Climate Fringe Festival: Yes

Loch Druidibeg is one of the best places in the Uists to see both golden and sea eagles, alongside hen harriers, short-eared owls, merlin and rare divers as well as a wonderfully rich variety of plants.

Cost for this walk is £3 for RSPB Members, £6 for non-members. Children go free. Please pay for this event on the day, we can only accept cash payments.

Dates of this event:

• 1st September: 10am – 11.30am
• 8th September: 10am – 11.30am
• 15th September: 10am – 11.30am
• 22nd September: 10am – 11.30am
• 29th September: 10am – 11.30am

Join our weekly guided walk and look for the elusive hen harriers and corncrakes! Meet 10am at the Visitor Centre. Walks last approx 2 hours, please dress appropriately for the weather. Sensible footwear essential!

£3 for members, £5 for non-members and under 16s go free. No booking required – pay on the day, cash and card payments accepted.

Dates of this event:

• 1st September: 10am – 12.30pm
• 8th September: 10am – 12.30pm
• 15th September: 10am – 12.30pm
• 22nd September: 10am – 12.30pm
• 29th September: 10am – 12.30pm

Join us for our “Conference for the Community” an event open to all. Held in the beautiful grounds of Cambo Estate we will hear talks on subjects such as climate change, biodiversity loss and wildlife crime along with meeting the gardeners at Cambo who will teach us about environmentally friendly gardening. Our keynote speaker is Professor Sir Ian Boyd and further information on the programme can be found on our website. Please note that some of the talks will involve a small amount of walking and being outside so please dress appropriately.

Programme

9:30 – 10:00 – Arriving

1000: Welcome: Footprint East Neuk

10.10 – 10.40: Three discourses on sustainability Ian Boyd, University of St Andrews

10.40 – 10.50: Questions

10.50 – 11.10: Biodiversity loss: Alison Johnston, University of St Andrews

11.10 – 11.20: Questions

11.20 – 11.40: Break

11.40 – 12.15: Farming footprint. Panel discussion on regenerative farming. Facilitated by Ian Boyd.

12.15 – 12.30: Questions

12.30 – 13.30: Lunch. Participants can explore the gardens and stands.

13.30. – 14.00: Animal Tracks and Signs, Donald Malone, Wildside Nature

14.00 – 14.30: Climate/Wildlife friendly gardening. In the garden with a gardener at Cambo

14.30 – 14.50: Break

14.50 – 15.10: Footprints in crime. “Wildlife forensics” Rob Ogden, University of Edinburgh

15.10 – 15.20: Questions

15.20 – 15.40: Blue Carbon. William Austin, University of St Andrews

15.40 – 15.50: Questions

16.00: Close

Do you want to…

• Get expert advice on how to make your home more energy efficient, and what financial help is available?
• Learn how your small business can improve its green credentials?
• Explore the practicalities of buying and running an EV?
• Find out how to make your garden wildlife-friendly?
• See what local businesses are doing to combat climate change?
• Discover how to reduce your carbon footprint?
• Share your best green ideas?
• Or locate where to recycle more, and more efficiently?

Then come along to the Greentown Show!

From 11am to 3pm on Saturday 3rd September head to the Grantown square for an informative and fun event for all the family. Visit the Sustainable Strathspey tent to find out more about us and the event, and to learn all about home composting.

There will also be stalls from Home Energy Scotland, Green Flame, Waste Management, GrowBiz, Cairngorms National ParkAuthority, The Grantown Initiative, Grantown Society, AES solar, and AW Laing to name a few.

Hear from residents in the town that have made changes to their homes to make them more energy efficient and low-carbon. Or take a tour of the green Cairngorms National Park Authority building.

Children can take part in a fun activity collecting green things local businesses are doing.

The Edinburgh Climate Festival 2022 is a free, family friendly and community-led event at Leith Links on Saturday 3rd September from 12-5pm. We aim to bring people from all over together to celebrate and inspire climate action in our communities. 

Featuring performances, stalls, kids’ and adults’ activities and more, this is not to be missed! You can find out more our Facebook Page and you can express your interest in attending here.

Opportunities for you and/or your group to get involved

Get involved in planning, organising and running the Festival! From organising speakers and workshops, to community outreach and social media, to attending on the day and making sure everything runs smoothly – there’s something for any enthusiastic volunteer so sign up here!

