Scotland community activism news/2014-2021

Coastal saltmarsh 'engineered' to fight climate change, Nov 11...^[1]

• As COP visits Scotland, some are speaking out about how the people's ownership of renewable energy could be much better, Nov 7^[2]

• ‘Putting Down Routes’: blueprint for delivering Scottish ‘Active Freeway’ network, transform.scot (Oct 07, 2021) — The New report builds upon the inclusion of Active Freeways within the Scottish Government and Scottish Greens’ shared programme for government. It provides a blueprint for developing a strategic network of Active Freeways across Scotland, and draws on UK and European experience to identify how the network can be successfully designed and implemented.

• Heat in Buildings Strategy sets out the pathway for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland's homes and buildings – which currently account for about a fifth of Scotland's emissions - by more than two thirds by 2030. It will require over a million homes and the equivalent of 50,000 non-domestic buildings to convert to zero emissions heat by 2030. Oct 7^[3]
• Not worrying about national parties, politics or policies, North Ayrshire follows Preston in building community wealth, over this first busy year, Oct 6^[4]
• Vast area of Scottish Highlands to be rewilded in ambitious 30-year project, Sep 24...^[5]
• The Scottish Citizens Assembly has concluded - and one of its big proposals is a "House of Citizens", as a second chamber for Holyrood, Feb 8^[6]

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This is why more of Scotland should be owned by the people....^[1] Aug 22

• Ecovillages as Hubs for Social and Ecological Regeneration, Ecosystem Restoration Camps (Jul 29, 2020)

• Citizen's basic income: Pilot scheme 'challenging but desirable'.^[2] Jun 11
• Could the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland change how politics is done for good?^[3] Mar 20

♥ We don't need institutes, we need constitutes… and they should live in a Makar House, Pat Kane.^[4] Mar 16

• Is Scotland leading the way on climate change?^[5] Feb 4

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When a renewable energy revolution meets the landscapes of Orkney, the result is quite beautiful...^[1] Sep 2

• Dundee's green revolution: council-run charging hubs and electric cabs.^[2] Aug 16, 2019

• Hazel Sheffield tells stories of communities ambitiously owning their own assets, like Portpatrick Harbour in Scotland, Daily Alternative (Jul 30, 2019)

• Finland's result on its UBI experiment: people don't shirk work. And it increases trust, health and wellbeing.^[3] UBI experiment to start in Scotland. Feb 8
• How Orkney leads the way for sustainable energy, Jan 20^[4]
• Urban Nature-based Solutions in Scotland at Scale, Toward a regenerative natural asset economy, 2019-, NatureScot,^[5]

2018

• Lesley Riddoch on the "power of local" - communities taking control in their own way, Nov 10^[6]
• From Scotland, a proposal for a new level of self-defining community power: Development Councils, Nov 3^[7]
• Scotland to ban all plastic straws as Holyrood backs Sunday Mail campaign, Feb 11^[8]

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• Shock figures reveal park life at an all-time low, Nov 5, 2017...^[1]
• Communities to be given 'direct voice' in local authorities' spending decisions, Oct 29, 2017...^[2]
• Scotland to set up publicly-owned, not-for-profit renewable energy company, Oct 11, 2017...^[3]
• Scottish government bans fracking after public opposition, Oct 3, 2017...^[4]
• Huge increase in use of local renewables, Jun 12, 2017...^[5]
• Switching short journeys to bike can save Scots up to £2,000 per year, Apr 26, 2017...^[6]
• Cyclists across Scotland turn out to demand better deal, Apr 22, 2017...^[7]
• Stirling Council celebrates 1,500th solar install as battery storage pilot commences, Mar 3, 2017...^[8]
• Over 1,100 homes to be offered solar by North Ayrshire council, Feb 1, 2017...^[9]
• Cumnock to become Scotland's first fully 'Green Town', Jan 29, 2017...^[10]
• Scotland named one of world's top 'circular economy' nations, Jan 8, 2017...^[11]
• Universal basic income trials being considered in Scotland, Jan 1, 2017...^[12]

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• Stirling communities to be in the driving seat of change, Dec 19^[1]
• Scots must opt for electric cars if target for slashing emissions is to be met, Dec 5^[2]
• Good sports... wind boost for Skelmorlie! Wemyss Bay and Inverkip also to benefit, Dec 4^[3]
• Beavers given native species status after reintroduction to Scotland, Nov 24^[4]
• The community land rush spreading to urban Scotland, Oct 16^[5]
• Scotland bans energy firms from setting fire to coal seams to produce gas, Oct 6^[6]
• Scotland Has Put The Public At The Heart of Its Plans For Climate Change - And Just Look At The Results, Sep 20^[7]
• Turning Scotland 'green', Sep 13^[8]
• Scotland second to Sweden in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Western Europe, Jul 31^[9]
• Scotland beats climate emissions reductions target six years early, Jun 14^[10]
• Wind power provides electricity for 75 per cent of Scots homes, May 2^[11]
• Scottish Parliament votes for total fracking ban, Jun 2^[12]

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• Plastic bag charge in Scotland sees usage cut by 80%, October 20, 2015^[1]
• Why Scotland should create its own currency: the ScotPound, September 10, 2015^[2]
• Why land reform must be urban too, August 26, 2015^[3]
• Scotland's Environment Secretary launches circular economy consultation, August 20, 2015^[4] Circular economy will help create jobs and protect environment, say Friends of the Earth Scotland^[5]
• Scottish land reform is on the agenda. And the rest of the UK should take note, June 25^[6]
• UK's first data service for towns and cities launches in Scotland, April 28^[7]
• Scotland's plastic bag usage down 80% since 5p charge introduced, April 17^[8]
• Scotland's path network extension plan unveiled, March 19^[9]

References

• Local food revolution gathering pace, September 3^[1]
• Community Energy Policy Statement sets out the Scottish Government's record of support for community energy and new ambition for holistic local energy solutions, August 18^[2]
• Scottish Government says no to UK fracking plans, August 15^[3]
• Dunbar announced as Scotland's first Zero Waste Town, August 6^[4]
• 30 new marine reserves for Scotland, July 25^[5]
• Half of children in Scotland getting to School on foot, bike or scooter, May 30^[6]
• "For the first time, anywhere in the world, a community-owned tidal turbine is generating electricity," Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing, May 21^[7]
• Scottish universities given funding for low carbon projects, April 27^[8]
• Trying out low carbon electric bikes, April 11^[9]
• One tree at a time: restoring the forest of Caledon, February 3^[10]

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