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Climate Challenge FundGathering 2016

4 October, Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh

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Welcome to the 2016 Climate Challenge Fund Gathering #ccfcommunity

On behalf of Keep Scotland Beautiful, and the Scottish Government, I am delighted to welcome you to this, the seventh Climate Challenge Fund Gathering. This is a celebration of the action communities across Scotland are taking, through innovative and impactful projects, to reduce local carbon emissions, improve local areas and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

As a national charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful campaigns, acts and educates on a range of local, national and global environmental issues. We aim to change behaviour and improve the quality of people’s lives and the places they care for. Climate change and sustainable development are very much part of our core activities and in 2015, I am pleased to say, we committed to align our organisation’s future strategy with that of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

We are very proud of the role that we have played in developing, managing and driving forward the ambitions of the Climate Challenge Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government and we continue to be fully committed to play our part in the creation of a low carbon future for our country.

There is no doubt that there is a genuine appetite for communities to play their part too. In fact, our recent, national consultation confirmed that 93% of respondents were concerned about climate change, thus demonstrating that people care about its impact on them, their communities and the environment in general.

Furthermore, since the inception of the Climate Challenge Fund in 2008, it has supported 588 community-led organisations who have been awarded 873 grants totalling over £75.7million. These grants have enabled communities to take action on climate change through innovative local approaches; from encouraging low carbon travel choices, to the production and consumption of local and seasonal foods, to home energy efficiency, and the refurbishment of community owned buildings.

I am also pleased to report that, in addition to today’s event, we co-ordinated a three-day exhibition focussed on climate change, its impacts, the actions we need to take and our vision of Scotland in 2030. I should like to thank the Climate Challenge Fund grant recipients who worked with Keep Scotland Beautiful staff to help make this successful event happen.

Finally, I should like to applaud both the efforts of all Climate Challenge Fund grant recipients who, over the past eight years, have contributed to the significant reductions being made to Scotland’s carbon emissions, and the Scottish Government for their ongoing commitment to climate change by making the Climate Challenge Fund available to communities across Scotland.

Derek RobertsonChief ExecutiveKeep Scotland Beautiful

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Running Order

09.00 Arrival (Stratosphere) Fairtrade tea and coffee, fruit teas and pastries.

09.30 Opening Remarks (Biosphere Green) David Gunn, Climate Challenge Fund Manager, Keep Scotland Beautiful.

09.35 Welcome and Introductions (Biosphere Green) Elizabeth Leighton, Chair of Climate Challenge Fund Grants Panel.

09.40 The Journey to a Low Carbon Scotland: a Story (Biosphere Green) Professional Storytellers Alette Willis and Daniel Serridge present a vision of a low carbon Scotland and tell a story of how Scottish communities might play a role in its creation.

11.10 Morning Break (Stratosphere) Fairtade tea and coffee, fruit teas.

11.30 Climate Snapshots (Biosphere Green) Six community groups present for six minutes on their completed Climate Challenge Fund project, followed by a community panel discussion.

12.30 Lunch (Stratosphere) Vegetarian and seasonal Scottish produce.

13.30 Workshop Session One

A. Carbon Literacy Lite (Ozone) Claire Gibson, Keep Scotland Beautiful.

B. Community and Public Sector Climate Action: Understanding and Improving Alignment (Biosphere Blue) George Tarvit and Rebecca Vivers, Keep Scotland Beautiful.

C. Connect, Inspire and Share - how a successful network can strengthen a community project (Biosphere Green) Zarina Ahmad and the Climate Challenge Fund Ethnic Minority Peer to Peer Climate Network.

D. MAJI: Malawi Water Resilience – Learning Journey (Salisbury Suite) David Somervell and Fiona Ross, Scottish Communities Climate Action Network. E. Climate Conversations Workshops (Hutton Room) Debbie Sagar and Maria Gray, Scottish Government.

14.20 Workshop Session Two Repeat of Session One.

15.15 Afternoon Break (Stratosphere) Fairtrade tea and coffee, fruit teas and carrot cake.

15.40 Scottish Government Keynote Address (Biosphere Green) Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP.

16.05 Afternoon Keynote Speaker (Biosphere Green) George Marshall, Director of Projects at Climate Outreach.

16.45 Summing Up (Biosphere Green) Elizabeth Leighton, Chair of Climate Challenge Fund Grants Panel.

Post event gathering We invite delegates to join us at Hemma (Tunbuilding, 73 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AU) for informal post-event drinks.


9.00 Arrival and Climate Change Exhibition (Stratosphere and Ozone)

Fairtrade tea and coffee, fruit teas. Pastries made at Saltire Patisserie, Edinburgh.

Please take the time to network and browse our climate change exhibition, which has been open to the public for the last three days.

