Climate Change Resources: Films, Books, Websites, Event Recordings
Highland Council, Climate Change Working Group, Conference Nov 2020
This was an amazing event with countless speakers covering a huge variety of topics - all too much to take in at the time. The recorded event is over 4 hours long.
You can read about the speakers and watch the recording here - HC CCWG Conference 2020.
It will be helpful, if you download the Agenda here too, which now contains details of the timings of each of the talks, so you can fast forward to the talks you want to hear - HC CCWG Agenda.
Highland Council, Growing Our Future Draft Report - response deadline extended.
What can the Highland Council do to support us to all grow more food in the Highlands. This report has been developed from many community discussions and individual surveys. The response deadline has been put back to the Feb 2020.
Plenty time to take part in The Highland Good Food Conversation and plenty of time to review the document and respond. Read the HC Growing Our Future Document here.
How to Start a Community Garden
Here's info on a great event that took place in Nov 2020 on starting a community garden. Loads of info on how do to it and what to avoid etc.
Watch the event here - Eden Project, Starting A Community Garden
CRNS Conference Recording
We are delighted to be members of the fab CRNS group (Community Resources Network Scotland). They're on line annual conference was excellent with a fantastic key note talk and then talks on many topics including the upcoming re-manufacturing industry (in this case on wind turbines), and also spotlights on member's work.
You can watch the event recordings here - CRNS Conference Recording and you can read more about the conference here - CRNS Conference.
If you watch nothing else from this, please do watch the Keynote talk from Doug Allan - an amazing insight into the life of this brilliant Scottish Wildlife Photographer, and of course his thoughts on climate change and the problems we are facing. - Watch the CRNS Doug Allan talk here (about 13 mins in).
Highland Environmental Forum Conference 2020: Climate Change in the Highlands
Day 1 was entitled, Opportunities for Policy Change and
Day 2 was about Working Together with Nature.
The recordings from the HEF Conference recordings can be watched here - Sep 2020 Highland Environmental Forum Conference
Planet Sutherland - Take One Step

Planet Sutherland - Take One Step (Video)
Please do feel free to share it widely.
Climate Change Film and Book Reviews
From books and films to other groups and great web sites. So much information available on climate change.Climate Films and Documentaries
Book reviews on climate change
Sutherland Environmental Groups and Businesses
Click here to see the Environment and Climate groups and businesses in Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland (and nearby friends). You can fill in the form there to join us too. Sutherland Eco Groups and BusinessesOur Environment and Climate Memberships
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Highland Environmental Forum |
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Scottish Climate Communities Action Network |
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Generations Working Together |
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Community Resources Network Scotland |
Climate Action Groups, Sutherland and Highlands
Lochinver Lift Share - https://www.facebook.com/groups/123059937756739/
More Great Climate and Environmental Web Resources
Zero Waste Scotland - Waste Less and Waste Less Facebook PageCentre For Alternative Technology
Keep Scotland Beautiful
The Guardian Newspaper Environmental News
10:10 Climate Action
350.org
rebellion.earth
climate.nasa.gov
https://www.climatecentral.org/ - climate change facts and lots of graphics
http://www.nourishscotland.org/
https://www.scottishcommunitiescan.org.uk/
Amazing stuff going on in Forres https://www.auroracons.org/
Calculate your business carbon foot-print - https://www.carbontrust.com/resources/sme-carbon-footprint-calculator
Climate resources for Schools and Teachers
http://www.highlandoneworld.org.uk/ - How to build climate and global learning into the curriculum and loads of exciting projectshttps://www.socialenterprise.academy/scot/young-people - some fantastic social enterprise ventures being run in schools
Growing Food - Local and Organic
Herb Nursery in the Black Isle - https://www.poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk/Kyle of Sutherland Growing Group - Facebook Group
Please contact us to add any good links here - we know there are lots more!