Episodes
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In this cross over episode from Harbour Voices podcast by Open Road, we hear a story of Hans Unkles' all electric lobster boat.
This is first episode in Harbour Voices Festival of the Sea series which gives an important historical perspective to the stories of Torry People's Assembly we published recently.
Credit
Open Road
Resources
“Harbour Voices” podcast: https://www.openroadltd.com/projects/harbour-voices/
“It’ll never work - an all electric electric lobster boat” documentary https://itllneverwork.boats/
SCCAN collection of climate-engaged podcasts in Scotland: https://sccan.scot/blog/on-the-way-to-1000-better-stories-ten-scottish-climate-podcasts/
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Retrofit coordinator, Matthew Clubb, talks through benefits and options of the retrofit project for Torry in Aberdeen. This is a recording of a talk from GO Torry! event in June 2024.
Credits
Recording and edit: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Listen to "GO Torry - growing resilience one year after peoples' assembly" https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-736yg-16bfd67
Community-driven regional retrofit support services:
Edinburgh: https://www.edinbric.scot/SCCAN Members Skillshare presentation: https://youtu.be/6vP8lU_ZykA?si=26qExfvvdq3SBWOQ
Aberdeenshire: https://nesfit.org/Glasgow: https://locohome.coop/SCCAN Members Skillshare videos: https://youtu.be/AjQLdnk82Vo?si=KQSG93qfrsO2yXEJ
Our Everyday Changemakers interview with Tom Nockolds Loco Homes https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nf6kq-1493f27
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska, revisits Torry in Aberdeen for a GO Torry event, celebrating community's growing resilience in the wake of People's Assembly and its Declaration last Spring. We hear of RAAC and retrofit, outdoor classrooms and stealthy resistance, poetry and community with a heart.
Credits
Production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
1000 Better Stories podcast episode about Torry Peoples’ Assembly of May 2023 – putting “just” back into “just transition” https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5q33x-14be025
NEW! Torry Assembly website – with:
Tullos poetry zine from GO Torry event https://www.torryassembly.net/tullos-poetry-zine-1Declaration of Torry Peoples’ Assembly 28th of May 2023 (PDF) https://www.torryassembly.net/s/Declaration-of-Torry-A6-booklet-v1-2.pdf Updates on the retrofit project https://www.torryassembly.net/about-retrofitInformation about Torry Peoples Assemblies on the Grassroots to Global website https://www.grassroots2global.org/torry-peoples-assemblies
Communities Assembly training by Grassroots to Global, early 2024 – SCCAN video series https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL727H-1nm_P25ueYx18ikvYroPMTGZ91-&si=dfN-nYxvbbaKQ3Ra
Just Transition Communities Project (NESCAN Hub) https://www.nescan.org/just-transition-communities
Station House Media Unit https://www.shmu.org.uk/
Friends of St Fittick’s Park https://saintfittickstorry.com/
Aberdeen Ethnic Minority Women’s Group https://www.abdn-emwomen.org.uk/
North East Scotland Mammal Network (FB group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/335588875705435/
The Bridge Centre, Torry FB page https://www.facebook.com/thebridgecentretorry/
Social Juice https://www.social-juice-cic.co.uk/
St Fittick’s Park court appeal fails https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/aberdeen/news/st-fitticks-lose-legal-challenge-over-park-development/
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Gareth Allenby from YMCA Glenrothes about weaving climate action into life journeys of young people experiencing homelessness and the joys of judging coleslaw competitions.