Our exhibition, Climate Change in Scotland: a Journey to 2030 will take you on a climate change journey from the present day to 2030. The aim is to provide you with a thought provoking and interactive experience that emphasises how positive action now will tackle climate change and make Scotland a better place to live and work.


Exhibitors

2050 Climate Group

The 2050 Climate Group is a group of young professionals working to engage, educate and empower future leaders in Scotland to take action on climate change. They do this through their Young Leaders Development Programme that couples climate action with leadership development to equip and empower their generation to lead transformational change towards a low carbon Scotland.

www.2050.scot

Adaptation Scotland

Adaptation Scotland provides advice and support to help Scotland be prepared and resilient to the effects of climate change.

They help public sector, businesses and communities to understand what climate change will mean across Scotland, and identify the best way for them to plan for the impact – taking the opportunities and preparing for the risks.

www.adaptationscotland.org.uk

Communities for Conservation, run by Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council

Communities for Conservation is a Climate Challenge Fund project run by Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council to engage with diverse ethnic minority communities in Edinburgh and improve home energy efficiency, reducing fuel bills, fuel poverty and carbon emissions. Project activities include home energy efficiency advice visits and a drop in centre. Additional workshops and initiatives aim to cut carbon emissions from food and travel and raise awareness of climate change.

Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) is a charity based in Edinburgh. Founded in 1971, the charity focuses on promoting equality and tackling discrimination in the community. Until December 2010 it was known as the Edinburgh and Lothians Racial Equality Council, and has now broadened its scope to become a pan-equalities regional council focusing on the nine protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act 2010. ELREC promotes equality of opportunity for all, fights discrimination, promotes human rights, fosters good relations in the communities and promotes co-operation and partnership to meets its aims. Over four decades, this community based organisation has done a lot of good work for diverse communities in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

www.elrec.org.uk


Exhibitors

Edinburgh Creative Reuse Hub, run by SHRUB Swap and Reuse Hub

The Edinburgh Creative Reuse Hub is a Climate Challenge Fund project led by the student community and aims to increase awareness on sustainability issues and solutions. Based out of the Shrub Co-op on Guthrie Street, this social hub provides inspiration and support for a lower carbon lifestyle. The project includes a swap shop, food sharing network and bike maintenance workshops, proving that modern lifestyles do not need to cost the earth.

SHRUB is a place to swap, fix and buy, at a very low price, almost ANYTHING! A hub for all to learn and share skills toward a zero-waste future.

www.shrubcoop.org

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG)

FCFCG supports, promotes and represents community gardens and city farms across the UK. They have over 80 members in Scotland and support many more projects by:

Answering questions and developing your ideas through their advice service. Supporting groups to learn from each other through site visits and networking events. Increasing skills and knowledge through training events and workshops. Promoting projects through their website, social media and national media. Representing their members at a policy level to improve the strategic support for

community gardens and city farms. Running the Community Land Advisory Service which supports communities and

landowners to increase the supply of land available for community growing. Running ‘Growing Together’ which supports community groups to become less grant

dependent.

www.farmgarden.org.uk


Green Drying Project, run by Comas

The Green Drying Project is funded by the Climate Challenge Fund and helps Edinburgh residents find practical solutions to a modern problem. Housing developments have been built without outdoor drying facilities and even where there is space, residents are prevented from hanging clothes out to dry in the free, fresh air. Indoor drying means expensive tumble drier use, or increased use of heating for passive drying with condensation contributing to damp housing and poor health. Comas works with residents to remove barriers to outdoor, air drying.

Comas are a social innovation charity that uses a community development approach to facilitate people in finding the solutions they need. They aim to make peoples’ lives better in every way they can. They tailor support to the situation and the people; their needs and aspirations, working with them to find the right solutions to whatever they may be facing and empowering them to have healthier, happier lives.

www.comas.org.uk

Greening Gorebridge, run by Gorebridge Community Development Trust

Going Green for Gorebridge is a Climate Challenge Fund project that works in Gorebridge and Midlothian to reduce local carbon emissions by helping people make greener travel choices. The project focuses on swapping car journeys for walking and cycling, in particular for travel to Gorebridge railway station. The project also explores perceived barriers to walking and cycling and is improving and developing a local path network that links to schools, shops, health centres, work places and public transport stops.

www.gorebridge.org.uk

Grow Stronger, run by Transition Edinburgh South

Grow Stronger is a Climate Challenge Fund project run by Transition Edinburgh South, working in partnership with Edinburgh Food Social. The project is a community-led initiative to tackle the issues of producing food locally and reducing food waste. This is being delivered using an intergenerational approach to build community capacity and improve volunteer skills in food growing, cooking and composting.

