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
List of climate, environment and community funding available in June 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Midlothian Climate Hub Community Action…Continue readingFunding list: June 2026
(Winter 2025-26) – We used ECCAN Greenlight Funding for workshops to engage pupils and their parents in the transition to low-carbon heating…Continue readingPrimary schools discovery workshops
One of the things that the owners of Greenbank Woods will now have to be aware of are the requests to carry…Continue readingPlanning Requests for Tree Works
Great news. On the 7th of April Greenbank Woods Ltd purchased the eastern section of the Greenbank Woods, and on the 16th…Continue readingUnder New Management
List of climate, environment and community funding available in May 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Lanarkshire Climate Action Festival Grant:…Continue readingFunding list: May 2026
As we approach the Scottish Parliament election in May 2026, Scotland stands at a crossroads. The decisions made by the next intake…Continue readingYour Voice, Our Future: A Guide to Engaging with the 2026 Scottish Election
List of climate, environment and community funding available in April 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Fife Climate Hub Small Grants…Continue readingFunding list: April 2026
We are looking to recruit a Community Engagement Team Member:Continue readingSCCAN are recruiting a Community Engagement Team Member
As some may know, a couple of members of the SCCAN team have been liaising with colleagues and other stakeholders at both…Continue readingCan pizza save our beautiful planet?
List of climate, environment and community funding available in March 2026. General Funding Learning through Landscapes – Local School Nature Grants: Offers…Continue readingFunding list: March 2026
List of climate, environment and community funding available in February 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Highlands And Islands Community Climate…Continue readingFunding list: February 2026
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
Planning consent has been granted for us to construct a new footpath and a small compound to store our tools, Work is…Continue readingFootpath
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
On the 3rd of September (not the song!) Greenbank Residents got together for a regular residents meeting. It was well attended and…Continue readingCall to Greenbank residents
Join us on Sunday 26th October from 11am to 3pm for a fungi foray followed by an art workshop. Fungi expert Chris…Continue readingFungi Foray and Art Workshop
A friend who I’ve been pals with since I was about 12 (which is a good few new moons ago – perhaps…Continue readingIt’s all connected
We now have a company limited by guarantee, the imaginatively named Greenbank Woods Ltd! The interim Directors, everything is being called interim…Continue readingGreenbank Woods Ltd is formed
In a recent article in The Scotsman, Sandy Winterbottom talks about the ‘extreme’ wildfire alerts all summer, the areas seeing barely a…Continue readingWhen exposure isn’t enough: why attribution is essential for climate support
For some time I had been talking about the woods, the state of their upkeep, the nudges to the owners to carry…Continue readingGreenbank Woods East for sale
(November 2025) CHEF organised in coordination with Heat Network Scotland a workshop hosted by Council Leader Jane Maegher at the City Chamber.…Continue readingFunding and Finance Workshop for Elected Representatives
The session explored different governance and business models for heat networks with a particular focus on not-for-profit approaches. Three key case studies…Continue readingNot for Profit model for Heat Network Schemes
(May 2025) The North East Festival in Edinburgh was an opportunity to engage with local communities and charities. The amazing weather made…Continue readingNorth East Festival
(May 2025) This open days event was a great opportunity to engage with high school students from the Lothians visiting Edinburgh Napier…Continue readingRaising awareness with high school students visiting Edinburgh Napier University
(May 2025) The event aimed to explore various potential heat sources that could be used for heat networks in Edinburgh. First, speakers…Continue readingHeat Source for Heat Networks in Edinburgh
(March 2025) CHEF attended the annual Clean Heat event at the Hilton with its Heat Network exhibition banners. It was seen by…Continue readingScottish Enterprise Clean Heat Event (Glasgow)
(05/03/2025) Come and meet us at Granton Library – Wednesday 5th March 2-6pm to discuss the road to net-zero for Granton area:…Continue readingHeating Granton in the 2030s?