Climate Fringe Festival Calendar
The Climate Fringe Festival is a community-led and community-organised series of events taking place between the 10th and 18th of June across the whole of Scotland, showcasing the diversity of the Scottish Climate Movement.
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Pibroch is a one-act play performed by writer and spoken word artist John Bolland, exploring our Climate Emergency and
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Pibroch is a one-act play performed by writer and spoken word artist John Bolland, exploring our Climate Emergency and the need for an urgent but just transition from the current extractive economic system and the parallels with the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988.
The performance explores the experience of oil & gas workers involved in numerous offshore industrial catastrophes (e.g. Piper Alpha, Alexander Keilland, Macondo) and examines the personal and social experiences of finding oneself on a ‘burning platform’ with a pressing need for change.
Developed from the author’s own experiences working in the offshore oil and gas industry between 1980 and 2014 and subsequent involvement in Climate Activism through Extinction Rebellion between 2018 and 2020, the production is based on a poetry collection – Pibroch – which expands upon and develops the texts used in spoken performance.
Co-directed by Mark Thomson, former Artistic Director at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, it has been crafted by an outstanding team of theatre professionals; John Bolland’s words are complemented by Fraser Fifield who provides live musical accompaniment to the performance.
There will also be a post-show discussion and Q&A session.
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(Sunday) 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location
Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR
Organiser
Pibroch Productions
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Pibroch is a one-act play performed by writer and spoken word artist John Bolland, exploring our Climate Emergency and
Event Details
Pibroch is a one-act play performed by writer and spoken word artist John Bolland, exploring our Climate Emergency and the need for an urgent but just transition from the current extractive economic system and the parallels with the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988.
The performance explores the experience of oil & gas workers involved in numerous offshore industrial catastrophes (e.g. Piper Alpha, Alexander Keilland, Macondo) and examines the personal and social experiences of finding oneself on a ‘burning platform’ with a pressing need for change.
Developed from the author’s own experiences working in the offshore oil and gas industry between 1980 and 2014 and subsequent involvement in Climate Activism through Extinction Rebellion between 2018 and 2020, the production is based on a poetry collection – Pibroch – which expands upon and develops the texts used in spoken performance.
Co-directed by Mark Thomson, former Artistic Director at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, it has been crafted by an outstanding team of theatre professionals; John Bolland’s words are complemented by Fraser Fifield who provides live musical accompaniment to the performance.
There will also be a post-show discussion and Q&A session.
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(Tuesday) 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location
Gardyne Theatre
Gardyne Campus, Gardyne Rd, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1NY
Organiser
Pibroch Productions
Event Details
Pibroch is a one-act play performed by writer and spoken word artist John Bolland, exploring our Climate Emergency and
Event Details
Pibroch is a one-act play performed by writer and spoken word artist John Bolland, exploring our Climate Emergency and the need for an urgent but just transition from the current extractive economic system and the parallels with the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988.
The performance explores the experience of oil & gas workers involved in numerous offshore industrial catastrophes (e.g. Piper Alpha, Alexander Keilland, Macondo) and examines the personal and social experiences of finding oneself on a ‘burning platform’ with a pressing need for change.
Developed from the author’s own experiences working in the offshore oil and gas industry between 1980 and 2014 and subsequent involvement in Climate Activism through Extinction Rebellion between 2018 and 2020, the production is based on a poetry collection – Pibroch – which expands upon and develops the texts used in spoken performance.
Co-directed by Mark Thomson, former Artistic Director at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, it has been crafted by an outstanding team of theatre professionals; John Bolland’s words are complemented by Fraser Fifield who provides live musical accompaniment to the performance.
There will also be a post-show discussion and Q&A session.
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(Wednesday) 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location
The Byre Theatre
Abbey Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LA
Organiser
Pibroch Productions
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Landimer Day on Rutherglen Main Street is an annual gala day, which has been going for many years. Its purpose is to celebrate the community of Rutherglen, with lots of
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Landimer Day on Rutherglen Main Street is an annual gala day, which has been going for many years. Its purpose is to celebrate the community of Rutherglen, with lots of organisations taking stalls, providing local information and fun activities, with fairground rides, food, music and lots more.
Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust are delighted to take part and are featuring their ‘Seed Bomb Bike’. Using paper, wild flower seeds and water, local residents will use pedal power to make their own seed bombs. Once the mixture has mulched, it’s strained and left to dry. It can then be thrown in to a public space/garden or your own garden, where wildflowers will grow, providing bees, butterflies and other pollinators food throughout the year.