Transition Edinburgh South is a small community organisation that aims to tackle issues of climate change and peak oil by promoting and demonstrating sustainable living in their neighbourhoods. They work with other local groups to promote strong, healthy and resilient communities in south Edinburgh and to develop local answers to both local and global problems.

www.transitionedinburghsouth.org.uk

Home Energy Scotland

Home Energy Scotland is funded by the Scottish Government and managed by the Energy Saving Trust. Their advice is free and impartial and helps householders to save money and help the environment by looking at how they use energy, water and transport.

Home Energy Scotland advisors can help householders reduce their bills, keep warm and assess whether they may be eligible for any extra support.

www.homeenergyscotland.org


Exhibitors

Keep Scotland Beautiful

Keep Scotland Beautiful is the charity that campaigns, acts and educates on a range of local, national and global environmental issues to change behaviour and improve the quality of people’s lives and the places they care for. We are committed to making Scotland clean, green and more sustainable.

www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org

NKS Climate Challenge Initiative run by Nari Kallyan Shangho (NKS)

To reduce fuel poverty amongst the South Asian community in Edinburgh, the NKS Climate Challenge Initiative offers home energy audits. The project is run by Nari Kallyan Shangho and further project activities include educational workshops in composting, upcycling household items and cycle training courses for women.

The primary aim of NKS is to alleviate deprivation and isolation experienced by South Asian women and their families living in Edinburgh and to promote positive health and well-being among them. Their role is to make South Asian women active citizens living in Scottish society by engaging them in various activities at NKS and by supporting them to access mainly mainstream services of interest to them in Edinburgh.

www.nkshealth.co.uk

Sustrans Scotland

Sustrans Scotland works closely with communities, the Scottish Government, local authorities and other partners to ensure that the people of Scotland have access to a network of safe walking and cycling routes, making Scotland a healthy, happy place to live, work and play, and a sustainable and beautiful tourist destination.

www.sustrans.org.uk/scotland

Transition Stirling’s Tool Shed, run by Transition Stirling

Transition Stirling’s Tool Shed is a Climate Challenge Fund project to cut local carbon emissions by helping to increase production and consumption of local food and by cutting waste. The project includes practical workshops on growing, foraging and cooking sustainable food. Further project workshops provide advice on how to refurbish furniture and mend clothing. Having participated in a workshop, a range of gardening, DIY and cooking equipment is available for the community on loan.

Transition Stirling is a community group for sharing practical skills as part of a small-scale local response to climate change. They aim to bring back skills which have been lost during the era of cheap oil.

www.transitionstirling.org.uk


UPower, run by Rural and Urban Training Scheme (RUTS)

UPower is aimed at promoting active travel across Midlothian through cycling based activities and low carbon lifestyles. Activities include free community bike loan, essential bike skills, route planning and bike maintenance. All activities are free of charge.

RUTS aims to equip young people with the confidence and skills required to achieve their highest potential and raise their aspirations. This is achieved through motorcycle and bicycle based programmes that make a positive difference to young people’s lives and the communities they live in.

www.ruts.org.uk/upower

Zero Waste Scotland

Zero Waste Scotland exists to create a society where resources are valued and nothing is wasted. They are funded to support delivery of the Scottish Government’s circular economy strategy and the EU’s Europe 2020 growth strategy. Their goal is to help Scotland reap the environmental, economic and social benefits of making best use of the world’s limited natural resources. Their mission is to influence and enable change – from gathering evidence and informing policy, to motivating practical behaviour change in individuals and organisations through their programmes and brands.

www.zerowastescotland.org.uk

Welcoming a Greener Future, run by The Welcoming

Welcoming a Greener Future is a Climate Challenge Fund project to help migrant and refugee communities in Edinburgh to reduce carbon emissions through improving home energy efficiency and decreasing waste sent to landfill. Project activities include home energy efficiency surgeries and home visits, while clothes, household goods and furniture previously destined for landfill are upcycled into useful items.

The Welcoming is an independent charity that works for the social and economic integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. They aim to welcome newcomers, learn together, improve English language skills and contribute to the culture, heritage and economy of Edinburgh and its local communities.

www.thewelcoming.org


David Gunn, Climate Challenge Fund Manager, Keep Scotland Beautiful

David completed his Civil and Environmental Engineering degree at Edinburgh University in 2001. He spent seven years working with Scottish community groups and local authorities as kerbside recycling was introduced and developed Waste Aware Scotland communication campaigns to encourage householders to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste. He has managed the Climate Challenge Fund since 2008 and is constantly impressed by the commitment, innovation and capacity of Scotland’s community sector.

