Community energy is key to a decarbonised economy and a crucial step in tackling climate change, simultaneously strengthening local economies.

This is about more than windmills and solar panels. Community energy can help find a new balance between local economies and the global economy. It can also help overcome the divide between rich and poor — because it empowers local people – and close the gap between north and south. Community energy leads to energy democracy, holding the promise of an economy and society based on co-operation rather than competition, within the boundaries of planet earth.

This is the vast topic our 3 speakers for the evening will explore:

Hester Claridge from Town Rock will talk about the potential for geothermal energy in Scotland/UK.

Corinna Miller, Communications Manager, Power for People, will explain how her organisation, Power for People’s, encourages lobbying of government to make it easier for small and community schemes to access the grid.

Ken Gordon, from the Daviot Housing Group, will develop on his assessment of the potential of heat pumps for individual and group heat pump schemes to “[improve] access to the grid for community energy schemes”.

3 x 15 minute talks will be followed by an opportunity for you to ask the speakers questions and participate in the discussion.

Why not invite a friend or two to come to the event and even share the event within your network?

As this is a hybrid event, details to join the Zoom meeting will be included in your confirmation email when you sign up.

The event space for the in person event will be open from 6:30 pm, talks begin at 7 pm.

After the session at MHA, which we have to leave at 9pm sharp, a number of us repair to The Stag bar, Crown St, 100 m from MHA. You would be especially welcome to come along with us.

You can find more information about our Climate Cafes and Aberdeen Climate Action at: https://www.aberdeenclimateaction.org.

Edinburgh Climate Café – in person at the Salisbury Centre. A Climate Café is an opportunity to give ourselves time to sit, perhaps with a hot drink and a slice of cake, and describe our thoughts and feelings about the crises of our ecology.

Climate Cafés are bounded by confidentiality although they are not therapy sessions. We invite you to take part in a warm, hospitable, facilitated conversation where you can reflect on your and others’ feelings without being bounced into action. This is one way of coping with the challenges facing us all.

More details of this and other cafés, both in-person and online, from the Climate Psychology Alliance in Scotland are here https://www.eventbrite.com/o/40125112323

Climate crisis, energy crisis, global pandemic: Big business is profiting from them all. But more and more of us are taking action and demanding change!

More of us than ever are demanding action from those in power to tackle the interlocking crises of climate, energy and the cost of living. It’s clear that all three are the result of an economic system that puts profit before people’s lives and the health of the planet – and this profit-driven system is hurting us all, here in the UK and around the world. Meanwhile, UK politics is in chaos.

But as ever, we’re not prepared to sit back, because from action comes hope and change!

Join global justice local activists from across Scotland for our winter gathering on Saturday 10 December. Find out more about how Global Justice Now’s campaigns fit into the current context, what we’re calling for and how we can work together for change now and into 2023.

With:

Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now: how we can challenge corporate power and free market dogma – whether that be fossil fuel companies using corporate courts to sue governments, or speculation on food and energy prices on the financial markets.

Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network/People’s Vaccine and Alena Ivanova pharma campaigner at Global Justice Now: why we need to continue challenging the profit driven pharmaceutical system that has led to the scandal of global vaccine inequity and lack of access to affordable medicines for many countries of the global south and how to learn from scientists doing things differently.

Finish the day by joining us for some warm festive drinks and mince pies (3pm onwards)

For those joining us online, zoom details will be emailed out to you. Join just before 11am on the day.

For those joining us in person, doors will open for teas and coffees at 10.30am. Bring a packed lunch, or sandwich shop nearby. And do join us for warming winter drinks and nibbles from 3-4.30pm.

Author and activist Simon Pirani introduces a discussion on why the current focus on hydrogen in UK government policy and by the big energy companies is a technofix which undermines action on the climate crisis. Register at https://tinyurl.com/hydrogen10dec in order to get a link for this online meeting sent to your email address. More details of the meeting to follow.  

Please note that this is specifically for parents, carers and guardians. If you are a professional who is interested in parental climate distress you are welcome to get in touch with us.

The Cafe is a safe, informal space to meet with interested others over tea and cake.

Whether you’ve just begun to worry about the environmental and ecological breakdown, are an activist or climate professional, you’re all welcome. 

It’s an advice-free zone, we don’t plan actions, discuss climate policy, try to change your mind or even persuade you to get involved in our work. Instead, you’ll find a supportive, facilitated gathering where you can voice concerns that may not be welcomed or echoed elsewhere.

Based on the Climate Psychology Alliance Model adapted from Death Cafes.

Meets monthly on 3rd Wed of the month

“I’ve been truly surprised by the impact of my Conversation amongst friends who were previously silent on this issue. We are still talking about it nine months on!” – Jarrod, host

Having quality conversations about climate change is one of the most effective things we can do to stop it.

We are hosting an introductory ‘Climate for Change’ conversation 17:30 – 20:30 Thursday 19th January – open to all. Online.

The concept of SCCAN’s ‘Climate for Change’ conversations for newcomers is a bit like a Tupperware party, where – instead of being sold plastic boxes – an idea is communicated: how we can take action on climate change.

We draw on concerns we all have in the session – and allow space to address them and to let them grow into action.

Our trained facilitators understand we need more such conversations in Scotland and we’re hosting one online!

Please be on time (and stay until the end) so our volunteer facilitators can support a distraction-free conversation with time to catch up after, and so they don’t have to give up more of their time than they already are!

There’s no cost to attend the session. We will people to consider hosting their own ‘party’ – and build a movement of people who understand what needs to be done and what they can do!

