Meet the Building Capacity Grant recipients
Climavore CIC
Photography: Colin Hattersley Photography
Case study: Recommoning the Coast
Community Group: Climavore CIC
Developing an ‘intertidal toolkit’ and community-researcher framework around developing ‘ in intertidal zones’ along the coastline
Researchers: Hayley Wolcott, marine biologist (Independent researcher and coordinator of Our Seas Scotland)
Location: Isle of Skye and Raasay
Cothrom Ltd
Case study: Sgeul ri Teachd/Future Stories
Community Group: Cothrom Ltd
Using speculative fiction and creative writing as a tool for engaging community members in local climate change issues and their relationship to them
Researchers: Katriona McGlade, Climate Change Researcher (University of East Anglia) and Katharine Macfarlane, Creative Writer.
Location: Uist, Western Isles
Comann Eachdraidh Eirisgeidh (Eriskay Historical Society)
Case study: Climate Action Plan
Community Group: Comann Eachdraidh Eirisgeidh (Eriskay Historical Society)
Developing a Community Climate Action Plan through Comann Eachdraidh Eirisgeidh (Eriskay Historical Society)
Researchers: Bobby Macaulay, Social Scientist (Research Fellow from the Centre for Mountain Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands)
Location: Isle of Eriskay, Outer Hebrides
Glaitness Primary School
Community Group: Glaitness Primary School
Case study: School Run to Net Zero Project
Developing a sustainable education and travel programme to support Glaitness primary school in achieving its net zero transport goals.
Researchers: Florian Ahrens, PhD student (International Centre for Island Technology, Heriot Watt University) and Paolo Cherubini, Postdoctoral researcher (School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot Watt University)
Location: Kirkwall, Isle of Orkney
GRAB Trust
Community Group: GRAB Trust
Case study: Creating an evidence base for the reduction of single use plastic cups through a cup trial in Oban
Creating an evidence base for the reduction of single use plastic cups through a cup trial in Oban
Researchers: Professor Marylyn Carrigan (Professor of Marketing & Sustainability, Heriot Watt University) and Professor Victoria Wells (Professor of Sustainable Management, University of York)
Location: Oban, Argyll & Bute
Green Hive
Case study: Net Zero Nairn
Community Group: Green Hive
Developing research skills amongst volunteers to conduct a peer-led qualitative study into the impacts of volunteering in the community
Researchers: Louise Senior, Social Scientist (Independent Researcher)
Location: Nairn, Inverness-shire
Seaweed Gardens
Case study: Seaweed Gardens
Community Group: Seaweed Gardens
Experimenting with seaweed fertiliser for growing vegetables in a community garden in Oban, also developing a manifesto for future creative community-led environmental research projects
Researchers: Dr Hannah Grist, Socio-Environmental Systems Researcher (Scotland’s Rural College)
Location: Oban, Argyll & Bute
Trees for Life
Case study: Highlands Green Leadership Awards
Community Group: Trees for Life
Supporting young people in the Affric region of the Highlands to take local community action around climate change, and use their community action and lived experience to help shape policy
Researcher: Mollie Saunders (Independent)
Location: Glen Affric, Highland
Meet the New Voices Grant recipients
Afro Art Lab
Case study: A Biodiversity Snapshot of the Scoraig Peninsula
A citizen science project exploring and mapping the biodiversity of the Scoraig peninsula
Community Group: Afro Art Lab
Researchers: Neil James, Ecologist (University of the Highlands and Islands) and John Hedger Mycologist (Independent and Professor Emeritus at the University of Westminster)
Location: Scoraig Peninsula, Wester Ross
African, Caribbean, Asian and Mixed Heritage Association, ACAMHA
Photographer: Alexander Williamson
Case study: Community Climate Change Conversations with African, Caribbean, Asian & Mixed Heritage Communities Across the Highlands
Exploring perceptions of climate change, and climate change engagement, within African, Caribbean, Asian & Mixed Heritage communities across the Highlands.
Community Group: African, Caribbean, Asian and Mixed Heritage Association, ACAMHA
Researchers: Mandy Haggith, Arts & Humanities (Independent / University of the Highlands & Islands) & Nadine Andrews, Social Science (Independent / University of Lancaster)
Location: Inverness
Gael Music Trust
Case study: Blowin’ A Hoolie
Using a composer-as-communicator model to raise awareness of climate change and sustainable practices amongst primary school children in Orkney.
Community Group: Gael Music Trust
Researchers: Jennifer Wrigley, Musician & Researcher (Independent)
Location: Orphir, Orkney
Knoydart Climate Action Group (Knoydart Foundation)
Case study: Carbon Audit
Conducting a carbon audit of households across the Knoydart peninsula, as part of a plan to create a climate action plan for the Knoydart Foundation
Community Group: Knoydart Climate Action Group (Knoydart Foundation)
Researcher: Gary White, Environmental Consultant (Freelance Researcher with Agenda Resilience)
Location: Knoydart Peninsula, Lochaber
Ulluminate CIC
Case study: Citizen Science and Gaelic in Scotland
Exploring the role of Gaelic culture as a citizen science tool, looking to the Gaelic cultural archives as a source of knowledge on local bird migration.
Community Group: Ulluminate CIC
Researchers: Lisa MacDonald, Arts & Humanities (University of Edinburgh, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig)
Location: Ullapool, Wester Ross
Uigshader Living Forest Project Ltd
Case study: Biodiversity Baselining with the Uigshader Living Forest Project
Monitoring biodiversity in a community site aimed at developing woodland crofting as part of a community climate change mitigation project.
Community Group: Uigshader Living Forest Project Ltd
Researchers: Beth Bridge, PhD researcher and ecologist (University of Edinburgh and Scotland’s Rural College)
Location: Uigshader, Isle of Skye
Tiree
Photographer: Jack Lockhart
Case study: Adapting Tiree to the Impacts of Climate Change
Exploring ways to work with nature to adapt to the impacts of climate change in Tiree, with a focus on coastal erosion
Community Group: Tiree Community Development Trust
Researcher: Dr Leslie Mabon, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems (Open University)
Location: Isle of Tiree, Inner Hebrides