Elizabeth Leighton, Chair of Climate Challenge Fund Grants Panel

Elizabeth Leighton is an independent consultant, providing research, policy and strategy advice on climate change, community engagement and sustainability issues. She is the chair of the CCF Grant Panel, which reviews project assessments and provides independent recommendations to Ministers.

Previously, she worked for WWF Scotland as Senior Policy Officer where she advocated policies and programmes to make Scotland’s homes low carbon and managed the education team. Prior to joining WWF, Elizabeth served with the US Foreign Service, with postings in Moscow, Sofia, Edinburgh and Alaska.

Elizabeth lives in Highland Perthshire with her husband and two sons where she is an active member of the school parent council, and a member of the newly formed Heartland Community Wind Co-operative.

9.30 Opening remarks (Biosphere Green)

9.35 Welcome and introduction (Biosphere Green)


Professional storytellers Alette Willis and Daniel Serridge present a vision of a Low Carbon Scotland and tell a story of how Scottish communities might play a role in its creation.

Keep Scotland Beautiful recognises that the most productive networking opportunities for many Climate Challenge Fund grant recipients occur when they can share experience with others that are running similar types of projects.

In addition to regional peer-to-peer networks that we organise, we have been pleased to facilitate themed networking opportunities for community-led organisations based around food, reuse and repair, transport and energy.

Daniel and Alette worked with attendees at each of our themed networks to develop a vision of a low carbon Scotland. Expect a lively tale including contributions from representatives of community-led organisations.

Alette Willis Alette is a trans-Atlantic storyteller. She was born in Oxford, England, but did most of her growing up in Ottawa, Canada. In 2008, she moved to Edinburgh and part of what attracted her to Scotland was its rich tradition of storytelling and the depth of continuing support for the art here. Alette is drawn to tell stories about the natural world in which we dwell and our relationship with it.

Daniel Serridge Daniel discovered his love of storytelling in West Cumbria when making street theatre and performance work with local communities. He likes to tell stories from every corner of the world, but is particularly interested in English and Scottish folklore. He is also quite partial to a tale or two of tomfoolery and foolishness. Dan has extensive experience of arts facilitation and has regularly made work in complex and challenging environments.

Find out more about peer-to-peer networking opportunities on our website:www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/communitysupport

Representatives from community-led organisations at a food peer-to-peer networking meeting at the Jack Kane Community Centre

9.40 The Journey to a Low Carbon Scotland: a Story (Biosphere Green)

11.10 Morning Break (Stratosphere)Fairtrade tea and

coffee and fruit teas.


CATCA CREATES Christine Bell, Communities Along the Carron Association (CATCA)

CATCA was awarded a Climate Challenge Fund grant to run CATCA CREATES, (Carbon Reductions Exploring Active Travel and Energy Savings), in partnership with Sustrans Scotland. This community-led project worked with schools and businesses in Larbert and Stenhousemuir to encourage lower carbon travel by bike through cycle training, route planning and maintenance workshops. Further reductions in carbon emissions resulted from the project promoting local, sustainable food and creating community growing space in school grounds.

Christine Bell Christina Bell is co-founder of CATCA having jointly conducted the initial community conversations exploring the potential to regenerate the River Carron and adjacent land back in 2009. Since then she was instrumental in setting up the fully constituted group and has been volunteer and part time project officer since 2011. Thanks to funding from the Climate Challenge Fund, CATCA now have Christine as a full time project co-ordinator who is dedicated to forwarding the aims and objectives of their group, all of which are central to the principals of climate change.

CATCA is a voluntary organisation constituted in 2010, following community conversations along the 20 mile river. These consultations directly involved over 3,000 people, engaging them in a variety of environmental and creative activities, which shaped the formation of the group. Since then CATCA have involved over 7,000 people in river clean ups, litter picks and educational programmes, and removed over 100 tons of debris from the river and surrounding areas. They have also helped raise funding for three new bridges, contributed to new path networks in the area, helped gain Local Nature Reserve status for a greenspace and created a hugely successful community garden.

www.catca.org.uk

Climate Snapshots

Six community-led organisations present six slides in six minutes, providing a snapshot of how their completed climate challenge project embedded positive change in their community. A facilitated discussion will follow with questions and opinions from the floor welcomed. All presentations are available at www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccfcommunity

11.30 Climate Snapshots (Biosphere Green)


Communities for Conservation Jean-Matthieu Gaunand, Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council

Communities for Conservation Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council was awarded a Climate Challenge Fund grant to work with diverse ethnic minority communities to reduce carbon emissions in the areas of energy efficiency and food through the Communities for Conservation project. Project officers and volunteer co-ordinators worked with communities and offered home energy efficiency advice, food growing training sessions and waste advice. There were also opportunities to learn more about climate change through ‘Carbon Conversations’.

