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.

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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/