In this crossover, we share an episode of the CycleHub Stories podcast A Journey of a Bike Time. Cycle Hub.Org director Scott Francis talks about why the organisation was formed. We meet David, who comes to the Dundee Cycle Hub to donate a bike with a story. We also hear from Fiona Brunton, Engagement Coordinator for the Students Association at Abertay University.

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Credits: Production, interviews and editing: Sally Pearson - volunteer for Cycle Hub.Org.

Resources:

CycleHub Stories A Journey of a Bike Time podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uJ2e2McKNUujOYkKmIVf3?si=23d88782a74d46cd

Cycle Hub.Org’s website: https://www.cyclehub.org/

Abertay Students Association: https://www.abertaysa.com/

In this crossover, we share an episode of Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network’s new podcast series Climate Jam. Host Eirini talks to Pianodrome’s co-founder Tim Vincent-Smith about the story behind building the world’s first Pianodrome in Edinburgh. They discuss the importance of community, circular economy and how a project needs a soul to make it work.

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Credits: Production, interviews and editing: Eirini Chatzidaki.

Resources:

ECCAN’s Climate Jam Podcast: https://www.eccan.scot/climatejam-podcast

Pianodrome website: https://www.pianodrome.org

ECCAN’s website: https://www.eccan.scot/

In this episode, Kaska Hempel explores the ideas behind the Narrating Change workshop - a creative experiment in using storytelling to bring community voices into climate adaptation policy-making.

You will hear from researcher and workshop lead Emma Yule, and community participant Luke Fraser who is based in Orkney. They share what they got out of the session, and reflect on their wider ideas of adaptation and resilience in our communities and how the current Scottish Government policy fits into the picture.

The workshop was delivered by SCCAN in partnership with King’s College London, and funded by KCL’s Impact Accelerator.

Credits:

Production, interviews, editing - Kaska Hempel

Resources:

Community Adaptation Routemap - Adaptation Scotland: https://adaptation.scot/take-action/community-climate-adaptation-routemap/

Preparing for climate impacts resources on SCCAN website: https://sccan.scot/climate-adaptation/

Scottish National Adaptation Plan 3 (SNAP3) explainer https://adaptation.scot/about/about-the-scottish-governments-national-adaptation-plan-snap3/

Climate Change Adaptation: A primer with Emma Yule on the Local Zero podcast: https://www.localzeropod.com/episodes/c2z1qopayyftugl6stj9cocguu9vsp

Luke Fraser’s “hats”:

https://www.aquatera.co.uk/

https://northronaldsaytrust.com/

https://www.scottish-islands-federation.co.uk/

Carbon Neutral Islands Project: https://cni.scot/

National Island Plan: https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-plan-scotlands-islands/

UK Met Office analysis of weather in Spring 2025 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/double-record-breaker-spring-2025-is-warmest-and-sunniest-on-uk-record

In this cross over we share a 2022 episode of The Highland Good Food Podcast, published by Highlands Good Food Network. Host, Laura Dorantt, speaks to Anna from Planet Sutherland, Mairi from the Fearn Free Food Garden and Emma from the Auchtertyre Community Garden. They discuss the importance of community food projects, which offer a space for learning, a place to gather and grow.

Enjoying the podcast? Support us with a donation on ko-fi or simply share the story with others, review or rate our show.

Resources:

Donate to 1000 Better Stories podcast https://ko-fi.com/1000betterstoriespod

Highland Good Food Podcast (you can also find it on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major podcasting distribution apps) https://highlandgoodfood.scot/podcast/

Highland Good Food Partnership https://highlandgoodfood.scot/

Fear Free Food Garden https://easterrosspeninsula.com/listings/fearn-free-food-garden/

Planet Sutherland https://planetsutherland.com/

SCCAN membership map https://sccan.scot/about/members/ (Community members involved in growing: https://new.opengreenmap.org/browse/sites?icon=62e6a4a3b8121f0100b0e7fa&map=62e6a19ae0fc1e0100a2a115&search=growing)

In this cross over we share the first episode of the Paperboats podcast, associated with the Paperboats collective of Scotland-based writers focussed on nature and environment in a time of climate and ecological breakdown. Host, Ian Grosz, talks with Paperboats co-founders Sandy Winterbottom and Elaine Morrison about the ideas behind the movement and its work so far.

Enjoying the podcast? Support us with a donation on ko-fi or simply share the story with others, review or rate our show.

Resources:

Donate to 1000 Better Stories podcast https://ko-fi.com/1000betterstoriespod

Paperboats collective https://paperboats.org/

Paperboats podcast https://paperboats.org/podcasts/

2024 marked the five-year anniversary of Greener Kirckaldy's ownership of their community building and 100 years of the community land ownership movement in Scotland.

This is a story of this community’s journey to community ownership and how that empowered them to do more on climate, build resilience and help people in need.

SCCAN podcast has lost it's funding. While we look for other sources, you can support us by donating through ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/1000betterstoriespod

You can also join our collective and share your audio stories through our channel - get in touch with Kaska on stories@sccan.scot.

Credits

Production and recording: Lewis Harrower

Field recording: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Greener Kirkcaldy https://www.greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk/

Community Land Scotland and the Stove Network - urban journeys digital mural - a story of community ownership https://www.greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk/project/greener-kirkcaldy-mural-a-story-of-community-ownership/

100 Years of Community Ownership story archive https://100years.scot/

DTAS community ownership support service https://dtascommunityownership.org.uk/

Scottish Land Fund https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund

Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to the creative duo behind Art Moves Fife, Gillian McFarland and Kate Downes, about slow movement through landscape as a means to mobilise creative response to climate crisis, creative patience in thinking about solutions and tails wagging dogs.

You can find the audio tour illustrating the essence of the creative process during the first art move at Tayport Heath on izi.travel website or app here.

Credits

Production: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Art Moves Fife website https://www.artmovesfife.org/

Art Move at Tayport Heath - blog https://www.artmovesfife.org/blog/artmove-1b

Art Move at Tayport Heath - audio tour https://izi.travel/en/browse/a20cf047-db75-4f72-93e4-9ab98171d1c0/en

Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, speaks with Marie-Anne Brown, a manager at Magpie in Banchory, about embracing a circular economy lifestyle, balancing social and climate responsibilities, and planning for extreme weather.

This is a final episode in our mini-series on climate driven extreme weather and adaptation in Scotland, marking the first anniversary of the devastating October floods in North East Scotland.

Credits

Production, recording and editing: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Magpie Shops https://www.magpieshops.org.uk/

Circular Communities Scotland https://www.circularcommunities.scot/

Aberdeen Voluntary Action https://www.avashire.org.uk/

Aberdeenshire South Food Bank https://aberdeenshiresouth.foodbank.org.uk/

DeesideCAN https://www.deesidecan.org.uk/

Number One https://www.facebook.com/numberonebanchory

SSEN powering communities to net zero fund includes funding for community-led physical and environmental resilience for communities within their supply network areas https://www.ssen.co.uk/about-ssen/our-communities/powering-communities-to-net-zero-fund/

The Scottish Government’s New Build Heat Standard will now allow wood burning stoves from 1 January 2025, based on rural and island community feedback (amendment on 8 November 2024)

https://www.gov.scot/news/wood-burning-stoves-to-be-permitted-in-new-homes/

SCCAN Adaptation resources

https://sccan.scot/climate-adaptation/