Jean-Matthieu GaunandJean-Matthieu Gaunand is a French environmentalist based in Edinburgh. He is the founder and co-ordinator of the Communities for Conservation project. An alumni of Edinburgh University in Environmental Management, Jean-Matthieu has always been determined to work in a field which was directly tied to his love of the environment. Driven by a will to empower communities, Jean-Matthieu has put collaboration and partnership at the heart of his approach to success. This has resulted in the development of some excellent working partnerships including with Home Energy Scotland and the Royal Botanic Garden. Jean-Matthieu has also created a heritage project called ‘Routes to Roots’ which explores Edinburgh’s shared heritage.

Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC)ELREC is a charity based in Edinburgh. Founded in 1971, the charity focuses on promoting equality and tackling discrimination in the community. Until December 2010, it was known as the Edinburgh and Lothians Racial Equality Council, and has now broadened its scope to become a pan-equalities regional council focusing on the nine protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act 2010. ELREC promotes equality of opportunity for all, fights discrimination, promotes human rights, fosters good relations in the communities and promotes cooperation and partnership to meets its aims.

www.elrec.org.uk

Small Steps Big Changes Dave Hodson, Ciaran Stewart and Sarah McPherson, Tweeddale Youth Action

Small Steps Big ChangesSmall Steps Big Changes was a youth-led project to help young people throughout Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, live a more low-carbon life. Tweeddale Youth Action were awarded a Climate Challenge Fund grant to support the youth steering group. Cycle training and maintenance classes encouraged travel by bike instead of car, with bikes previously destined for landfill being reconditioned. Further project activities included a programme of awareness raising events to promote consumption of lower carbon, local and sustainable food.

Dave HodsonAs a former chef, Dave has a passion for food and a passion for life which he’s always tried to share with everyone around him. Overseeing the training and development of young people in his kitchens inspired Dave to pursue a career of working with young people, and for the past five years he’s been working for Tweeddale Youth Action, firstly as a sessional youth worker and in the last couple of years as Project Manager. Dave describes food as a great way of breaking down barriers and bringing people together and it remains a huge part of his life.

Tweedale Youth Action Tweeddale Youth Action exists as a youth-led organisation to provide a safe space and alternative to street corners, supporting young people from 10 to 25 on their journey from childhood to adulthood. The organisation provides free opportunities for all and supports young people to access advice, develop skills, confidence, a sense of belonging and responsibility within the community.

www.tweeddaleyouth.co.uk


R:evolve Recycling Wendy Russell, Lightburn Elderly Association Project (LEAP)

R:evolve RecyclingLightburn Elderly Association Project was awarded a Climate Challenge Fund grant to run the R:evolve Recycling project in Cambuslang and Rutherglen, reducing carbon emissions caused by landfilling of clothes and soft furnishings. Re-use and recycling skills of the local older generation were shared with children and families through a range of activities to help the community reuse, recycle and extend the life of their old clothes or swap them for something nearly new within local swap shops.

Wendy RussellWendy Russell has 20 years experience of community development and empowerment within the voluntary sector. With an honours degree in Community Arts, she began her career using the arts as a vehicle for social change in some of the most deprived areas of Glasgow. In 2011 she followed a successful career in organisational development, specialising in social enterprise within the Third Sector Interface. In 2014, craving grassroots contact within the community, Wendy joined LEAP, initially project managing a CCF funded home energy project, before utilising her leadership skills to help the community to develop R:evolve Recycle in 2015.

Lightburn Elderly Association Project (LEAP)LEAP was established in 1992, born from a sense of frustration by the lack of provision for people in their retirement years. Initially the project offered adult education classes for older people but over the years has developed a number of services to meet the needs of older people in South Lanarkshire. LEAP now operate regular adult education and recreation classes, befriending services and a handy person project as well as the intergenerational R:evolve Recycle project. LEAP thanks the older people who are at the heart of the development and design of everything they do.

www.leap-project.co.uk

Horshader Community Growing ProjectAngela Macleod and Finlay John MacLennan, Horshader Community Development

Horshader Community Growing ProjectHorshader Community Development was awarded a Climate Challenge Fund grant to work in partnership with Western Isles Council and run the Horshader Community Growing Project (HCGP). The project aimed to reduce local carbon emissions and meet both community and local authority objectives. HCGP was the first project to be funded through the innovative CCF ‘Ideas Bank’. The Ideas Bank contained eligible CCF project templates submitted by organisations such as local authorities that required a local community group partner.

Angela MacleodAngela has been employed as a Development Manager with Horshader Community Development for the last four years. She is responsible for the running of the Trust and implementing rural development initiatives in the Horshader community. She has previously held a number of community and economic development roles and has worked in Gaelic television, before working as a freelance project manager.

