A chance to catch up with what food and climate activities are happening across the South of Glasgow. Share what you want to see happen with food growing in Glasgow.

You don’t need any prior knowledge! We are looking for as many diverse views as possible, everyone is welcome. Be part of the discussion.

We have been running Food & Climate Cafes every three months since 2021 to to build an action plan for local food systems change together.

If you would like more info on this and the other work of the Food & Climate Action team, follow us on social media to find out more.

Please note we will have a welcome at 11.00am then discussion and workshop to around 12.15pm with lunch served 12.15pm to 1:00pm.

Spaces are limited so please register

Accessibility Info and COVID Safety:

There is step free access to the room we will be using at Toryglen Base.

DIsabled and gender specific toilets are available.

Please do not attend if you feel unwell, have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or have tested positive yourself. Please let us know if you can’t attend anymore. We would like to encourage all participants to do a Lateral Flow Test before attending.

Please get in touch with Rebecca at [email protected] if you would like to attend but you have concerns about accessibility.

Please let us know of any dietary requirements when booking.

Join our Senior Development Officer to learn more about the importance of having a Net Zero Policy for your community organisation and learn how to create one in this short, one hour workshop.

You’ll be given the tools in which to create a simple, effective and understandable Net Zero policy for your organisation which will help you keep on track of your Net Zero goals and show potential funders that you’re taking positive climate action.

Are you passionate about tackling the Climate Crisis? Thought about making climate videos and weren’t sure where to start? Look no further!

At this Green Tease event BBC The Social and Creative Carbon Scotland are running a workshop on creating content about climate change. Whether it’s about raising awareness on important issues or sharing positive stories – we’ll share our successful tips on how to cut through the noise and engage people.

This is also a chance for you to learn more about working with BBC The Social and get an insight into BBC Scotland. BBC The Social are looking for the next generation of passionate creators who make compelling content about the climate crisis and have real impact.

You’ll get a chance to get creative and workshop ideas then pitch them to BBC The Social producers. You’ll get an insight into how to forge and develop a career in an exciting and creative organisation like BBC Scotland.

Speakers

We’ll hear from Christina Sinclair about her journey from BBC The Social contributor to working with the Natural History Unit on Frozen Planet II’s digital campaign. She’ll also share her top tips for how to engage audiences on a difficult topic.

Christina joined BBC The Social as a contributor in 2020 with the aim to inspire and educate audiences about the amazing nature found around Scottish coastlines, from otters to jellyfish, as well as how we can protect it. Fast forward to 2023 and she’s now an Assistant Producer with the BBC Natural History Unit making short films to inspire action for the climate crisis. In this session Christina will describe how her career has progressed over the years and share some top tips on how to make engaging environmental content.

About BBC The Social

We are a talent development project at BBC Scotland called BBC The Social. We work with new content creators from all across Scotland and have helped develop people’s skills to get them into the media industry in jobs and also helped them develop content for the BBC Scotland channel and iPlayer and beyond. We work with new creators and publish their content on our social and digital channels and people get paid when their content is published. Read more here.

We’re always looking for new contributors and want to fully represent Scotland and our audience. In particular we’re looking for new content creators to cover environmental issues and topics. We have covered these before but are always looking for new and engaging ways to cover these – here’s a collection of our previous content on the topic.

About Creative Carbon Scotland

Creative Carbon Scotland believes in the essential role of the arts, screen, cultural and creative industries in contributing to the transformational change to a more environmentally sustainable Scotland. We work directly with individuals, organisations and strategic bodies engaged across cultural and sustainability sectors to harness the role of culture in achieving this change.

Technical Information

The event will be held via Zoom. Please register and you will receive an email on the day of the event with a link to join the online call via your internet browser or the Zoom app. To participate you need an internet connection and a device (a desktop, laptop, or tablet are preferable). If you have any problems, please get in touch with [email protected]

We want to remove barriers to participation in these events and are happy to make adjustments to prevent people being excluded. If you have any accessibility requirements, please state these when signing up 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.

Rural tourism makes a massive contribution to Scotland’s economy, including generating £1.2 billion from walking tourism alone, as well as improving the country’s social capital in terms of health and wellbeing. But many who live in rural communitie are not getting their fair share of the benefits.