If you would like to host a stall or activity on the day as part of your organisation, register your interest here!

Join writer, artist, researcher and Scottish Communities Climate Action Network story weaver Joana Avi-Lorie for a hands-on fun storytelling workshop focused on climate resilience and justice!

For children 8 and adults alike, this workshop will involve several quick and intuitive writing exercises exploring themes such as biodiversity, clean energy, food security, and social justice, leading up to the creation of an original fairy tale or science fiction story. Each story can be written, drawn, performed, or filmed with your phone – there’s no limit to creativity. The stories will be shared with the group at the end of the workshop, but no need to feel pressured – someone will be able to help you out. Join us for an afternoon of imagining, dreaming and mobilising for climate justice, together!

This event takes place on the weekend of the Huntly Hairst, a time where local food, producers, skills and knowledge is celebrated. Check out our other events we have going on, including a Reading Room of texts and books collected throughout Hussein’s project, and a Huntly Climate Ceilidh taking place in the evening. 

Accessibility

This free event will be taking place in Square Deal, a fully accessible venue. The Square Deal garden will be open as a quiet space. If you have any dietary requirements or other accessibility requirements, please let us know at [email protected] / 01466 794494.

About the project

This event is a part of The World is Ours, In Spite of All, a project with artist and educator Hussein Mitha. The project, made in collaboration with young people, explores how climate justice can repair our world, considering education and its challenges in a time of climate emergency with an aim to cultivate an ethos of inspiration, cooperation, connection and solidarity to rise to those challenges.

Image credit: Joana Avi-Lorie

Deveron Projects and the Huntly Youth Climate Warriors invite you to the Huntly Climate Ceilidh! In the Gaelic spirit of the word ‘Ceilidh’ as a social gathering, join us for an evening of sharing climate actions, worries and solutions and celebrating the commitment of Aberdeenshire’s young people to climate justice.

The ceilidh will take place in Huntly Square and will kick off at 7.30pm with the introduction of the Huntly Youth Climate Warriors and unveiling of a manifesto they have been working on with Deveron Projects artist in residence, Hussein Mitha. We will then carry on to dance the night away to the sounds of live music in the Square, accompanied by climate themed snacks, drinks, decorations and games the Huntly Youth Climate Warriors have made!

This event takes place on the weekend of the Huntly Hairst, a time where local food, producers, skills and knowledge is celebrated. Check out our other events we have going on, including a story-writing workshop with writer and artist Joana Avi-Lorie, and a Reading Room of texts collected throughout Hussein’s project.

Event info

Ticketing

The climate crisis is playing its part in financial stability, through such crises as the energy and cost of living. We are therefore committed to making this Ceilidh to be as financially accessible as possible and are using a sliding scale ticketing system to aid in this, with tickets priced as free / £2 / £5. To prioritise the accessibility of young people, please book a free ticket if you are under 25. For anyone over 25, please choose the ticket you feel you can afford (refer to the Eventbrite ticket descriptions if you need help). All ticket sales from this Ceilidh will go back into the Huntly Youth Climate Warriors’ future activities.

Accessibility

The Square is a an accessible area, usually used as a car park. Our wheelchair accessible toilet will be open in Square Deal, as will the public toilets on Castle St (which have a step up). The Square Deal garden will be open as a quiet space. If you have any dietary requirements or other accessibility requirements, please let us know.

Weather

With weather becoming increasingly unpredictable, it is hard to know whether we really will be able to host this Ceilidh outside! In the event of poor weather, we will continue our dancing and celebration in Square Deal.

Travel

If you are travelling to Huntly for this event and would like more information about transport or accommodation please contact the team: [email protected] / 01466 794 494

About the project

This event is a part of The World is Ours, In Spite of All, a project with artist and educator Hussein Mitha. The project, made in collaboration with young people, explores how climate justice can repair our world, considering education and its challenges in a time of climate emergency with an aim to cultivate an ethos of inspiration, cooperation, connection and solidarity to rise to those challenges.

Experience Insh Marshes from a new perspective!

Under the guidance of an instructor from Loch Insh Outdoor Centre, our team member will lead this special guided tour through the reserve, where you can experience the unique habitats and species at Insh Marshes from the water.