Finlay John MacLennan Finlay completed his honours degree in History at the University of Strathclyde in 2013. He then relocated to Stornoway and completed a PGDip in Archaeological Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands, before joining Horshader Community Development in 2015 to work on the Horshader Growing Project.

Horshader Community Development Horshader Community Development is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. Its offices are in Shawbost, on the West side of the Island of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It was formed in 2004, to develop and run a community wind turbine, with the aim of investing the funds back in the community through community regeneration projects. The Trust has a board of eight directors from the villages of South Shawbost, Dalbeag and Dalmore and employs nine members of staff, with 159 members in the rural community.

www.horshader.com

Climate Snapshots

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The RGU Union Sustainable Consumption Initiative David Nicolson, RGU:GoGreen, The Robert Gordon University Student Association

The RGU Union Sustainable Consumption Initiative was a Climate Challenge Fund project run by The Robert Gordon University Student Association in Aberdeen to cut carbon emissions caused by waste and water use and to increase environmental awareness throughout the university. The project aimed to reduce food waste and recyclables sent to landfill, and encourage a move away from cooled bottled water towards mains water and refillable bottles.

David NicolsonDavid Nicolson is Robert Gordon University Student Association’s Climate Change Manager, heading up their GoGreen team. His background is in the energy efficiency sector, having worked on a variety of projects in the domestic and business segment in the North East for a local social enterprise. After a couple of years working in a training and project development capacity, he grasped the opportunity to lead Robert Gordon University’s environmental projects within the student association. David is a keen mountain biker and lacrosse player and also regularly found making a mess in the kitchen.

RGU:GoGreen looks after the environmental and sustainability projects of the Student Association, aiming to bring these issues to the forefront of the minds of the student community of almost 14,000 people. Their past and present projects have covered a diverse number of subjects, from the Halls Energy Challenge to veg bags, bike hire schemes to community allotments and many more. They aim to raise awareness of the everyday ways in which we can have a positive influence on the factors contributing to climate change whilst offering volunteering and development opportunities on campus and in the community.

www.rguunion.co.uk/gogreen

Another chance to network and browse our Climate Change Exhibition based across the Ozone and Stratosphere.

A map of the exhibition will be provided separately and more detailed information on exhibitors can be found on pages 5 - 9.

Menu Focusing on vegetarian, seasonal Scottish produce.

Onion and thyme loaf: Made at Saltire Patisserie, Edinburgh with flour milled at Kirkcaldy.

A selection of Scottish cheese:Caboc (Inverness),Howgate Brie (Dundee),Lockerbie cheddar (Lockerbie), served with red onion chutney (Pettigrows of Kelso).

Mini macaroni pies: Made at Saltire Patisserie, Edinburgh with flour milled at Kirkcaldy.

Savoury tart baked with leeks and tomatoes:Made at Saltire Patisserie, Edinburgh with flour milled at Kirkcaldy.

Tomatoes, button mushrooms and spring onions flavoured with garlic cream served in ramekins:Tomatoes from Clyde Valley, mushrooms from Stirling Central Farm, cream from Bonaly Farm, Fife.

Lightly spiced winter vegetable soup served in mini cups with mini flavoured rolls:Turnip, carrots and parsnips from Dunnes in the Borders. Bread made at Saltire Patisserie, Edinburgh with flour milled at Kirkcaldy.

12.30 Lunch and exhibition (Stratosphere and Ozone)


Workshops

13.30 Workshop Session One

A. Carbon Literacy Lite, Claire Gibson, Keep Scotland Beautiful (Ozone)

About the workshopThis year we have started working with the Carbon Literacy Project in Manchester to offer representatives of community organisations the opportunity to become officially Carbon Literate. So far 25 people have completed the course with 100% being successfully certified as Carbon Literate. This interactive workshop will include a walkthrough of the climate change exhibition to introduce what we mean by Carbon Literacy, explore why it’s important and give you a taster of what’s included in the training we offer.

About the facilitatorClaire Gibson, Development Officer, Climate Challenge Fund

Claire completed her honours degree in Environmental

Geography at the University of Stirling in 2010. She then went on to complete a Professional Graduate Diploma in Education at Strathclyde University. Claire spent two years teaching Geography before taking up a Climate Challenge Fund Development Officer position at Keep Scotland Beautiful in November 2013.

About Keep Scotland Beautiful; Sustainability and Climate Change

We work with organisations and communities to help change behaviour to reduce carbon emissions, improve local areas and help people to adapt to the impacts of climate change.