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(Saturday) 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Organiser
Healthy N Happy
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Sensory storytelling, gardening, recycling arts & crafts, and lots of fun discussing how as Weekend Warrior you can protect our environment.
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Sensory storytelling, gardening, recycling arts & crafts, and lots of fun discussing how as Weekend Warrior you can protect our environment.

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June 10 (Saturday) – 11 (Sunday)
Organiser
Cosgrove Care
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A week long celebration of Climate Change events. From walks, to talks to stays in great accommodation. Focussing on the Station Hotel in Thurso, which is conveniently situated for the
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A week long celebration of Climate Change events. From walks, to talks to stays in great accommodation. Focussing on the Station Hotel in Thurso, which is conveniently situated for the bus and train routes, we plan outreach events in other parts of the Caithness and Sutherland which are easily reached by public transport.

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10 (Saturday) 10:00 am – 18 (Sunday) 12:00 am
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PHA Aim: To create a space for organisations and groups concerned about health to fashion
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PHA Aim:
To create a space for organisations and groups concerned about health to fashion a more effective response to Scotland’s growing health crisis
PHA Objectives:
- Provide a forum for existing community and national health-related campaigns to enable exchange of knowledge and ideas
- Problem solve the relative lack of impact on political and economic decision making
- Develop thinking on the combined actions needed to effect change in decision making which impinges on health
- Inspire and build a stronger public health movement, including creating resources for those campaigning for better health for Scotland (e.g. evidence, networks and good practice)
Confirmed speakers and contributors:
- David Legge, People’s Health Movement
- Prof Kat Smith, University of Strathclyde
- Kirsty Mackay, photographic artist, educator, activist and filmmaker
- Jackie Erdman, former Head of Equality and Human Rights for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and current trustee with the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland and the Scottish Homelessness Network
- Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
- The Jimmy Reid Foundation
- Socialist Health Association Scotland
- Kingsway Community ConnectionsScotstoun, Glasgow
- People’s Plan for Glasgow
- Women’s Support Project
- Solidarity Against Neoliberal Extremism (SANE)
- Friends of Saint Fitticks Park, Torry, Aberdeen
- Living Streets Scotland
- Scottish Hazards
- Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Funding and Costs
The PHA is being supported by a grant from The Edge Fund contribution from the Women’s Support Project and in-kind support from our fellow contributors. We may need to ask for a small donation (£5), from those able, to help cover the costs of the catering on the day if we end up with a shortfall (but hopefully not!). This can either be via cash or an online donation and more details on how to donate will be available at the event.
Climate Fringe Festival
The PHA is running as part of the Climate Fringe Festival #ClimateFringeFestival, 10th-18th June
Pre-Assembly Social (Friday 9th June from 7pm)
Ahead of the PHA we are also hosting an informal social event at DRAM! pub, 232 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow G3 6ND. Please pop along to meet other activists ahead of the more formal discussions at the PHA. You can let us know you can come along by including a ticket for this when registering just so we know who to expect!
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Why we need a People’s Health Assembly
We are in a new era of a socio-ecological polycrisis, with the climate emergency being ignored and the lives and wellbeing of millions being cast aside as we face a crushing cost-of-living crisis. There is brilliant work being done across civil society to improve the health and wellbeing of our society, but too much is focused on survival, rather than giving people alternatives and the ability to thrive. We are caught in a cycle of paying to fix what we continue to break.
We must come together to energise a paradigm shift from the grassroots and unanimously advocate systems change to support health and wellbeing of people and planet as our core aims, rather than an outdated, misguided and unfair focus on economic growth and finances.
PHMS wants to start this paradigm shift by bringing people together for a People’s Health Assembly (PHA) in 2023. The 2023 PHA will recognise the failures of current and past approaches, but more importantly highlight the breadth and depth of positive alternatives.
Scotland has its own rich tapestry of activism focused on the global, the national and the local, as well as networks of support for communities and individuals. Yet these efforts lack synergy, leading to a loss of effectiveness. We will focus on the processes of social movement building and grassroots activism in shifting from ‘surviving & coping’ (some better than others) to ‘systems change’. In bringing our voices together we hope to re-ignite solidarity in the face of detached politics.
Without a civic society movement that can highlight the positive alternatives available in policy and practice to the current neoliberal ‘common sense’ of austerity and ‘trickle down’ incompetence, the future of Scotland, independent or otherwise, is appallingly bleak. Informed critical democratic engagement is the only vaccine that can hope to address the pandemic of ‘truth decay’ that is already undermining the fundamental rights of the most vulnerable in our society and threatening the existence of future generations.