YMCA Glenrothes Healthy Living Garden project was one of the community groups that received a small community grant from the Fife Climate Action Hub last year. Apply for your grant here: https://fccan.org.uk/community-climate-grants/
Listen to our story about First Year of Fife Climate Action gathering https://scottishcommunitiesclimateactionnetwork.podbean.com/e/year-one-of-fife-climate-hub-deepening-the-network-for-action/
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-gareth-allenby-ymca-glenrothes/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Healthy Living Garden at YMCA Glenrothes https://www.ymca.scot/glenrothes/garden-open/
Sustainable Growing Event, Fife Climate Festival, at the Healthy Living Garden https://fccan.org.uk/events/ymca-glenrothes-fife-sustainable-growing-event/
Seed and Development Fund, Fife Climate Hub https://fccan.org.uk/community-climate-grants/
Climate Hubs Across Scotland https://sccan.scot/network-building/
Year One Of Fife Climate Hub - deepening the network for action (1000 Better Stories episode): https://scottishcommunitiesclimateactionnetwork.podbean.com/e/year-one-of-fife-climate-hub-deepening-the-network-for-action/
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In this Edinburgh Fringe special, Kaska speaks to Lewis Coenen-Rowe about the trees and myths that inspired his deforestation opera STUMPED, becoming an artist activist, and about the importance of coming together for storytelling like this to help us imagine a better future and take collective action.
STUMPED is showing at the Scottish Storytelling Centre starting this week and each performance ends with a short reflection from a different invited expert or community group involved in caring for trees and forests.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/stumped-at-the-fringe-stories-trees-and-collective-action/
Credits
Interview and production: Kaska Hempel
Music: Exerpts from STUMPED by Lewis Coenen-Rowe, performed
Resources:
Lewis’ website https://www.lewiscoenen-rowe.com/
STUMPED opera on Insta https://www.instagram.com/stumpedopera/
STUMPED opera on FB https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557738514898&paipv=0&eav=AfZnr8aawmI-pzLrXUqtBT8rRZPKYyr8XH0MzRopZFZWSG8u_4NpXcaSEijReX9dubs
Made in Scotland Showcase https://www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com/
Creative Carbon Scotland https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/
Scottish Storytelling Centre https://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com/
Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforests https://savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/
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Kaska Hempel reports from the Fife Climate Hub gathering in celebration of their first year. We hear how they have built on longstanding partnerships, welcomed new faces and the critical importance of leadership from governments in support of the urgently needed community climate action.
Consider this leadership when voting in general election on the 4th of July.
Reviews of party manifestos on environment:
Carbon Brief (Energy and climate only) - includes SNP and other minor parties
https://www.carbonbrief.org/uk-election-2024-what-the-manifestos-say-on-energy-and-climate-change/
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth UK (energy and climate, nature and environment, homes and transport, justice and democracy) - only Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/system-change/general-election-2024-manifestos-final-scores
Credits
Recording and production Kaska Hempel
Music Victoria Hume, Oblivious Structures from Radical Abundance album. https://www.lostmap.com/products/victoria-hume-radical-abundance
Resources
FCCAN - Fife Climate Hub
https://fccan.org.uk/
River Eden Partnership
https://www.riveredenfife.org/
YMCA Healthy Living Garden
https://www.ymca.scot/glenrothes/garden-open/
St Andrews Botanic Gardens
https://www.standrewsbotanic.org/
The Curnie Clubs
https://www.facebook.com/FifeCurnieClubs/
Big Green Market
https://www.facebook.com/BurntislandGreenMarket
Climate Action Fife
https://www.climateactionfife.org.uk/
Fife Environment Partnership COP conference
https://www.fife.gov.uk/news/2023/fife-environmental-partnership-hosts-fife-climate-conference
Fife Environment Partnership
https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/have-your-say2/community-planning
Paper Boats
https://paperboats.org/
Women’s climate action
https://womensclimateaction.net/
Kathleen Jamie’s poem What the Clyde Said After COP26
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/what-the-clyde-said-after-cop26/
SCVO Scotland
https://scvo.scot/
SCVO Growing Climate Confidence resources including Climate Scorecard for Socially focussed community organisations
https://climateconfident.scot/
Climate Cafe
https://www.climate.cafe/
Victoria Hume Radical Abundance
https://www.lostmap.com/products/victoria-hume-radical-abundance?utm_medium=order-details&utm_source=customer-accounts&utm_content=name
