Kaska Hempel reports from the Fife Climate Hub gathering in celebration of their first year. We hear how they have built on longstanding partnerships, welcomed new faces and the critical importance of leadership from governments in support of the urgently needed community climate action.

Consider this leadership when voting in general election on the 4th of July.

Reviews of party manifestos on environment:

Carbon Brief (Energy and climate only) - includes SNP and other minor parties

https://www.carbonbrief.org/uk-election-2024-what-the-manifestos-say-on-energy-and-climate-change/

Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth UK (energy and climate, nature and environment, homes and transport, justice and democracy) - only Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens 

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/system-change/general-election-2024-manifestos-final-scores 

Credits

Recording and production Kaska Hempel

Music Victoria Hume, Oblivious Structures from Radical Abundance album. https://www.lostmap.com/products/victoria-hume-radical-abundance

Resources

FCCAN - Fife Climate Hub

https://fccan.org.uk/

River Eden Partnership

https://www.riveredenfife.org/

YMCA Healthy Living Garden

https://www.ymca.scot/glenrothes/garden-open/

St Andrews Botanic Gardens

https://www.standrewsbotanic.org/

The Curnie Clubs

https://www.facebook.com/FifeCurnieClubs/ 

Big Green Market

https://www.facebook.com/BurntislandGreenMarket 

Climate Action Fife

https://www.climateactionfife.org.uk/

Fife Environment Partnership COP conference

https://www.fife.gov.uk/news/2023/fife-environmental-partnership-hosts-fife-climate-conference

Fife Environment Partnership

https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/have-your-say2/community-planning

Paper Boats

https://paperboats.org/

Women’s climate action

https://womensclimateaction.net/

Kathleen Jamie’s poem What the Clyde Said After COP26

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/what-the-clyde-said-after-cop26/

SCVO Scotland

https://scvo.scot/

SCVO Growing Climate Confidence resources including Climate Scorecard for Socially focussed community organisations

https://climateconfident.scot/

Climate Cafe

https://www.climate.cafe/ 

Victoria Hume Radical Abundance

https://www.lostmap.com/products/victoria-hume-radical-abundance?utm_medium=order-details&utm_source=customer-accounts&utm_content=name

Oblivious Structures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmc8woJ6ppg

“Less is more how degrowth will save the world” by Jason Hickel

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/441772/less-is-more-by-jason-hickel/9781786091215 

Climate Outreach - Leadership on Climate

https://climateoutreach.org/britain-talks-climate/climate-big-picture-2024/leadership/ 

Climate hub stories on 1000 Better Stories channels:

Climate Action Hub Pilots - connecting local communities for change

https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-kqdw6-12e1778

Edinburgh Communities Climate Action launch day (blog)

https://sccan.scot/blog/edinburgh-communities-climate-action-launch-day/ 

TsiMoray Connect the Dots conference (blog)

https://sccan.scot/blog/join-the-dots-tsimorays-annual-conference-connecting-ideas-people-moray/