Feel free to bring your own paddleboard if you have one, but don’t worry if not – Cairngorms Connect has kindly sponsored this event so equipment hire is included with your ticket, if needed.

Participants will also be welcome to claim 10% off a meal or snacks in the Boathouse Restaurant to refuel after the event.

Children over 12 welcome, under 18s with an accompanying adult. We will meet at the Loch Insh Outdoor Centre car park.

Join RSPB staff on a walk around Balranald Nature Reserve to learn more about the working landscape, and how the work of the crofters helps preserve the diverse machair and support huge numbers of breeding waders.

 This walk costs £3 for RSPB members, £6 for non-members. Children go free. Please pay for this event on the day, we can only accept cash payments.

Dates of this event:

• 6th September: 10am – 11.30am
• 13th September: 10am – 11.30am
• 20th September: 10am – 11.30am
• 27nd September: 10am – 11.30am

Join us looking for golden eagles and choughs and enjoy spectacular views from the American Monument. Meet 10am at Upper Killeyan car park (Car park is situated on unnamed road, on the way to the American Monument). Walks last approx 2 hours, please dress appropriately for the weather. Sensible footwear essential!

£3 for members, £5 for non-members and under-16s go free. No booking required – pay on the day, cash and card payments accepted.

Dates of this event:

• 6th September: 10am – 12.30pm
• 13th September: 10am – 12.30pm
• 20th September: 10am – 12.30pm
• 27th September: 10am – 12.30pm

Join RSPB staff on a guided walk around Loch Langass in search of wildlife, including the resident seal and otter populations. Learn more about the life of these fascinating mammals, while discovering all that the east coast of Uist has to offer.

The cost for this event is £5 for RSPB members, £10 for non-members. Children go free. Please pay for this event on the day, we can only accept cash.

Dates of this event:

• 7th September: 10am – 1pm
• 14th September: 10am – 1pm
• 21th September: 10am – 1pm
• 28th September: 10am – 1pm

‘When you row a boat you are looking backwards, but moving forwards.’

Join us for an evening of discussion as we bring together creative practitioners and environmental experts from around Scotland to explore the importance of due diligence to the past and present when planning for a sustainable future. Speakers will share their experience of working with communities and local archives to create a sense of shared ownership of the past and recording the story of now as an important first step in uniting communities to envisage a new future.

Speakers will discuss concepts including Roman Krznaric’s The Good Ancestor (long-term thinking in a short-term world) and Tradition Bearing on the Isle of Skye, as ways to connect past and present with the future and tell the story of people and place across all three as a continuous narrative.

This session will bring together community representatives, creative practitioners and those passionate about the environment to share their questions and discuss their ideas for a better future.

Arrival from 6pm. Panel discussion from 6.30-8pm. Networking from 8pm.

This event is produced by Open Road Ltd, a local creative organisation based in the harbour area of Aberdeen. Open Road is dedicated to using culture and creativity inspired by people and place to transform lives and work towards a more sustainable future for all.

This event is taking place as part of the Green Tease events series and network, a project organised by Creative Carbon Scotland, bringing together people from arts and environmental backgrounds to discuss, share expertise, and collaborate. Green Tease forms part of the culture/SHIFT programme.

Come along with your budding wildlife adventurers for a journey through the seasons. This popular monthly event, for families with children aged 5 and under, starts with a story and is packed with creative ideas and surprises; getting you outside and playing in nature. Please dress for the weather – pack your wellies!

An educational and community building event for mushroom lovers, mycology enthusiasts, and fungal curious folk that explores urban mushroom cultivation, the role that the fungal kingdom plays in ecosystems, and explains the ways that our farm is part of a circular economy.

Rhyze Mushrooms is a non-profit urban community mushroom farm located in Edinburgh city centre at the Forge in Fountainbridge. We grow mostly oyster mushrooms from waste streams like spent coffee grounds, brewers grains and sawdust that might otherwise wind up in landfills. We built our farm using upcycled materials whenever possible. Our event will begin with get to know you activities – followed by small group discussions – then farm tours, log inoculations, making mini-mushroom growkits from trash, and a chance to explore our farm. This will be followed by some music, food, and refreshment.

