…Continue reading1.5 MAX: Real-world climate education for children and young people
I love the sound of a deadline whooshing past. I’m looking at the birds outside, when I should be concentrating on a…Continue readingCoffee cups rattle as climate reality hits Angus
‘This is what is really happening… this is what you don’t see on the news.’ The attendee leaned in, whispering as if…Continue readingGreen Futures Festival Inspires Action, Hope!
You can see more details about the event on the SCCAN Annual Gathering eventbrite page here.Continue readingSCCAN Gathering Programme: Glasgow 2024
This month Lucy Gillie, General Manager of South Seeds shares details on the amazing work they undertake as well as some of…Continue readingMember of the Month: South Seeds
Awakening is a fictional account of the River Clyde bursting its banks, written by Mairi Macleod and funded through a SCCAN mini…Continue readingAwakening
To quote Shakespeare “The pen is mightier than the sword’. As one of the Story Weaver team at SCCAN, I’m passionate about…Continue readingWhy stories at the heart of communities matter
We have two fundamental problems when it comes to making meaningful change to our specie’s current disastrous collective trajectory: our psychology and…Continue readingOpening the black box: how to make real change on the brink of oblivion
Hazel Darwin-Clements is a volunteer member of SCCAN’s Story Circle and also undertakes some amazing work with SCCAN member Porty Community Energy.…Continue readingMember of the Month: Porty Community Energy
Once upon a time there was a beautiful planet. People began to notice though the planet was changing. The seas were full…Continue readingGUEST BLOG: Community of Practice, Climate Action Without Despair
“It’s so disorganised!” claimed a friend in a recent conversation about the plethora of organisations working locally to combat the climate crisis.…Continue reading“It’s so disorganised!”: A word from our Ops Lead
SCCAN are delighted to announce several more successes in the progression of the development of a network of regional community climate action…Continue readingScottish Climate Action Hubs update
We’re delighted to shine a spotlight on Paperboats as our first Member of the Month for 2024. Kick start your climate action…Continue readingMember of the Month: Paperboats
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
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
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
This short film was created by Lena Sideri with the support of SCCAN Storytellers Collective Mini-Grants. This initiative will directly connect schools…Continue reading1.5 MAX 2021: Global Schools’ Climate Summit – Our Future Edinburgh and Sustainable Partnerships
A warm and friendly gathering is always a strong reminder of the power and meaning of the connections SCCAN is facilitating. On…Continue readingTogether We Can!
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
Disillusion At the start of 2020, freshly moved to Scotland, I emailed the organization of COP26 with an inquiry for how to…Continue readingThere’s Something About COP26 – Part 1
One year ago, our Story Weaver Paul Bristow had the opportunity to chat with Alex MacKenzie of The Lost Woods and Emily…Continue readingGlasgow Children’s Woodland
by Gazelle Buchholtz first published at Language & Ecology 2017 http://ecolinguistics-association.org/journal When I grasp the packaging, it wriggles in the refrigerated counter.…Continue readingPigsty
A collection of 10 Scottish podcasts on climate action here and around the world.Continue readingListening matters: Scottish Climate Podcast Collection