Most Scots are concerned about climate change, but are uncertain / overwhelmed and unsure how to respond. Social research shows that through conversations with people we trust we make sense of confusing information and decide what to do about it.

Find out more about the Climate for Change Programme here: https://sccan.scot/climate-for-change/

The content isn’t really suitable for children, so this is an adult only event!

If you want to support our work but can’t come, please join SCCAN: https://sccan.scot/join/

The Cafe is a safe, informal space to meet with interested others over tea and cake.

Whether you’ve just begun to worry about the environmental and ecological breakdown, are an activist or climate professional, you’re all welcome. 

It’s an advice-free zone, we don’t plan actions, discuss climate policy, try to change your mind or even persuade you to get involved in our work. Instead, you’ll find a supportive, facilitated gathering where you can voice concerns that may not be welcomed or echoed elsewhere.

Based on the Climate Psychology Alliance Model adapted from Death Cafes.

Meets monthly on 3rd Wed of the month

We run our popular Repair Café in the Hive on the last Saturday of the month from 10am to 1pm.

If you have any queries please get in touch with [email protected].

The Dollar Repair Café is an antidote to a throwaway culture, and following its launch we run the café once a month from The Hive.

Come along and get your things repaired, and maybe learn a thing or two about repairing – no appointment needed!

There is no charge for any advice or repair, but visitors’ donations will help keep the service free at the point of delivery for everyone. Donations are used to cover costs and to help us offer additional workshops for free.

We have volunteers who can help fix:

• Small electricals
• Electronics (laptops/tablets etc)
• Small pieces of furniture
• Musical Instruments
• Clothes/bags/other fabrics
• Bikes

and much more! So bring along your broken items and one of our volunteers will do their best to fix it!

The Cafe is a safe, informal space to meet with interested others over tea and cake.

Whether you’ve just begun to worry about the environmental and ecological breakdown, are an activist or climate professional, you’re all welcome. 

It’s an advice-free zone, we don’t plan actions, discuss climate policy, try to change your mind or even persuade you to get involved in our work. Instead, you’ll find a supportive, facilitated gathering where you can voice concerns that may not be welcomed or echoed elsewhere.

Based on the Climate Psychology Alliance Model adapted from Death Cafes.

Meets monthly on 3rd Wed of the month

We run our popular Repair Café in the Hive on the last Saturday of the month from 10am to 1pm.

If you have any queries please get in touch with [email protected].

The Dollar Repair Café is an antidote to a throwaway culture, and following its launch we run the café once a month from The Hive.

Come along and get your things repaired, and maybe learn a thing or two about repairing – no appointment needed!

There is no charge for any advice or repair, but visitors’ donations will help keep the service free at the point of delivery for everyone. Donations are used to cover costs and to help us offer additional workshops for free.

We have volunteers who can help fix:

• Small electricals
• Electronics (laptops/tablets etc)
• Small pieces of furniture
• Musical Instruments
• Clothes/bags/other fabrics
• Bikes

and much more! So bring along your broken items and one of our volunteers will do their best to fix it!

The Cafe is a safe, informal space to meet with interested others over tea and cake.

Whether you’ve just begun to worry about the environmental and ecological breakdown, are an activist or climate professional, you’re all welcome. 

It’s an advice-free zone, we don’t plan actions, discuss climate policy, try to change your mind or even persuade you to get involved in our work. Instead, you’ll find a supportive, facilitated gathering where you can voice concerns that may not be welcomed or echoed elsewhere.

Based on the Climate Psychology Alliance Model adapted from Death Cafes.

Meets monthly on 3rd Wed of the month

We run our popular Repair Café in the Hive on the last Saturday of the month from 10am to 1pm.

If you have any queries please get in touch with [email protected].

The Dollar Repair Café is an antidote to a throwaway culture, and following its launch we run the café once a month from The Hive.

Come along and get your things repaired, and maybe learn a thing or two about repairing – no appointment needed!

There is no charge for any advice or repair, but visitors’ donations will help keep the service free at the point of delivery for everyone. Donations are used to cover costs and to help us offer additional workshops for free.

We have volunteers who can help fix:

• Small electricals
• Electronics (laptops/tablets etc)
• Small pieces of furniture
• Musical Instruments
• Clothes/bags/other fabrics
• Bikes

and much more! So bring along your broken items and one of our volunteers will do their best to fix it!

The Cafe is a safe, informal space to meet with interested others over tea and cake.

Whether you’ve just begun to worry about the environmental and ecological breakdown, are an activist or climate professional, you’re all welcome. 

It’s an advice-free zone, we don’t plan actions, discuss climate policy, try to change your mind or even persuade you to get involved in our work. Instead, you’ll find a supportive, facilitated gathering where you can voice concerns that may not be welcomed or echoed elsewhere.

Based on the Climate Psychology Alliance Model adapted from Death Cafes.

Meets monthly on 3rd Wed of the month

We run our popular Repair Café in the Hive on the last Saturday of the month from 10am to 1pm.

If you have any queries please get in touch with [email protected].

The Dollar Repair Café is an antidote to a throwaway culture, and following its launch we run the café once a month from The Hive.

Come along and get your things repaired, and maybe learn a thing or two about repairing – no appointment needed!

There is no charge for any advice or repair, but visitors’ donations will help keep the service free at the point of delivery for everyone. Donations are used to cover costs and to help us offer additional workshops for free.

We have volunteers who can help fix:

• Small electricals
• Electronics (laptops/tablets etc)
• Small pieces of furniture
• Musical Instruments
• Clothes/bags/other fabrics
• Bikes

and much more! So bring along your broken items and one of our volunteers will do their best to fix it!