Oblivious Structures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmc8woJ6ppg
“Less is more how degrowth will save the world” by Jason Hickel
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/441772/less-is-more-by-jason-hickel/9781786091215
Climate Outreach - Leadership on Climate
https://climateoutreach.org/britain-talks-climate/climate-big-picture-2024/leadership/
Climate hub stories on 1000 Better Stories channels:
Climate Action Hub Pilots - connecting local communities for change
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-kqdw6-12e1778
Edinburgh Communities Climate Action launch day (blog)
https://sccan.scot/blog/edinburgh-communities-climate-action-launch-day/
TsiMoray Connect the Dots conference (blog)
https://sccan.scot/blog/join-the-dots-tsimorays-annual-conference-connecting-ideas-people-moray/
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Rebecca Gibbs from SCCAN about rollerblading for sanity, turning NET zero into NOT zero and the invitation to get into climate adaptation planning with us.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-rebecca-gibbs-sccan/(opens in a new tab)
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Rebecca can be reached on [email protected]
NEW! SCCAN Adaptation for Communities resources and news
https://sccan.scot/climate-adaptation/
Storm Angus - contribute your stories of impacts of recent storms on Angus
https://www.angusclimatehub.co.uk/storm-angus
Climate Regional Networking Project
https://sccan.scot/network-building/
Cadence Roundtable
https://cadenceroundtable.org.uk/
Pollock Park
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/4187/Pollok-Country-Park
Galgael Trust
https://www.galgael.org/
Not Zero - How net zero targets disguise climate inaction (Report PDF) https://whatnext.org/research_pubs/not-zero-how-net-zero-targets-disguise-climate-inaction/
Prof Kevin Anderson on Net Zero
-Short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEk0uQ7nPV8
-In depth video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUwSNuHlve8&t=3s
Carbon Capture and Storage explainer from Juice Media
-(sweary version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZgoFyuHC8&t=2s
-(PG version) https://youtu.be/ThnLghO3Pv8?si=EBXIgUAa8dKZ3ddf
Roller Stop https://rollerstop.co.uk/
Climate Psychology Alliance
https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/
National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+]: New Zealand Community Emergency Response Hubs
https://youtu.be/yNdF9kWG1A4?si=H1yg5xeJId8eAAhq
Adaptation Scotland Community Climate Adaptation Routemap https://www.adaptationscotland.org.uk/how-adapt/tools-and-resources/community-climate-adaptation-routemap
Flood Mary
https://floodmary.com/
Global Assembly
https://globalassembly.org/
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Alex Daniels from Transition Dundee about gleaning, fair access to fresh food and his favourite glut-busting recipes.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-alex-transition-dundee/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Register for 1000 Better Stories Collective skillshare with Manuela and Daniel from Maxwell Centre in Dundee, 30 May, 1-2pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/904908354247
Gleaning Project at Transition Dundee
https://www.transitiondundee.com/gleaning
The Gleaning Network
https://gleaning.feedbackglobal.org/
West End Community Fridge
https://www.transitiondundee.com/community-fridge
Campy Growers
https://campygrowers.uk/
Kris Harbour off grid living
https://www.krisharbour.co.uk/
Transition St Andrews
https://transitionsta.org/
Roasted cauliflower dip
https://www.cookincanuck.com/roasted-cauliflower-dip-recipe-vegan/
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Paul and Chloe about making dreams come true and turning the forgotten patch of land into a safe place for community connection and play.
The story is the last one in the five-part Dumfries series of Everyday Changemakers.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-paul-and-chloe-sandside-community-garden/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Sandside Community Garden facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/sandsidegarden/
Gilbert’s coffee grounds composting project on Cycling Dumfries website
https://cyclingdumfries.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/trailer-tuesdays/
Scottish Government’s Adaptation Plan consultation, closes on 24th of April
https://www.adaptationscotland.org.uk/news-events/stories/scottish-national-adaptation-plan-public-consultation
Adaptation Scotland
https://www.adaptationscotland.org.uk/
Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian, 9 Apr, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/apr/09/tenth-consecutive-monthly-heat-record-alarms-confounds-climate-scientists?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0Afp1lIWMzhzDZIChyxx0m-ji3_rgn-MtISK2lPJj0nTmB0MJ1i3qOZ6A#Echobox=1712642938
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Martin O’Neill from The Stove network about coming home and creative placemaking with his community.