B. Community and Public Sector Climate Action: Understanding and Improving Alignment, George Tarvit and Rebecca Vivers, Keep Scotland Beautiful (Biosphere Blue)

About the workshopThis workshop will look at the links and relations between community groups and public sector organisations. It will explore:

Which organisations make up the public sector. Public sector roles and responsibilities on climate change and community empowerment. What the Public Bodies Climate Change Duties are and how action is being reported. How community action on climate change can support public sector climate action and vice versa. How we can help through our work on the Climate Challenge Fund and the Sustainable Scotland Network.

About the facilitatorGeorge Tarvit, Sustainability and Climate Change Manager, Keep Scotland Beautiful

George is responsible for our work on sustainability and climate change, which includes managing the Sustainable Scotland Network. George joined Keep Scotland Beautiful in 2003 as the Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN) Development Officer. As the funding for the SSN increased, George took on the role of Sustainable Scotland Network Manager prior to taking up his current post.

About the facilitatorRebecca Vivers, Sustainability Officer, Keep Scotland Beautiful

After obtaining a degree in Environmental Science at Stirling University, Rebecca started work with

Keep Scotland Beautiful in Autumn 2005, first as a surveyor with the Scottish Waste Awareness Group, followed by a Climate Challenge Fund Development Officer role. Rebecca joined the Sustainable Scotland Network team in April 2015 as Sustainability and Climate Change Officer, with a key focus on the Public Sector Climate Change Reporting through the 2014/15 trial period through to the first mandatory 2015/16 period. Rebecca lists key interests at work as the monitoring and evaluation of carbon reduction projects, local food initiatives and problem solving.


C. Connect, Inspire and Share - how a successful network can strengthen a community project, Zarina Ahmad and the Climate Challenge Fund Ethnic Minority Peer-to-Peer Climate Network (Biosphere Green)

About the workshopIn the beginning of any project, a great deal of time is spent setting up, gathering information and resources and creating activities. This, and the struggle of feeling alone and/or not making much headway with a project plan, can be eased by participating at network meetings. The CCF Ethnic Minority Network will demonstrate how networking makes the most of invaluable time to connect people, share ideas and inspire individuals, resulting in stronger and more successful community projects:

Connecting people and projects - being a part of a network helps staff and volunteers feel part of a bigger team and keeps them motivated.

Sharing ideas and resources - why reinvent the wheel when you can share resources, learn from existing projects and connect ideas.

Inspire people - networking generates new ideas, creates great enthusiasm which in turn leads to inspired volunteers.

About the facilitatorZarina Ahmad, CEMVO Scotland

Zarina Ahmad is the Climate Change and Environment Officer for CEMVO Scotland. She graduated from Glasgow University and then later attended Strathclyde University to undertake a Masters in Environmental Studies. After a 20 year career in the private sector Zarina pursued her passion and interest in the environment within

the third sector in fields including energy efficiency, community growing and renewables. In partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful, Zarina and CEMVO Scotland have engaged over 100 Ethnic Minority communities (a traditionally hard to reach group) to tackle climate change. The programme has involved workshops, the Ethnic Minority Peer to Peer Climate Network, plus support in applying for Climate Challenge Fund grants.

Find out more about networking opportunities on our websitewww.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/communitysupport

About the Climate Challenge Fund Ethnic Minority Network

Our partners, CEMVO Scotland, organise the monthly Climate Challenge Fund Ethnic Minority Network meetings. Multiple meetings have taken place at locations throughout Scotland. We are also proud to facilitate regional and themed (food, reuse and repair, transport and energy) peer-to-peer networks through our management of the CCF on behalf of the Scottish Government.

Workshops


D. MAJI: Malawi Water Resilience – Learning Journey, David Somervell and Fiona Ross, Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (Salisbury Suite)

About the workshopDrought and crop failure threaten millions with starvation in south and east Africa, but in January 2015 floods devastated Malawi, killing 280 and displacing nearly 300,000 with whole villages swept away. How does this relate to greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland? Might we face similar weather-related disasters?

Five Scottish Communities Climate Action Network members joined a sharing workshop for the “More Action for Just Initiatives” (MAJI) project run by VSO Malawi with a grant from Scottish Government’s Climate Justice Fund. David and Fiona will start conversations exploring climate adaptation, watershed management, scenarios planning, dependency and power and appropriate development.

About the facilitatorDavid Somervell

David Somervell trained as an architect at Edinburgh College of Art, before joining Heatwise Glasgow as Technical Services Manager. He served as Energy Manager at the University of Edinburgh from 1989 and more recently as Sustainability Adviser.

He supported Transition Edinburgh University 2009-11 and now convenes the Transition Edinburgh network.

About the facilitatorFiona Ross

Fiona Ross worked as documentary film producer globally before coming north to restore furniture near Perth. As chair of Carse of Gowrie Sustainability Group, Fiona led funding bids for mapping the Carse and assessing how to

reduce risks of flooding. Fiona is now studying for a Masters in Environmental Sustainability.

