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Thrivable Scotland

How can changemakers engage their colleagues, communities and stakeholders to solve challenges today while building capacity to thrive in an unpredictable future?

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A crisis of belonging?

Why feeling accepted, valued and connected to others is a fundamental need – and both an opportunity and a threat.

How could we connect green spaces across Edinburgh for wildlife and people?

Our final Netwalk for Changemakers of 2026 - join us to explore what's possible.

What if Edinburgh was designed for wildlife as well as people?

Connecting changemakers to explore what's happening, what's next?

Changing Climate, Changing Midlothian

A podcast of reflections from the community for the Midlothian Climate Emergency Group.

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12 ideas to improve the Edinburgh festivals for everyone

“It feels like the festival happens to Edinburgh, rather than the festival growing from the city.”

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Do we make the best use of big name speakers?

Thinking aloud about how to turn people's hunger for hope into meaningful action

Could Edinburgh be the world’s first regenerative festival city?

A netwalking discussion for changemakers

Critical Mess to Critical Mass: democratic innovation for collective climate action

How democratic innovation can build trust to unlock and mobilise collective intelligence for meaningful collective action. With Prof Oliver Escobar.

Why you should be, and can easily be, a facilitator

Simple, straightforward tools that you can use right away without training to design and run meetings, workshops etc and get radically better results.

Cultivate wellbeing while transforming the food system

Learn from the experience of an urban farm that helps people and nature to thrive right now, while creating a food system fit for the polycrisis.

I eat humble pie after watching the People's Emergency Briefing film

I thought I would be disappointed. But I'm now offering to facilitate pro-bono at screenings in Edinburgh.

A note about thriving as a changemaker

Exploring the despair and hope in ecological work