The story is the fourth in a five-part Dumfries series of Everyday Changemakers.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-martin-the-stove/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
The Stove https://thestove.org/
Midsteeple Quarter stories and studies https://www.midsteeplequarter.org/midsteeple-quarter-resources
Newly published Creative Placemaking report based on the Stove’s work https://thestove.org/how-creativity-culture-can-support-communities/
What We Do Now creative placemaking network https://whatwedonow.scot/
Post-covid Open Hoose programme which launched 10 community-driven initiatives, including Climate Kitchen https://thestove.org/projects/ongoing-projects/open-hoose/
Dumfries Climate Kitchen https://climatekitchen.co.uk/
From our archive - another scottish example of community-driven town centre regeneration story 1000 Better Stories Podcast: Carolyn Powell, Huntly Development Trust https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-6e2tu-142d6cf
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Rachel Cooper of The Crichton Trust about taking large strides and small steps in their journey towards their zero carbon future teeming with life.
The story is the third in a five-part Dumfries series of Everyday Changemakers.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-rachel-the-crichton-trust/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
The Crichton Trust https://www.crichton.co.uk/
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Tom Burns, Marketing Officer from Shax, about the circular economy with a heart.
The story is the second in a five-part Dumfries series of Everyday Changemakers.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-tom-burns-shax/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Shax https://shax.org.uk/
Circular Communities Scotland https://www.circularcommunities.scot/
Investing in Volunteers Award https://investinginvolunteers.co.uk/
Volunteer Friendly Award https://volunteerfriendly.co.uk
The Crichton Trust https://www.crichton.co.uk/
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Sally Hinchcliffe, a founding member of Cycling Dumfries.
The story is the first in a five-part Dumfries series of Everyday Changemakers.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-sally-hinchcliff-cycling-dumfries/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Cycling Dumfries https://cyclingdumfries.wordpress.com/
Pedal on Parliament https://pedalonparliament.org/
UK cycling embassy https://www.cycling-embassy.org.uk/
Sustrans https://www.sustrans.org.uk/
Cycling UK https://www.cyclinguk.org/
Sally Hinchcliffe https://sallyhinchcliffe.net/
Atmospheric river event 8-9 Oct 2023 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2023/2023_07_scotland_rain.pdf
Storm Babet 18 - 21 October 2023 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2023/2023_08_storm_babet.pdf
Kirkpatrick McMillan, inventor of the pedal bike
Video story of the bike reconstruction and journey in 2023 https://youtu.be/pfvocT7rfQ4?si=50bFhanJxAstxAGN
Blog on reconstructing the bike in 2023
https://off.road.cc/content/feature/bike-check-kirkpatrick-macmillans-rear-wheel-driven-wooden-replica-13181
On Cycling Dumfries website:
https://cyclingdumfries.wordpress.com/2023/10/03/there-must-be-something-in-the-nith-water/#more-17037
BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19423947
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Dell McCLurg of the Merkinch Community Council reflects on turning life's challenges into local activism and the creation of the community's Merkinch Local Nature Reserve.
The story is the final in a 5-part series of weekly interviews with a variety of grassroots organisations involved in climate, biodiversity and social justice action across Inverness.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-dell-merkinch-community-council/
Credits
Interview, edit and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Friends of Merkinch Local Nature Reserve https://www.facebook.com/merkinchreserve/
Merkinch Local Nature Reserve Ticket office http://www.merkinchlnr.org.uk/htm/old_ticket_office/old_ticket_office.php
Merkinch Community Centre https://www.merkinchcommunitycentre.co.uk/about/
Networks of community organisations:
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network https://sccan.scot/
Development Trusts Association Scotland https://dtascot.org.uk/
Highlands and Islands Climate Hub https://hiclimatehub.co.uk/
Highland Good Food Partnership (also a great podcast!) https://highlandgoodfood.scot/
Highland Community Waste Partnership https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/highland-community-waste-partnership/
Circular Communities Scotland https://www.circularcommunities.scot/
Incredible Edible Network https://www.incredibleedible.org.uk/
Community Woodlands Association Scotland https://www.communitywoods.org/
Community Land Scotland https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/
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Jon Dixon from the new Holm Grown and Maria from Knocknagael CIC talk about shielding their green spaces from the wave of urban sprawl in Inverness.
