Clyde Climate Forest initiative shortlisted for RSPB Nature of Scotland Award
The Clyde Climate Forest initiative, which launched in June 2021 with a headline target of planting 18 million trees in the next decade across Glasgow City Region, has been shortlisted in the Nature and Climate Action category at RSPB Scotland’s prestigious Nature of Scotland Awards. Read more here.
Citizen Science Volunteering Group Glasgow
A new Glasgow-based group for beginners would like to take part in nature surveys, improve their identification skills, connect with nature, and make a difference! The group meets every Wednesday (and occasionally other days) although there is no minimum time commitment. Email Alex Paterson if you would like to be [...]
Biodiversity and Glasgow University
Read about how the University of Glasgow manages its greenspace. This blog post on Scottish Pollinators (11 April 2024) shares many of the actions taking place across the University estate to help nature.
Glasgow forest school: ‘Children aren’t meant to be sitting at a desk all day’.
Children in Scotland have shared this article in The Herald (18th February 2024 - digital subscription may be required): Glasgow park: 'I feel full of adventure in forest school'.
Clyde Climate Forest ‘Tree Count’ gets underway – have you made your trees count?
The Clyde Climate Forest (CCF) has this month launched its Annual Tree Count, with organisations and community groups encouraged to register trees planted since this time last year to contribute to this year’s grand total. In the past year alone, around 50,000 trees have been planted in urban areas by local schoolchildren [...]
Funding boost for Glasgow City Region’s Clyde Climate Forest
Good news that eight local councils across Glasgow City Region continue to support the Clyde Climate Forest (CCF). “The Clyde Climate Forest was launched in June 2021. Since then, the project has seen over 1.2 million trees planted areas across the region. Of these, around 50,000 trees have been planted [...]
Everyone’s a winner
This post in Scottish Pollinators (19 January 2023) reports on Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Its Your Neighbourhood’winning projects, where communities are supporting biodiversity and engaging and educating local people. Yorkhill Greenspaces in Glasgow retained their Pollinator Friendly prize. Calling on the support of more than 100 volunteers, and 90 pupils from [...]
Case Study: John Muir Award in Wild Glasgow
In this JMA case study (published 10 November 2022), find out how Blairvadach Outdoor Education Centre at Pinkston Basin uses the John Muir Award as its main engagement tool to connect Glasgow pupils with nature in the inner city.