Rural communities are suffering the downsides – congestion (with settlements on the NC500 particularly badly affected), litter, housing pressures, business closures and rural depopulation. Decades of under-investment in rural infrastructure have seen the deterioration or removal of ranger services, public toilets and rural roads. The Scottish Government recently stepped in with dedicated funding for visitor management but this is on an annual, one-off, basis whereas long-term investment is needed.

SEDA Land is running a conversation on how more of the fiscal and other benefits generated by visitors – tourists, day-trippers, dog-walkers, mountain-bikers and other extreme sports enthusiasts – to the countryside might be channelled back into the affected areas.

Recreation and enjoyment of the outdoors is also crucial for our health and wellbeing, with these benefits increasingly recognised in the growth of preventative medicine “green prescribing”. Given the contribution that outdoor pursuits make to our health, should we be looking at alternative sources of investment in their infrastructure and management, rather than simply seeing them as part of rural tourism? Given the potential savings to NHS Scotland’s £18bn-a-year budget we will also be looking at how some of the clawed-back funds might be redistributed to rural communities for investment in improving regional infrastructure and visitor management.

AIMS

• To develop a model for local distribution of funding for the infrastructure necessary for rural tourism and supporting better health.
• To give communities the skills and responsibilities to enable/empower them to respond to the growing needs of tourism and supporting better health.

SPEAKERS

Chair:

Helen Todd, Policy manager, Ramblers Scotland

Panellists:

Rob Dickson, Director of Industry and Destination Development, Visit Scotland

Laura Ann Ferguson, Outreach Worker, Venture Trust

Carron Tobin, Enabler SCOTO

Prof. Verity Watson, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen

Last two speakers TBC

In July 2022, the Edinburgh Climate Action Network (ECAN) held its first event and kick-started a conversation about our shared vision for a “living city,” and the need for more joined-up thinking and action to make this vision happen.

This second ECAN event will build on the discussions that were started in July, create new and useful connections, and start building a network which can contribute towards the goals set out in these discussions.

Join us at the Grassmarket Community Project for a relaxed evening of food and drink, provided by their award-winning social enterprise cafe. Together we will celebrate what’s already happening across Edinburgh, create a map of our vision for a living city, and plan how a community network will support communities to make that future happen.

By coming to this event you will have the opportunity to:

• See an overview of community climate action happening all across Edinburgh
• Create useful partnerships and collaborations with like-minded groups
• Define ECAN’s priorities and activities, and how the network should be organised and led
• Be encouraged and inspired! Climate action is tough, and reminding ourselves that we are not working alone is essential.

Everyone is welcome to attend this event, whether you are an individual, you come from a community group, or from a different kind of organisation which would like to engage with and support community climate action. You do not have to represent a climate-focused group to attend this event. You only have to want a fairer, greener future for Edinburgh. In the interest of having a balance of all perspectives in the room, we ask that a maximum of 2 people from each group attends.

Financial support for transport and childcare are available for those who require it. Please specify if you need this in the registration form.

This workshop will be led by Dr Liz Lakin, a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee and the Academic Lead for the Living Lab at Dundee Botanic Garden.

Healthy soil is essential to produce the fruit, cereal and vegetables we eat. Soil also stores carbon by locking in greenhouse gases, helping to reduce our impact on climate change.

Knowing about soil and what it needs will help you produce bumper crops and vigorous plants. Learning to use natural improvement methods will save time and money, plus you will create a healthy habitat for thousands of different species of fungi, bacteria and invertebrates that in turn support and maintain your soil.

At the workshop we will learn about the different types of soil, why the chemistry of soil is important and do some testing. We’ll also discuss ways to improve your soil and give an overview of the important elements of a healthy soil.

* To get the best from the workshop please bring along a soil sample from your own garden or an area you use for growing. Place some soil in a medium sized jar, about 1/3, then fill up with water and leave to settle. Ideally, do this 2 weeks before.

About our tutor, Dr Liz Lakin: Trained originally as a school biology teacher, Liz continues her teaching and research in biology and environmental science at Dundee. She has a keen interest in all things to do with plants.