The story is the 4th in a 5-part series of weekly interviews with a variety of grassroots organisations involved in climate, biodiversity and social justice action across Inverness.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-jon-holm-grown-amp-maria-knocknagael-cic/
Credits
Interview recording: Kaska Hempel and Craig Dunn
Edit and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Holm Grown https://holmcommunitycouncil.org.uk/holm-grown-a-community-growing-space/
Holm Community Council
https://www.facebook.com/Holmcommunitycouncil
https://holmcommunitycouncil.org.uk/
Incredible Edible Inverness https://www.facebook.com/IncredibleEdibleInverness
Incredible Edible Network https://www.incredibleedible.org.uk/
Knocknagael Ltd https://www.knocknagael.org.uk/
Community Asset Transfers https://www.gov.scot/policies/community-empowerment/asset-transfer/
Community Land Scotland https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/
Highlands and Islands Climate Hub https://hiclimatehub.co.uk/
Highland Good Food Network https://highlandgoodfood.scot/
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Gina and Mike at Aultnaskiach Dell about the ways they have been taking care of their tiny, urban woodland.
The story is the 3rd in a 5-part series of weekly interviews with a variety of grassroots organisations involved in climate, biodiversity and social justice action across Inverness.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-gina-and-mike-aultnaskiach-dell/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Aultnaskiach Dell website https://www.aultnaskiach.org.uk/
Community Woodlands Scotland https://www.communitywoods.org/
Case study: Aultnaskiach Dell as the Scottish Land Commission case study (includes video and report) https://www.landcommission.gov.scot/our-work/governance-ownership/community-ownership/aultnaskiach-dell-community-woodland
https://www.landcommission.gov.scot/news-events/news/municipal-forests-v-community-woodlands-reflections-from-2020-national-student-award-winner
Local press article about the early days of the Dell SCIO https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/673891/20000-appeal-launched-to-save-natural-habitat-in-inverness-city-centre/
Abriachan Forest Trust https://www.abriachan.org.uk
An audio story of Abriachan Forest by Mairi Mcfadyen and accompanying essay on land ownership in the Highlands http://www.mairimcfadyen.scot/fragile-correspondence/2023/audio-piece
Mairi’s presentation for SCCAN storyteller collective audio skillshare https://youtu.be/HwHo0fjlKjQ?si=szJ25FvAaQo259Xt
Case study: Abriachan Forest
https://www.forestpolicygroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Abriachan-FPG-case-study.pdf
Community woodland case studies by Community Woodland Association, including Abriachan Forest https://cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk/2022/02/community_woodland_case_studies_scotland.pdf
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Everyday Changemaker Louise Marshall, the producer for Dance and Accessible Arts at Eden Court in Inverness.
The story is the 2nd in a 5-part series of weekly interviews with a variety of grassroots organisations involved in climate, biodiversity and social justice action across Inverness.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-louise-eden-court/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Eden Court Climate of Hope project, for COP26 https://eden-court.co.uk/news/climate-of-hope-a-beginning
Ink Asher Hemp https://eden-court.co.uk/news/back-in-my-day
Anthropocene by Gym Jam Theatre https://www.gymjamtheatre.com/home/projects
It’s Not That Radical by Mikaela Loach https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61645827
Louise Marshall https://eden-court.co.uk/profile/louise-marshall
“Not in My Back Garden” performance by Eden Court’s Community Engagemnet Groups for COP28 https://www.highlifehighland.com/blog/eden-court-climate-emergency-performance-hosted-at-inverness-botanic-gardens-this-weekend/
The Eden Court’s statement of commitment to climate action https://eden-court.co.uk/news/climate-emergency-commitment?fbclid=IwAR3P5rmOgbJ_BbivDSCwSrmHnVVm7JJxfIrVIzCHFlRaJAqYVOm_1sq_j0g
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Iain McKenzie, a volunteer and Vice Chair of Inverness Foodstuff.