Our Campaigner Conference is back! After a couple of years of restrictions, we-re inviting Scotland’s Fair Trade campaigners to come together face-to-face to celebrate what’s been achieved and to look forward at the future of Fair Trade campaigning in Scotland.

Morning tea & coffee, and lunch will be provided.

Registration is free but donations are welcome, and can be made when you register for a ticket.

We look forward to welcoming Neil Gray MSP, Minister for International Development; Sarah Brazier of the Fairtrade Foundation’s Community Award scheme; a Fair Trade producer online; and yourselves, Scotland’s amazing Fair Trade campaigners.

A big thank you to Koolskools for sponsoring the event.

A full programme will follow soon. 

Books have a unique ability to inspire and inform, and in the midst of a climate emergency have become a more crucial tool than ever for communicating climate issues on both global and local levels, taking us to places we’ve never been and sharing stories by people we would otherwise never meet. 

Join The Nature Library at Arran Botanical Drinks’ Beach House in Cladach for a weekend of stories on food, and drink, sustainability and land use, foraging, botanical art and more. As the former site of the Arran Nature Centre, The Nature Library will be celebrating its history while also looking at the future of Scotland’s coastal communities though books, talks and botanical activities inspired by the Beach House’s coastal and woodland surroundings.

Full schedule of guests TBA.

Follow The Nature Library on Twitter and Instagram or check back here for updates when they’re announced!

We’re excited to invite you to our first Share and Repair community repair shop and skills share on Saturday 10 September!

Our Share and Repair event will see local craftspeople and businesses in Aberdeen offering their help to repair items that have seen better days, as well as sharing these skills with our group gathering local autistic teens and their parents, carers and friends.

The idea is to to create a free meeting place and be all about repairing things (together). Visitors will find tools and materials to help them make any repairs needed. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, etcetera.

Believing in the ‘right to repair’, we strive to mobilise local communities into a civic movement of ‘sharing and repairing’ and start our own Repair Cafe as a follow up plan.

Time and location TBC

Designated Scotland’s “Year of Stories”, 2022 is a year to celebrate and be inspired by tales, legends and true stories connecting people and landscape around Loch Leven. Local author David Munro leads two walks on the trails at RSPB Loch Leven that provide ideal viewpoints for telling stories such as The Enchanted Tree and Tam Tod’s Last Journey.

We’re very excited to be joined by musicians, storytellers and researchers and to display a range of creative work that responds to seaweed, environment and community, all in a Victorian walled garden connected to the Oban Food Bank.

Our event is funded by the British Science Association and Dandelion.
Garden grown food as well as seaweed dishes will be available (free).

First monthly Black Isle Repair Cafe!  All welcome including families – children’s activities available.

‘Stitch in time’ repairs available for all sorts of items including sewing repairs, tool sharpening, general repairs and more.  You are welcome to bring your item along for one of the repair cafe volunteers to have a look at or if you just want to find out a bit more about the repair cafe, pop in and have a chat – tea, coffee, drinks and cake all available as well as more info about how to become a volunteer if you’d like to become part of the team.

LSC BIO (Be Involved Outdoors) Group are a group of volunteers who have been working to improve the biodiversity and beauty of Albert Park on the southside of Glasgow since an ecological survey was carried out in 2020.  The park is a 10 acre multi-sport club, but is also a designated Site of Importance to Nature Conservation.  It is boundaried on two sides by the White Cart river and extensively tree-lined – a hidden green oasis.  We have planted lots of pollinator friendly plants, created a habitat hedge (dead hedge), introduced native hedging, have introduced composting, greened up the hard spaces at the club and we are transforming a 130 metre grassy bank into a wildflower bank, and  more besides – come and see what we have achieved.  On the day there will be a map to guide you around the park, volunteers on hand to answer questions.  In the Clubhouse there will be a slideshow of photos from the past two years of hard work, a wildflower seed giveaway, and some free refreshments.  There will also be a  display of COP 26 placards – a nostalgic reminder…

For any queries feel free to contact [email protected]

Moving Images solar powered caravan cinema will be touring 6 community gardens and hubs in the Scottish Borders screening Film Seeds, a 40 mins programme of short films with themes around climate and social justice, recycling, the beauty of weeds and grassroots activism in September and early October. Each tour stop will be accompanied by a range of activities organised by our hosts as well as flip book animation workshops and climate conversations. Film Seeds Tour has beed funded by Film Hub Scotland & Climate Fringe Festival and supported by Alchemy Film & Arts and Connecting Threads.