If another well-meaning event on health inequalities or climate fills you with dread or apathy, please think again! The ineffectiveness of current responses and resultant worsening outcomes can only be reimagined by a positive and united civil society.
A short history of PHAs
PHAs are based on the model of events run by PHM Global, with the last of these global PHAs taking place in 2018. The previous PHA event in Scotland was held in Edinburgh in 2014. Since then, PHMS have run other regular events and published a People’s Health Manifesto for local and national elections. Our latest report follows a recent inquiry into health inequalities in light of the COVID pandemic: All in this Together? The Impact of Covid-19 on Health Inequalities in Glasgow.
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The People’s Health Movement (PHM) Scotland are a diverse group of health and social activists based in Scotland who are members of a global movement that calls for a right to health for all.
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(Saturday) 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Event Details
Creating the right habitats in your garden can help wildlife cope with our changing climate. As Fife becomes hotter
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Creating the right habitats in your garden can help wildlife cope with our changing climate. As Fife becomes hotter and dryer in the summer and warmer and wetter in the winter wildlife may need a helping hand to thrive.
Boosting biodiversity in our gardens will help resilience in plants and animals. A wide range of plants and micro-habitats helps create a mosaic of food sources, shelter and safe places to live.
At the workshop we will learn about the different types of habitat that will encourage wildlife to move in and what you can do to encourage a wide range of species. We’ll also discuss ways to improve your garden to provide food and shelter for different invertebrates, amphibians, birds and mammals.
To get the best from the workshop please bring along a photograph of a part of your garden or growing space that you would like to improve for wildlife.
Booking info
The event is free but booking is required.
If you are having trouble booking you can call 01592 858458 or email [email protected] for assistance.
Accessibility
There is unmarked parking on site. Please note the terrain is mostly flat and the paths are gravel. Venue is outdoors with the exception of the working cabin.
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(Saturday) 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Organiser
Greener Kirkcaldy
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Field Marshal Tommo will show people what the Guerrillas Of Love have been up to since ambushing Kirkintilloch! We will assemble outside St Mary’s Church in Kirkintilloch . Any financial donations to
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Field Marshal Tommo will show people what the Guerrillas Of Love have been up to since ambushing Kirkintilloch!
We will assemble outside St Mary’s Church in Kirkintilloch .
Any financial donations to the Guerrillas Of Love would be welcome please.
Some of the walk will be off path so wear suitable footwear.And will be a walk not a run!

Time
(Saturday) 1:00 pm – 3:00 am
Event Details
Milan will be arranging a swap shop, a community-based event where people can bring their pre-loved clothes and exchange them with others. It will provide an opportunity for people to
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Milan will be arranging a swap shop, a community-based event where people can bring their pre-loved clothes and exchange them with others. It will provide an opportunity for people to refresh their wardrobes without spending money and promotes sustainable fashion practices by encouraging the reuse of clothing items. Can come along with families and friends, and have fun, by swapping clothes and accessories.
Milan Senior Welfare Organisation develops and delivers provisions for 50 older people from Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi & Mauritian Communities in Edinburgh & Lothian which meet their social, cultural, recreational, language and care needs.
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(Monday) 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Organiser
Milan Senior Welfare Organisation
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Join us for ‘The Green Lie’, directed by Werner Boote (2018). Length: 93 minutes.
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Join us for ‘The Green Lie’, directed by Werner Boote (2018). Length: 93 minutes.
Watch the film at leisure from the comfort of your own home, on the evening of Sunday 11th or on Monday 12th June, via private online video channel (access details will be sent by email to registered participants). Then join the post-screening discussion at 8pm on Monday 12th June (online via Zoom).
The conversation will be led by Isobel, one of our Young Humanist Scotland Ambassadors.
‘Environmentally-friendly electric cars, sustainably-produced food products, fair production processes….Can our purchasing power help save the world?’
In this tongue-in-cheek two-hander, Austrian director Werner Boote and German author Kathrin Hartmann meticulously unpick some of the most prevalent ‘greenwashing’ myths at play today. They take viewers on a round-the-globe tour of corporate hypocrisy, to the sites of catastrophic environmental disasters and shocking land rights violations, all of which are harming humans, animals and the planet despite the glowing promises of effective self-regulation.
Far from disempowering, however, this exposé of our limited choice as ethical consumers reminds us that our power as individuals does not lie in our wallets but in our actions and behaviours as voters, citizens, and members of our communities.
Language: English, German with English subtitles.
This is one of a series of films we will be screening as part of our Take One Action Film Club, and everyone who shares our humanist values is very welcome to participate. Take One Action believes small actions lead to big ones, and that we all make a difference. Connecting individuals through film, creativity and action – for a better world, starting from Scotland.
