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Video: Find out how one church in Dundee has reduced its carbon footprint by 1000 tons.
This video shows how Gate Church International in Dundee has reduced its own carbon footprint by 1000 tons and helped the local community reduce theirs too. This is partly due to support from the Climate Challenge Fund – which all churches can apply to.
Download the written case study here.
Continue reading →Climate Action Now: Campaign Workshops across Scotland during June
This is a big year for tackling climate change in Scotland as the Scottish Government prepares to introduce a new Climate Bill. In 2017, over 19,000 members of the public supported our calls for an ambitious Bill with the policies for Scotland to do its share in limiting climate change.
Join Stop Climate Chaos Scotland for a Campaign Workshop to share knowledge and plan action on the Bill. We need to ensure the Government commits to a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest, and a roadmap to reach that. So it’s time to start campaigning!
These interactive workshops will give you more information on Scotland’s new Climate Change Act and how you can get involved in the campaign for climate justice.
We are encouraging people from all across Scotland who care about climate change to come along to meet other activists passionate about climate change, engage with the new climate Bill and to get involved in the campaign.
Dates
Aberdeen – Saturday 9th June
Dundee – Sunday 10th June
Glasgow – Saturday 16th June
Inverness – Sunday 17th June
Dumfries – Saturday 23rd June
Irvine – Saturday 23rd June
Stirling – Sunday 24th JuneBooking
To book your place visit the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland web site:
http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/events/workshops
Continue reading →Pocket Garden competition at Dundee Flower & Food Festival 31 August – 2 September 2018
Keep Scotland Beautiful is delighted to be working with Dundee Flower and Food Festival 2018 to promote a One Planet Picnic competition to design the most exciting and unusual pocket garden, using plants that can be eaten, attract wildlife and celebrate 30 years of the Festival in Camperdown Park.
The competition is for groups to design a pocket garden, sized 120cm x 100cm, to mark this 30th year of the Dundee Flower and Food Festival and celebrate sustainable growing and gardening. Twelve winning designs will be selected and these groups invited to construct their pocket garden for display at the Festival, which runs from 31 August to 2 September. The pocket gardens will form a ‘Celebration Garden’ located in the Floral Marquee adjacent to our Keep Scotland Beautiful stand.
Entries are invited from all organisations, including schools, nurseries, horticultural societies, friends’ groups, It’s Your Neighbourhood and Beautiful Scotland Groups, allotments and community allotment groups, etc
Interested groups are asked to provide a sketch of the proposed pocket garden design, annotated or with explanatory notes.
A fact sheet providing competition details, a design brief and inspiration for your design ideas and how to stage your exhibit can be downloaded here.
The twelve winners invited to display their gardens in the ‘Celebration Garden’ will receive two free tickets to the Festival and will receive a commemorative certificate. They will also be judged and overall winners announced in early September.
All entries must be submitted electronically by 5.00pm on Friday 15 June 2018 to bookings.flowershow@dundeecity.gov.uk
You can find out more about the Dundee Flower and Food Festival here: www.dundeeflowerandfoodfestival.com
Continue reading →Climate Action Workshops & Film Tour 2018
Over the next few months, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland will be out across Scotland with their members putting on Climate Action Workshops which you can get involved in! These free to attend workshops are an exciting opportunity to meet others interested in climate change, get to know more about this years Climate Bill and to find out how you can get involved in campaigning.
SCCS are also delighted to be working in partnership with Take One Action at some of these workshops to bring you a screening of Not Without Us, a film following frontline activists in the fight against climate change. Check the event page of the workshop near you to find out if there will be a screening and how to get tickets.
More workshop dates and locations will be added over the next few weeks so keep checking the website for our up to date list. You can register for tickets at the confirmed dates so far by following the links below:
Selkirk – Thursday 26th April
Edinburgh – Sunday 3rd June
Dundee – Sunday 10th June
Inverness – Sunday 17th June
Irvine – Saturday 23rd JuneSt. Andrews – Friday 27th April
Aberdeen – Saturday 9th June
Glasgow – Saturday 16th June
Dumfries – Saturday 23rd June
Stirling – Sunday 24th June
Continue reading →Climate Action Workshops from Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
These workshops will provide information about the Stop Climate Chaos CLimate Bill campaign and equip you with the knowledge and skills to take action. We hope attendees will feel inspired to take the message that we need a strong climate act onto their streets, communities and to their representatives.
In partnership with Take One Action, the workshops in Edinburgh (3rd June), Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Inverness, Dumfries & Stirling will be followed by a screening of Not Without Us – following frontline activists in the fight against climate change for a subsidised cost of just £4!There are nine workshops which you can register for today:Selkirk, Selkirk Parish Church Hall – 26th April 2018Continue reading →
Edinburgh, Grassmarket Project – Sunday 3rd June
Aberdeen, Belmont Filmhouse – Saturday 9th June
Dundee, CCA – Sunday 10th June
Glasgow, Renfield St. Stephens – Saturday 16th June
Inverness, Eden Court – Sunday 17th June
Dumfries, The Stove – Saturday 23rd June
Stirling, Codebase – 24th June