Gilded Lily will be organisng a visit to the Vanguard project in Strathaven for up to 20 women from Govan and surrounding areas. Targeting at least 50% of participants from BMAE and refugee/asylum seeker communities, we will provide transport to take the group to visit a farm project, to get out of the city and connect with nature as well as taking part in upcycling craft and growing sessions, followed by a discussion on climate change.

Govan is one of the top 10% most deprived areas in Glasgow (IMD) and women we work with experience many barriers and issues such as social isolation, financial deprivation, lack of opportunity, poor mental wellbeing. This event will provide a great opportunity for women who might not have been out of the city, to reconnect with nature whilst learning about the importance of recycling and growing to help reduce the effects of rubbish and waste on the environment. They will also plant some herbs & flowers to take home and learn about seasonal growing/eating and the importance of biodiversity.

Our discussion will focus on climate justice, where women will share the experiences of climate issues they have experienced as well as family members living in other countries. This will provide a connection with how our activities are affecting people/places in other countries.

Location and time TBC.

With over 15,000 different fungi in the UK no wonder there are so many different shapes, sizes and wonderful colours. Join RSPB staff and our resident fungi enthusiast on a guided walk to discover the array of different wild and wonderful mushrooms that can be found on the reserve. Learn some different ID features and fascinating facts as we look a little closer at RSPB Loch of Kinnordy.

We will meet in the main car park at Loch of Kinnordy and be using the core path therefore walking shoes would be acceptable. Please dress appropriately according to weather forecasts.

Quick Overview:

Join us from noon – lunch until 1pm – walk for 1 & 1/2 hours – networking teas and coffees.

This event is FREE to join for stakeholders of the Ethnic Minority Environmental Network

About the Nature Walk

We want to take you on an exciting walk through one of the historical and green treasures of Scotland – Pollok Country Park. We will discuss the history of common land in Scotland, plant-hunting expeditions that changed our flora and fauna, and much more to deepen our understanding of Scotland’s relationship with its nature.

Good to Know

This is an outdoor, all-weather walk. Please bring sturdy walking shoes and waterproof clothes in the event of rain. We will be filming the event to allow anyone unable to attend in person to access the content.

Join us and take control of your own health!  During this 2 hour session you will be guided in making your own immune strengthening Fire Cider or Elderberry syrup and blend your own herbal cold and flu tea, to take away with you to use at home.

We will supply all of the equipment needed on the day and give you instructions on how to use your remedies when you get them home.

To Register email Vicky Manning at [email protected]

What could a future Uist be like? What language and technologies might people be using? What kind of environment or homes might people be living in? In a changing climate how might future islanders live? Creating and sharing stories is an important way of exploring sometimes challenging ideas about what our future might be like.

Join writer Katharine Macfarlane and Cothrom Community Development Tutor, Alison Stockwell, for a creative writing workshop at  Lionacleit Library on Friday 16th September, 2-5pm. All welcome, young and old, families and friends.

Please note, this is a drop-in event so you are free to come and go as you please. There will be copies of the activities made available online at https://www.cothrom.net/events–classes.html for you to access and printed copies on site at  Lionacleit Library that you can take away with you and share.

Join GKPA as they host the Wishaw Climate Change Festival. We will have performances from our own GKPA students and a number of other local artists and performance groups.

Moving Images solar powered caravan cinema will be touring 6 community gardens and hubs in the Scottish Borders screening Film Seeds, a 40 mins programme of short films with themes around climate and social justice, recycling, the beauty of weeds and grassroots activism in September and early October. Each tour stop will be accompanied by a range of activities organised by our hosts as well as flip book animation workshops and climate conversations. Film Seeds Tour has beed funded by Film Hub Scotland & Climate Fringe Festival and supported by Alchemy Film & Arts and Connecting Threads.

Discover the mysterious world of bats as we explore RSPB Baron’s Haugh in search of these illusive creatures.