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Organiser
Humanist Society Scotland
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BOOK YOUR TICKET NOW via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-we-the-power-the-future-of-energy-is-community-owned-tickets-629102742237 Imagine upending the traditional energy
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BOOK YOUR TICKET NOW via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-we-the-power-the-future-of-energy-is-community-owned-tickets-629102742237
Imagine upending the traditional energy system and giving the power of clean electricity production back to your neighbours. We The Power follows friends, families and visionaries as they break down legislative barriers and take power back from big energy companies to put it in the hands of locals and strengthen their towns.
Watch the trailer here
The film chronicles local cooperatives from deep in Germany’s Black Forest to the streets of ancient Girona in Spain and the urban rooftops of London, England, as they pave the way for a renewable energy revolution and build healthier, financially stable communities.
The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion.
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Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location
Online – UK
Event Details
City Chambers Quadrangle Arrive by bike and the first 200 will get a free plant-based breakfast.The Edinburgh Bike Coop will be there to do a chain clean and lube and there
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City Chambers Quadrangle
Arrive by bike and the first 200 will get a free plant-based breakfast.The Edinburgh Bike Coop will be there to do a chain clean and lube and there will be a £50 Bike Coop voucher in a prize draw. The first 20 arrivals will get a choice of a free Spokes map. The police will also attend to help with online registration as well as stalls from Cycling Scotland, Sustrans, Lothian reps and other active travel groups.

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(Tuesday) 7:45 am – 9:30 am
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Join us for a fun, free and informative workshop that will help you understand climate change. You will work as a team to find relationships
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Join us for a fun, free and informative workshop that will help you understand climate change.
You will work as a team to find relationships between 42 climate cards. Each card represents a cause or effect of climate change. Together you will link the cards to build a collage that explains climate change.
This step-by-step, cooperative activity will help you work through the complexity of climate change. You will also get to be creating by decorating and naming your finished collage.
Climate Fresk is perfect for those who know that climate change is important, but feel that they would like to understand it more. There is no need for any previous climate knowledge; the workshop is a learning experience.
Climate Fresk is a French-based NGO with the aim to make climate science more accessible. Over 1 million people have played worldwide.
You can read about a previous Climate Fresk workshop we delivered here.
Booking information
This workshop is free to attend, but spaces are limited so booking is required.
If you have any problems booking or any questions, please phone 01592 858458 or email [email protected]
Accessibility
The event is being held at Hugo’s Bar & Pavilion, Regents Way, Dalgety Bay, Dunfermline KY11 9YD.
The venue is wheelchair accessible and has a disabled toilet.
If you have any other accessibility questions please phone 01592 858458 or email [email protected].
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Time
(Tuesday) 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Organiser
Climate Action Fife
Climate Fresk
Event Details
Knowing how our buildings manage energy, heat, moisture and air movement is fundamental to understanding energy efficiency and successful retrofit and improvement, without the risk of unintended consequences in the
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Knowing how our buildings manage energy, heat, moisture and air movement is fundamental to understanding energy efficiency and successful retrofit and improvement, without the risk of unintended consequences in the longer term. As part of the Climate Fringe, the Edinburgh Building Retrofit and Improvement Collective is proud to put on this hybrid event, with guest speaker Jon Stinson PhD, academic, researcher and Director of locally-based Building Research Solutions Ltd.
There will be an introduction to the Collective before a presentation from Jon on the principles of building physics as applied to successful, healthy, domestic energy efficiency retrofit, followed by a Q&A session. The aim is to give Edinburgh residents an overview of the technical fundamentals to help puzzle through energy efficiency and building performance uncertainties (but without the scary maths). By the end of the session you should, for example, understand the distinctions between unwanted draughts and essential ventilation, and why commonplace foam block internal wall insulation might not be a good idea for traditional (pre 1919) buildings in the city.
We want to help create an educated public able to:understand why energy efficiency is not as simple as blocking every draught and insulating everything;gather the information advisable for making informed decisions;understand when ‘obvious choices’ may benefit from careful consideration or expert advice;ask the right questions and understand when recommendations may be based on poor understanding or insufficient knowledge.
Every building is different and every tenement is more than a collection of independent flats. Fully informed choices on what best to do in a particular property require knowledge of the particulars of that property/building. Generic recommendations given without such knowledge (for example from telephone advice services) are not always the best advice, but individual detailed analysis and advice can be expensive. This presentation will help you advance more confidently.
Please note that because of the uniqueness of every case, the Q&A will not be a ‘surgery’ on what should be done in specific properties, but will answer more general questions and clarify any uncertainty about the technical issues described.