About Scottish Communities Climate Action NetworkScottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN) is a grassroots network of community groups. SCCAN exist to provide mutual inspiration and support to help overcome barriers. They aim to create supporting infrastructure and the policy environment needed to empower communities to shape their own low-carbon future and promote local resilience and wellbeing. Membership is open to all constituted community groups across Scotland that are taking action on climate change.

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E. Climate Conversations Workshop, Debbie Sagar and Maria Gray, Scottish Government (Hutton Room)

About the workshopWhat will your life be like in 2030? How will we all be living? What changes do you want to see in your local community and across Scotland by 2030?

Join one of many Climate Conversations that are taking place across Scotland and have the opportunity to feed in your voice to this national discussion.

This workshop will run as one of the Climate Conversations that are taking place in communities across Scotland, seeking to understand people’s views on the actions we may need to take in reducing the causes and the effects of a changing climate.

About climate conversations

This is one of a series of Climate Conversations being held across Scotland. The Scottish Government has initiated these conversations because it wants to encourage a national discussion about how we can reduce the emissions that cause climate change and prepare for a changing climate. If you are content, your thoughts and comments will be fed back anonymously to the Scottish Government so that it has a better understanding of what people feel about the actions needed to tackle climate change.

The feedback from these conversations will inform the development of the draft Climate Change Plan which will set out plans for delivering Scotland’s climate change targets out to 2032. The Climate Conversations have been developed in partnership with Climate Outreach and can be used as way to start a discussion with people not already engaged with climate change.

About the facilitators

Debbie Sagar – Research Officer, Energy and Climate Change Analysis, Scottish Government.

Maria Gray – Policy Adviser, Low Carbon Behaviours Team, Scottish Government.

Workshops

14.20 Workshop Session Two Repeat of Workshop Session One outlined in preceeding pages.


Fairtrade tea and coffee, fruit teas and carrot cake from Saltire Bakery,

Edinburgh.

Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP

Roseanna Cunningham was born in Glasgow in 1951 but spent most of her early years in Edinburgh and East Lothian. In 1960, she travelled to Australia with her family and subsequently completed her schooling in Fremantle, Western Australia and obtained her first university degree from University of Western Australia.

She became interested in politics while still a teenager and in fact first joined the SNP in 1969 as an overseas member.

Ms Cunningham returned to Scotland in 1976 and, within only a few months of her arrival, was working full time at SNP HQ, while also being involved in branch and constituency politics in Edinburgh.

In 1980, she returned to university in Edinburgh and obtained a Law Degree followed by a Diploma in Legal Practice from Aberdeen University. From her graduation in 1983 to 1988, she worked as a solicitor in local government. After a brief period in private practice, she became a member of the Faculty of Advocates.

She was elected to the House of Commons in the Perth and Kinross by-election in 1995, was re-elected in 1997 and subsequently stood successfully for the Scottish Parliament in 1999. She stood down from Westminster in 2001.

Ms Cunningham held a number of local and national offices in the SNP, including Deputy Leader from 2000-2004.

She has remained a member of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to present and has three times been a Committee Convener - for the Justice Committee, the Health Committee and most recently the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee before becoming Minister for the Environment in 2009.

She was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training in November 2014 and appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform in May 2016.

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15.40 Scottish Government keynote address (Biosphere Green)

15.15 Afternoon Break (Stratosphere)Fairtrade tea and coffee,

fruit teas and carrot cake.

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16.45 Summing Up (Biosphere Green)

17.00 Close

Elizabeth Leighton, Chair of Climate Challenge Fund Grants Panel

16.05 Afternoon Keynote Speaker (Biosphere Green)

George Marshall, Climate Outreach

George Marshall is a leading expert on how to communicate climate change more effectively. He has over 25 years of experience working across the environmental spectrum, from local community groups to senior positions in Greenpeace and the Rainforest Foundation, to consultancy work for governments and businesses. George writes widely on climate change issues for local and international media and is the author of Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change (Bloomsbury US, 2014), written for a general public audience on the psychology of climate change.

Climate Outreach advocate for the importance of conversations about climate change, not because they think climate change can be ‘solved’ by talking about it, but because not talking about it seriously undermines the policies, technologies, laws, regulations and agreements that can. When it comes to taking meaningful action on climate change, the facts are simply not enough - we need to talk about climate change in ways that resonate with people’s values, sense of identity and worldview. In this talk, George will share practical, evidence-based findings from the work of Climate Outreach.

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Post event gathering We invite delegates to join us at Hemma (Tunbuilding, 73 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AU)for informal post-event drinks.

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