With its mix of ancient trees, historic buildings and winding river, Baron’s Haugh is a paradise for bats. Starting at dusk this walk will allow you to experience the reserve as never before. We will explore the reserve using bat detectors to identify as many species as possible and will help you understand the secretive life of these amazing mammals.

Please bring torches and suitable clothing/footwear for the event.

More information here: https://events.rspb.org.uk/events/16324

Celebrating Biodiversity and at the same time raising awareness of Biodiversity loss, we are hoping to come together with a family event educating and informing others through creative activity. There will be a humorous stage show ‘The Pollinators Party’, Dee Ukes (lovely cheerful ukuleles and voices) and other entertainment. There will be many activity stalls,including quizzes, pollinator puppet making, garden designing, face painting and more. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust will be attending and assisting us. Most of our activities are free. We are there to educate and help our attendees to think about our Natural World and how we can look after it.

We would very much like other groups to join us by running their own stall or volunteering to help on one already set up …..everyone is welcome.

This Feel-Good Workshop will be led by Becky Duncan of Open Aye (OpenAye.co.uk)

Outdoor photo walks connect people to nature, inspire creativity and leave people feeling good!

Becky has training in participatory facilitation, forest bathing and is a professional photographer. Becky has been running similar Wellbeing Of the Woods photo walk sessions for Scottish Forestry for a number of years and participants regularly report enhanced wellbeing after the workshops.

During the event participants will be led on a guided walk and invited to participate in set photo activities which may include experimenting with tips and techniques for taking better pics and tasks that encourage creativity in nature.

Participants may use any type of camera, from mobile phones, to SLRs, whatever they feel comfortable with. All abilities are welcome and everyone will gain something from the experience.

Participants must be 18 or over or accompanied by a paying adult over 18

Please note, this event is subject to change in response to government guidelines on covid-19.

 You don’t have to be a great singer, we just want people who are enthusiastic about climate campaigning and music!

Admission is free – there is a suggested £5 charge if you want us to print music for you, but we hope people will either read from a tablet (to save paper!) or print the music themselves at home.

The venue is fully wheelchair accessible, and we will do all we can to meet any other access needs for singers. Covid precautions will be taken as appropriate.

We’ll be singing songs of warning, protest, solutions and hope, by composers from all around the world. All music will be sent out in advance, with links to recordings so you can learn by singing along.

For more details and to hear some of the music, visit https://choirsforclimate.com/2022/08/01/come-and-sing-edinburgh-18th-september/ .

This will be a hybrid public meeting – in person in a local community hall and also online via Zoom.  We plan to have a representative from Friends of The Earth, a lead local Council Climate Change Officer and a Trade Union or other campaign organisation representative in attendance.

Details for online access:

As part of our Highland Community Waste Partnership Project we’ll be holding an evening of activities focused on reducing your textile waste and having a climate friendly wardrobe.

4PM – 9PM: SWISHING EVENT & THRIFT FLIP WORKSHOP
A wide range of second hand clothing will be available for folks to come and look through to add to their wardrobe in a eco-friendly way.

7PM – 9PM: FILM SCREENING
TBC

Weekend gathering for those passionate about the food system in the Highlands to come together to connect, learn, and celebrate.

Highland Good Food Partnership (HGFP) invites you to a weekend gathering at the Shieling Project, Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th September. This event is also part of the Climate Fringe Festival 2022.

The gathering is aimed at people who have a passion and interest in food and food system issues in the Highlands.

The day will include an introduction and update on the work of HGFP, with opportunities for people to discuss different food system issues. This will be followed by a selection of workshops and talks covering a range of topics for you to choose from. Topics include seed saving, land use in Scotland, fermentation and food storage, funding tips and tricks, and more!

Nourish Scotland will be hosting a workshop of the new Scottish Agriculture Bill. This will be a great opportunity for members to learn about and feedback on the Ag Bill consultation.

Please bring your own picnic lunch.

To finish off the day we will have a locally sourced meal prepared by the Shieling Project and a campfire with some tunes – bring your instrument!

Come to Woodside for a tour of the farm, its market gardenand a talk on our community-led, sustainable farming and permaculture. Our expert growers will then show you how to harvest the beautiful ingredients for your lunch. From there, guests will be taken to our brand new food preparation area to make their lunch.