After the event, those present at the venue will be able to mingle and chat/discuss in order to make useful contacts and to meet some of the team behind the Edinburgh Building Retrofit and Improvement Collective. The Collective wants people to be better informed and more confident in considering the issues, as well as to encourage individuals to work in community groups in order to get better results, cheaper, more easily and with less stress.
The presentation will be recorded and made available for future reference. Online attendees will also be able to join the Q&A session.
The venue is not the easiest to find. Details are given on the Quaker Meeting House website: https://www.equaker.org.uk/locationThe Collective wishes to acknowledge the support of funding from the City of Edinburgh Council’s ‘Edinburgh Community Climate Fund’, thanks to the votes of residents of the city.
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(Tuesday) 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Organiser
Edinburgh Building Retrofit and Improvement Collective
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Showcase locally grown food, recipes and the importance of food waste recycling. Visitors take home seedlings of their own. Young people are presented with their John Muir Award certificates. Picnic.
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Showcase locally grown food, recipes and the importance of food waste recycling. Visitors take home seedlings of their own. Young people are presented with their John Muir Award certificates. Picnic.

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(Wednesday) 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Organiser
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Join Carbon Copy and Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network
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Join Carbon Copy and Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECAN) at “Edinburgh Community & Climate Connect”. Taking place as Britain’s biggest sporting celebration of climate action and nature – Running Out of Time – reaches Edinburgh; this event will gather some of the city’s best eco-conscious voluntary organisations in the Life Church Hall, less than half a mile from beautiful Holyrood Park.
The event will kick off with a keynote presentation by none other than Dr Heather “The Weather” Reid OBE, former BBC Scotland weather reporter and passionate climate educator. You’ll also get an opportunity to learn more about Running Out of Time, and even to hold the baton!
You can:
- Learn more about different ways to make a difference in your community
- Meet other like-minded people
- Sign-up to volunteer with a brilliant local organisation or campaign
- Get inspired to take more collaborative action to fight climate change and protect the environment
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Time
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Organiser
Carbon Copy
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We are a third of the way through this crucial decade for climate action – yet Scotland is not on track to meet targets to reduce emissions, one in nine
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We are a third of the way through this crucial decade for climate action – yet Scotland is not on track to meet targets to reduce emissions, one in nine species of Scottish wildlife faces extinction from our shores, and worsening climate impacts are having devastating consequences around the world.
We urgently need all decision makers to take bold action to tackle the climate and nature crisis, inequality, provide secure jobs and improve health and wellbeing. We can come together to show them that people in Scotland care deeply about this, and have the power to drive action.
Join a diverse range of organisations to hear more about the latest climate and nature issues, how to speak to your decision makers about the things you care about and want to see action on. It’s also a great opportunity to connect with other climate and nature campaigners and to hear more about ways to make your voice heard over the next few months.
Speakers to be announced shortly.
This session is a Climate Fringe Festival event organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, with the support of our members:
Christian Aid Scotland
Global Justice Now Scotland
Jubilee Scotland
Open Seas Trust
RSPB Scotland
SCIAF
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network
WWF Scotland
This is a hybrid event. To attend online register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collective-action-for-climate-and-nature-online-event-tickets-625216508407
Accessibility
This event will take place in a venue with full wheelchair access and facilities. If you will need any assistance on the day please contact [email protected]
If you have any other accessibility requirements or if there is anything we can do to ensure you can participate fully in the event please contact [email protected]
We want to make it easy to attend for as many people as possible. The event is also open to join online, or we can offer subsidies for public transport. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
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Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Organiser
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
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Come and explore all aspects of Why Community Led Homes – and especially Cooperative processes – offer so much; and How the principles and practices have worked to create
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Come and explore all aspects of Why Community Led Homes – and especially Cooperative processes – offer so much; and How the principles and practices have worked to create resilient low impact living affordable communities.
5.30pm for 6.00pm – 9.00pm Wednesday 14 June, Old Assembly Room, 37 Constitution St, Leith EH6 7RB. Includes a community meal.
Book: https://coho14june.eventbrite.co.uk / Share www.facebook.com/events/268123518884216
We shall consider different forms of Community Led and Cooperative Housing (CLaCH) and explore how these options might be established as a middle way between social housing and housing built for profit.
Outline programme: two sets of Pecha Kucha contributions exploring the case for community led homes in urban context as well as rural with a convivial meal:
- 5.30pm Doors open
- 6.00pm Welcome, drinks and mingling / exhibition
- 6.30pm Why? – benefits of plurality in housing provision and of mutual aid in developing and managing intentional communities
- 7.15pm Simple supper
- 8.00pm How? – processes and case studies: what has worked well
- 8.45 Wrap up – Close around 9pm.