The story is first in a 5-part series of weekly interviews with a variety of grassroots organisations involved in climate, biodiversity and social justice action across Inverness.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-iain-mckenzie-inverness-foodstuff/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Inverness Foodstuff https://invernessfoodstuff.co.uk/
Highland Good Food Partnership https://highlandgoodfood.scot/what-do-we-do/
Highland Good Food Podcast https://highlandgoodfood.scot/podcast/
Cafe Artysans https://www.cafeartysans.org.uk/
Cafe 1668 https://www.highlandtsi.org.uk/cafe
Velocity Cafe (videos) https://www.velocitylove.co.uk/films
Active travel maps Inverness https://www.velocitylove.co.uk/active-travel-maps
Highland Community Waste Partnership https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/highland-community-waste-partnership/
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In this crossover episode, Katie Revell, a podcast producer and a member of SCCAN's Story Circle and the Storytellers Collective, shares a bonus episode from her Testing Ground podcast series.
It features an interview with Mairi Macleod, a Glasgow-based writer who works in both Gaelic and English, and her short story, Seasickness, or Cur na mara. Mairi’s story updates the traditional Scottish folktale, The Selkie Wife, for an age of climate crisis.
Testing Grounds series focuses on the collaborative response to the climate crisis by the Nordic Alliance of Artists Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA). Mairi’s work was commissioned by NAARCA.
Credits
Testing Grounds is produced and edited by Katie Revell and includes original music by Loris S. Sarid and artwork by Jagoda Sadowska. The short story was commissioned by NAARCA from Gaelic writer Mairi Macleod.
Transcript
See our website:
https://sccan.scot/blog/seasickness-cur-na-mara-a-story-by-mairi-macleod-crossover/(opens in a new tab)
Resources
Testing Grounds podcast: https://testinggrounds.buzzsprout.com/2113331
NAARCA: https://naarca.art/
NAARCA blog about Mairi and her commission: https://naarca.art/2023/08/14/testing-grounds-bonus-episode-seasickness-cur-na-mara-a-short-story-by-mairi-macleod-now-available/
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Our SCCAN intern, Madeleine Scobie, interviews three more people from Arran Eco Savvy. During her visit to Arran, she talked to Jess Wallace, Sustainable Food Coordinator and Nikki Harris, Eco Savvy shop manager. She also spoke with Stuart Wallace, ebike mechanic, online in October.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-jess-nikki-stuart-arran-ecosavvy/(opens in a new tab)
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Madeleine Scobie.
Resources
Arran Eco Savvy website: https://arranecosavvy.org.uk/
Zero Waste Cafe: https://arranecosavvy.org.uk/about-arran-eco-savvy/current-projects/zero-waste-cafe/
Zero Waste Cafe video: https://vimeo.com/796376962/ce499f02e2
Sustainable Food Places: https://www.sustainablefoodplaces.org/
Arran Eco Savvy Community Shop: https://arranecosavvy.org.uk/community-shop/
Community Shop video: https://vimeo.com/826523465/3f3863284a?share=copy
Circular Economy: https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/topics/circular-economy
An illustrated interview with Wally: https://arranecosavvy.org.uk/news-events/eco-savvy-news-events/arran-eco-savvy-bike-mechanic-wally-wallace/
Active Travel Hub: https://arranecosavvy.org.uk/about-arran-eco-savvy/current-projects/active-travel-hub/
Active Travel Hub video: https://vimeo.com/799647519/663c6e3da1
20 Minute Neighbourhoods project: https://www.ourplace.scot/about-place/themes/20-minute-neighbourhoods-home/20-minute-neighbourhoods
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