After that, there is nothing to do but sit back with a cup of tea, eat lunch and admire look out over Pladda Isle, Ailsa Craig and Ireland.

Perfect for kids and anybody with an interest in the environment, permaculture and farming.

Tickets are £15 per person. Parking is available onsite.

This event will be a place to socialise, learn about the impacts of Climate Change and create more awareness on its environmental effects for minorities groups.

The event will start at 3 pm with a welcome speech from Africa Future Chairperson, followed by a presentation from different panellists. After we will open the discussion until 5 pm with time for everyone to discuss and ask questions.

This will be followed by dance till 6 pm and after we will have networking, clean up and refreshment till 6.30 pm and the speech to say goodbye to everyone.

We will invite experts in the field to come and join the panels, as well as different local organisations, such as LGBTAQ+ groups in Glasgow, Govan Community Project, More Group, Unity Centre.

Join us for a day dedicated to the environment! The event will be facilitated by the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere and The South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project. This is a drop- in event. Participation in all the sessions qualifies the participants for a carbon literacy qualification.

10am Welcome & cuppa

10.15am Climate Change & Us. Looking at the daily choices that can reduce our impact on the environment, with the GSA Biosphere.

11am Food Matters. Exploring new ideas about food production.

12pm Pop up info stand. The GSA Biosphere and South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project

1pm Returning Golden Eagles to Southern Skies. Update on the reintroduction of golden eagles to the area, from the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.

2pm Climate Resilience in Glentrool. What can we do now, to prepare for the future?

Moving Images solar powered caravan cinema will be touring 6 community gardens and hubs in the Scottish Borders screening Film Seeds a programme of short films with themes around climate and social justice, recycling, the beauty of weeds and grassroots activism September and early October. Each tour stop will be accompanied by a range of activities organised by our hosts as well as flip book animation workshops and climate conversations. Film Seeds Tour has beed funded by Film Hub Scotland & Climate Fringe Festival and supported by Alchemy Film & Arts and Connecting Threads.

Carbon Copy has teamed up with The World Relay for the longest non-stop relay ever attempted, “Running Out Of Time”. Over 7700km from Glasgow to COP27 in Egypt, in the name of climate action. Community leaders, school children and neighbours will pass the relay baton from hand to hand across 18 countries and show the world what we can achieve when we work together.

Sign up. Run a leg of the relay (10km).

Show up. Join Carbon Copy or local climate action project leaders at a baton exchange and help highlight eco-issues.

Support. Share your own local climate action initiative, from anywhere in the UK, via our website or find out what’s happening in your area and join in.

Over 250,000 people will be participating. Anyone unable to run a stage won’t miss out: we’re highlighting big-thinking local climate action along the route and all over the UK. It’s all about you, so put your community initiative on the map now so we can share your story like never before!

The Meanwhile in Leith Festival will celebrate harvest, local artists, community organisations and the residents of Leith. We want to create a day for all of Leith to share the joy of growing and dedicate this festival to reconnecting nature, culture and
community.

The festival will consist of a series of small performances, talks, gatherings, stalls of local artwork and other goods, a seed swap, as well as workshops around wellbeing, creating and growing and will be suitable for all ages.

Our Venue, The Meanwhile Site is used as shared community space between Leith Community Growers, Out of the Blue, Bookbinding with Cass, Rowanbank Environmental Arts & Education and Leith DIY, all of whom will be given the opportunity to participate in creating a programme and activities for the festival.

Scotland the Bread will be giving advice on bread making, nourishment, and food sovereignty whilst we harvest our wheat, organic potatoes and a variety of fruit and vegetables. We will also harvest our flax which we are growing as part of a 1m2flaxscotland project and discuss slow fashion and clothing as an agricultural product.

Join us to celebrate the vibrancy of Leith and connect with a wonderful community of like-minded people!

A weekend of activities involving a wide range of local partners, hosted by Inverurie West Church. The event is aimed at helping people of all faiths and none to respond with hope and commitment to the current climate challenges. There will be talks, workshops, crafts, hands-on activities, information stalls and more. There is something for all ages. Come find out how you can make a difference! More details will be available once the programme is finalised.

General registration not required. Some workshops might have number limits. Please contact organiser for further information.