Contact [email protected] if interested in presenting.
This event will build on the CLaCH Manifesto, CLaCH Roundtable October 2021 and the Five Roadshows May/June 2022.
This is part of Architecture Fringe 2023.
Many thanks to Architype architects for co-hosting!
Cohousing Scotland – a registered charity SC038745 https://www.cohousing.scot Email: [email protected] Want to be kept in touch? Join Cohousing Scotland now!
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(Wednesday) 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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We are a third of the way through this crucial decade for climate action – yet Scotland is not on track to meet targets to reduce emissions, one in nine
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We are a third of the way through this crucial decade for climate action – yet Scotland is not on track to meet targets to reduce emissions, one in nine species of Scottish wildlife faces extinction from our shores, and worsening climate impacts are having devastating consequences around the world.
We urgently need all decision makers to take bold action to tackle the climate and nature crisis, inequality, provide secure jobs and improve health and wellbeing. We can come together to show them that people in Scotland care deeply about this, and have the power to drive action.
Join a diverse range of organisations to hear more about the latest climate and nature issues, how to speak to your decision makers about the things you care about and want to see action on. It’s also a great opportunity to connect with other climate and nature campaigners and to hear more about ways to make your voice heard over the next few months.
Speakers to be announced shortly.
This session is a Climate Fringe Festival event organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, with the support of our members:
Christian Aid Scotland
Global Justice Now Scotland
Jubilee Scotland
Open Seas Trust
RSPB Scotland
SCIAF
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network
WWF Scotland
This is a hybrid event. To attend in-person register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collective-action-for-climate-nature-communicating-with-decision-makers-tickets-625207330957
Accessibility
This event will take place in a venue with full wheelchair access and facilities. If you will need any assistance on the day please contact [email protected]
If you have any other accessibility requirements or if there is anything we can do to ensure you can participate fully in the event please contact [email protected]
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Organiser
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
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Offshore is an independent documentary that brings together varying perspectives on working in offshore oil and gas and renewable
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Offshore is an independent documentary that brings together varying perspectives on working in offshore oil and gas and renewable energy – and explores what the coming energy transition means for workers and communities around the UK North Sea.
The film looks at how communities and regions have been impacted by past industrial decline, the risks workers face in an increasingly precarious industry and how they can organise for the future.
The climate crisis means we must rethink our energy systems: where we get energy from, how it’s produced and who benefits from it. Workforces and communities all over the UK will be impacted by the energy transition and have the potential to benefit from more publicly owned, local and renewable energy.
Following the 20-minute documentary, we will have time to discuss the film and the Just Transition in Scotland and Fife.
Booking information
This film screening is free to attend, but spaces are limited so booking is required.
If you have any problems booking or any questions, please phone 01592 858458 or email [email protected]
Accessibility
There are accessible parking bays available outside 8 East Fergus Place. We have a ramp into the building and level access throughout. There is also an accessible toilet.
If you have any other accessibility questions please phone 01592 858458 or email [email protected].
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Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Organiser
Climate Action Fife
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This is a unique interactive games night designed to build empathy with climate migrants and encourage discussion around resilience. No experience or preparation is necessary. Players will be led through
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This is a unique interactive games night designed to build empathy with climate migrants and encourage discussion around resilience. No experience or preparation is necessary. Players will be led through imaginative scenarios and they can choose their responses and actions.Come along expecting to join in, the imaginative leg work is up to you! Expect a friendly, and thought-provoking evening. Find creative solutions, experience unexpected shifting circumstances and find strength in solidarity with your fellow players. This is a game we’re not playing against each other but with one another, and you might be surprised by how it turns out. You can’t choose the cards you’re dealt but you can choose how you play them. Ever wonder about the future? Well this might even give you a glimpse of what’s to come. Free to participate in, and open to all our members, supporters, and anyone who shares Humanist Society Scotland’s vision and values. This evening is part of the Climate Fringe Festival. Facilitated by Hazel Darwin-Clements, writer, podcaster, project co-ordinator, performer, puppeteer and theatre maker.