This event is suitable for beginners. Drinks will be provided. This will be an outdoor event with some shelter so please wear suitable outdoor clothing for the weather.

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.

Travelling to Ravenscraig Walled Garden

Greener Kirkcaldy’s Community Garden and Allotment is based with Ravenscraig Walled Garden. Go to https://what3words.com/tube.gloves.palace for directions the the garden gate.

The gates to the garden are located at the Dysart end of Ravenscraig park; on the corner of Dysart Road and West Quality Street. You will see gates entering into Ravenscraig Park. Just past these gates are two green metal gates beside a red brick wall – that is the entrance to Ravenscraig Walled Garden. Go through the green gates and follow the path around to your right past the car park. Keep to the right and you will see a big space with lots of allotments. If you look to the left, you will see a green ‘cabin’ with a polytunnel and raised beds. That is where we meet. If no-one there, people might be in our old plot – Go past the two flower beds on the left and you will see a green hedge in the left. Our community garden is behind the hedge on the left. It has a big brown shed on it.

Did you know that the soil that we walk on and that we grow our food in is not just rocks and dirt, but a whole ecosystem? Soil is alive, it’s home to billions of micro organisms, invertebrates and other animals. The health of the soil is key to a healthy climate and a healthy food system. Join us in this workshop on soil health and composting as we learn how our soil supports us and how we can support our soil.

This workshop is led by Mark Hanlon, soil scientist at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee. We will look at the basics of soil science, soil remediation and how we can start healing our soils by composting.

How to get there:

The workshop will be held at Polmadie Plots in Toryglen. Polmadie Plots are located along the footpath between the Toryglen Asda, Polmadie Recycling place and Malls Mire woodland. To get there, follow the pedestrian path between Polmadie Road and Prospecthill Circus or the pedestrian path on Jessie Street towards Prospecthill Circus. The nearest bus stop is on Aitkenhead Road, a 10 minute walk from the plots.

Covid-19 and Access Info:

Polmadie Plots is reached via concrete pedestrian paths that are suitable for wheelchairs but please note that the plots itself are on uneven, grassy surface.

There are no toilets on site but there are accessible toilets a short walk away at Toryglen Community Base.

Please do not attend if you feel unwell, have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or have tested positive yourself. Please let us know if you can’t attend anymore. We would like to encourage all participants to do a Lateral Flow Test before attending.

Please get in touch with Rebecca at [email protected] if you would like to attend but you have concerns about accessibility.

Climate change affects all of us, but not evenly and it is those who contribute the least to the climate crisis that suffer the brunt of it.

Come along to hear from expert speakers and be introduced to the concept of ‘climate justice’. Reflect on inequalities and human rights in relation to the climate emergency and explore how you can support young people you work with to understand and engage with this topic.

Itinerary:

• 15:00 Introduction to Climate Justice

• 15:10 First expert speaker contribution

• 15:20 Second expert speaker contribution

• 15:30 Q&A

• 15:35 Breakout room discussions

• 15:50 Feedback from discussions

• 16:00 Close

This training event is being delivered as part of Scotland’s Young People’s Forest, in partnership with Young Scot. The mission of the panel is to create and regenerate native Scottish forests, which are accessible to all, to help combat the current climate emergency, promoting and connecting education, wildlife, and well-being.

This event will explore how to talk about climate change with your community and in your everyday life.

We will consider the barriers to climate conversations before sharing our top tips to overcome them. You will also have the chance to think about your own climate story and have a go at sharing it. We will also signpost you to useful resources.

This event is brought to you as part of Climate Action Fife, a Fife-wide partnership project, bringing together individuals, communities, local government and businesses to tackle the climate emergency and make Fife a greener and fairer place to live.

A Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event.

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]

This event will explore how to talk about climate change with your community and in your everyday life.

We will consider the barriers to climate conversations before sharing our top tips to overcome them. You will also have the chance to think about your own climate story and have a go at sharing it. We will also signpost you to useful resources.

This event is brought to you as part of Climate Action Fife, a Fife-wide partnership project, bringing together individuals, communities, local government and businesses to tackle the climate emergency and make Fife a greener and fairer place to live.

A Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event.

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]