SEAD (Scottish Education and Action for Development)

Climate March
Saturday, 6 December, 12:30pm – 3:30pm
Assemble: Amphitheatre, Clyde Street, Glasgow
Rally: Glasgow Caledonian University

This event is organised by the Scottish Climate Change Campaign as the Scottish part of the Global Day of Action during the United Nations Climate Talks in Poznan, December 1st to 12th 2008. This international event will call on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change. We want to involve the widest possible range of people and organisations, so bring your banners with your message and all your family, friends and colleagues!

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Film event CCA, Glasgow:
Friday 5th December 2008 – 7pm

Films from around the world and speakers on local community initiatives

Presented by: Camcorder Guerillas, Towards Transition Glasgow
and The Scottish Climate Change Campaign

Read the rest of Transition, Transition Transition: Climate change – the opportunity …

Tara O’Leary of the International Association for Community Development:

“It is often said that the world has become a global village. We are able to communicate with people at the other side of the world in an instant and many of us in Scotland have been lucky enough to see far-flung places and meet people first hand. At our conferences and events Community Development activists are often deeply moved and motivated by face to face meetings with international partners. Our experience tells us that there is a hunger for deeper learning and exchange between communities here and overseas.”

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Today the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Government announced the results of the latest round of funding through the Climate Challenge Fund. £1.16M will go to eighteen projects across Scotland, from Shetland to Dumfries, set up by groups from rural and island communities, small towns, and in many of Scotland’s cities. All of these projects are designed to reduce local communities’ carbon footprint in imaginative ways, and to inspire others to take up their ideas.

Read the rest of Latest round of communities benefit from Climate Challenge Fund awards …

Stuck for ideas on how to get your wider community engaged on climate issues? Here are some top tips from other community groups, and some new, fun event ideas for you to try. Read the rest of Spreading the climate message in your community …