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Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Organiser
Humanist Society Scotland
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Join us for a film screening of Fashion Reimagined, a clothes swap, and food! About Fashion Reimagined: A feature documentary by Becky Hutner 100 min | UK, USA | 2022 Fashion designer
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Join us for a film screening of Fashion Reimagined, a clothes swap, and food! About Fashion Reimagined: A feature documentary by Becky Hutner 100 min | UK, USA | 2022 Fashion designer Amy Powney of cult label Mother of Pearl is a rising star in the London fashion scene. Raised off-the-grid in rural England by activist parents, Amy has always felt uneasy about the devastating environmental impact of her industry. When she wins the coveted Vogue award for the Best Young Designer of the Year, which comes with a big cash prize, Amy decides to use the money to create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment and transform her entire business. Over the following three years, her own personal revolution becomes the precursor of a much bigger, societal change.
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Time
(Friday) 2:00 pm
Organiser
DoWhatYouCan
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Find out where you can reuse, repair, share, upcycle, recycle, and source local food. Tell us about your favourite places. Learn how to add them to the map.
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Find out where you can reuse, repair, share, upcycle, recycle, and source local food. Tell us about your favourite places. Learn how to add them to the map.

Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am – 12:00 am
Organiser
Greener Duns
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Summerfest on Cambuslang Main Street is an annual gala day, which has been
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Summerfest on Cambuslang Main Street is an annual gala day, which has been going for many years. Its purpose is to celebrate the community of Cambuslang, with lots of organisations taking stalls, providing local information and fun activities, with fairground rides, food, music and lots more.
Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust are delighted to take part and are featuring their ‘Seed Bomb Bike’. Using paper, wildflower seeds and water, local residents will use pedal power to make their own seed bombs. Once the mixture has mulched, it’s strained and left to dry. It can then be thrown in to a public space/garden or your own garden, where wildflowers will grow, providing bees, butterflies and other pollinators food throughout the year.
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Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Organiser
Healthy N Happy
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Did you know that Holytown has been selected as one of nine Climate Action Towns in Scotland? To find out more, why not come along to Climate Action
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Did you know that Holytown has been selected as one of nine Climate Action Towns in Scotland?
To find out more, why not come along to Climate Action Towns stall at the Holytown Gala Day on Saturday 17th June, hosted in the Keir Hardie Sports Centre between 10-4pm.
Join us for:
· A seed bombing and planting
workshop to get a bee-friendly freebie;
· Smoothie bike
& much more!
Free entry and everyone is welcome. Please feel free to share details of the event with anyone you think would be interested.
We hope to see you there!
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Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Organiser
Architecture & Design Scotland
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Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust are pleased to be organising the Edinburgh Canal Festival for the second year running and bringing forward
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Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust are pleased to be organising the Edinburgh Canal Festival for the second year running and bringing forward some of the traditional elements of past festivals together with some new partners, to make it a real celebration of social enterprise and local community groups that operate on or near the canal, year-round.
We’re delighted this year to dedicate one of our zones as a ‘Climate Fringe’ event with a focus on climate and sustainability. Highlights include a pop-up clothes repair workshop from the Shrub Co-op and well as experts from Heriot-Watt University on hand to chat about Past Climates, and how they can help us find out about the massive contribution that tiny fossils have in unravelling past climate change. They have a special microscope to look at samples from the ocean floor as well as and local canal and some kids activities too.
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Time
(Saturday) 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Organiser
Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust
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We’ll be in Spylaw Public Park, in the exciting new local tool lending hub. Join us in The Shed for an afternoon of mending and repair. Our volunteers
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We’ll be in Spylaw Public Park, in the exciting new local tool lending hub. Join us in The Shed for an afternoon of mending and repair.
Our volunteers will be on hand to help you repair your broken electrical, electronic and mechanical devices such as toys, small electricals, laptops, lamps… we’ll also have a bicycle repair workshop and fabrics mending – please contact us beforehand to confirm details.
So if you’ve got something that you want to fix, you can email us at [email protected] to confirm suitability and to reserve your place. Or just turn up on the day and we’ll take a look.
Last repairs accepted at 4.30pm to allow time to finish up.
To find us: https://what3words.com/simple.bubble.gained; the venue is on the National Cycle Route 75 and on the 45 bus route.
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Time
(Saturday) 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Organiser
Repair Café Edinburgh
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This Green Tease event is about climate-induced migration and the role of culture and art in achieving climate justice. It takes place as a
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This Green Tease event is about climate-induced migration and the role of culture and art in achieving climate justice. It takes place as a part of the Festival of Migration 2023.
At the event, you can learn about how climate change drives migration and displacement in Zambia and Bangladesh, and you can hear a talk by Rahmina Paullete, a climate activist who has experienced climate migration firsthand. Finally, you can meet the people behind the project, “Breaking the 4th Wall of Climate Migration”, who will speak about their work with digital storytelling in raising awareness about the devastating consequences of climate change on communities in the Horn of Africa in Scottish classrooms. Following the talks, there will be time for discussions and networking with the aim of exploring the links between the art, culture and climate sector in working on climate-related migration. It is free to participate.
Rahmina Paullete is a young climate activist, environmentalist, and wildlife conservationist from Kenya. She is also a climate migrant and will in a recorded talk share her personal story as well as the practical solutions she has initiated in her community.
Rahmina Paullete is the head campaigner for #LetLakeVictoriaBreatheAgain which advocates for the restoration of Lake Victoria. She is the founder of Kisumu Environmental Champions, and the lead activists for Fridays for the Future, a youth champion for Fossil Fuel Treaty, ambassador for Climate Clock, Sustainable Food System advocate at Food At Cop, and a climate change champion at Wangari Maathai Foundation. “
Dr Sennan D. Mattar is a Lecturer on Climate Justice at the Mary Robinson Centre for Climate Justice, Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU). His research focuses on climate migration, international development, and climate finance. Sennan will speak on how climate change drives migration and displacement, particularly to informal urban settlements, and the social injustices faced by those forced to leave their homes with examples from Zambia and Bangladesh.
a think tank dedicated to educational research and programming on the social causes and implications of the climate crisis.
This event is part of Festival of Migration arranged by Art27scotland. Art27 Scotland is an organisation of artists and activists that take their mission from Article 27 of the Declaration of Human Rights, which states that everyone has the right to participate in the culture of their community. As an art and human rights organisation, they centre the promotion of Dignity, Justice, and Peace through our cultural role in civic society, articulated through great art and great stories.
Accessibility
We want to remove barriers to participation in these events and are happy to make adjustments to prevent people from being excluded. Please inform us of accessibility requirements during the registration process or get in touch by email if you would like to provide more information or ask any questions. Please see our Safe Working Spaces Statement for more information.
If you have any questions about the event or want to know more, please get in touch with [email protected].
This event is taking place as part of Creative Carbon Scotland’s Green Tease event series, part of the culture/SHIFT programme.
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Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location
South Side Community Centre
117 Nicolson Street Newington EH8 9ER
Organiser
Creative Carbon Scotland
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With sound and movement invitations, we will create a space to connect with both our inner and outer landscapes. This workshop material is informed by themes of resilience, imagination, collective
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With sound and movement invitations, we will create a space to connect with both our inner and outer landscapes. This workshop material is informed by themes of resilience, imagination, collective and individual choice-making in improvisational scores.
How we can use our imagination, music and movement to keep ourselves nourished in a landscape of climate breakdown?
The scores that are generated will be explored physically and supported by responsive live music from Nicolette. With organic, natural and mechanically generated sounds, gently opening discussion around particular values we may place on where sounds are sourced. Physical themes will draw on both somatic practices and our outwardly visual landscape. There will be space for individual exploration, discussion, before opening into larger group-devised material.
Come and nourish your body being though music and movement.
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Glasgow-based Penny Chivas (she/her) and Nicolette Macleod have been working together for the past eight years, in both community and professional settings. As performers they have worked together and also as part of ICEBERG, they have led workshops through Woodlands Community Garden, Integration Networks in Glasgow and for London Contact Improvisation. They are currently working on Julia McGhee’s ‘The Morrich Project’.
Individually they both have rich practices. Penny recently completed her final year project of the MEd at the RCS on ecopedagogy, she has presented this material at academic conferences. Her work ‘Burnt Out’ on the Australian bushfires is set to tour Scotland in Autumn 2023 after a successful fringe run in 2022.
As a singer songwriter Nicolette is led by her desire to share and create spaces for individuals to witness themselves. Her solo piece of gig theatre ‘The Sea and Me’ shares her personal relationship with the sea and talks about what we can preserve it and in turn, ourselves.
Whilst their passion for collaborating through multidisciplinary improvisational practices brought them together they are now keen to share, grow and reflect on how art can support us in this age of climate breakdown.
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(Sunday) 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Black communities have often been left out of the climate and environmental policies and conversations. To become resilient, and prepare for a sustainable, renewable future, Black people must be informed. Globally, all
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Black communities have often been left out of the climate and environmental policies and conversations.
To become resilient, and prepare for a sustainable, renewable future, Black people must be informed.
Globally, all economies are relying more on technology. Black and Scot as a digital/technology focused non-profit will promote ‘The Climate Gap’ initiative to explore and communicate the resources, data, technology, communications and opportunities that responds, address and support black communities.
This event will connect black people, MSPs, Environment Leaders and Local/Federal Government to discuss climate change, the impacts and the career or business opportunities for black people that is deemed inclusive and equitable.
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Black & Scot
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