Transition Scotland at SCCAN Gathering

Members of Transition Scotland will be at the forthcoming SCCAN gathering (see below) and we'll be running one of the afternoon workshops on the health of your organisation.

We are also having our own Transition Scotland mini gathering after the main event. 

Transition Scotland gathering Feb 4th, Edinburgh

These are exciting times in Transition Scotland! 

• We are in the process of becoming an official national hub - announcement imminent
• Hopefully we can take part in the International Hubs gathering in Italy in May
• We are investigating whether we could pioneer a Transition Scotland Internship programme
• We have been part of creating and publishing the brand new Transition University guide featuring Scottish universities;
• We are looking at how to bring more Transition trainings to Scotland.

We plan to meet, celebrate all these things, and discuss many more after the Scottish Communities Climate Action Network gathering on February 4th in Edinburgh. We will gather outside the venue at 5pm and head to a nearby pub. Do come along if you can! 

SCCAN Gathering - Feb 4th 2017, Edinburgh

The Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN) are having their Annual Gathering 9.30-4.30 on Saturday 4 February 2017, David Hume Tower*, George Sq, Edinburgh EH8 9JX.
Book at https://sccan4feb.eventbrite.co.uk 
A day packed with inspirational talks and workshops with lots of space for you to share as well!

• Paul Allen, Director of the Zero Carbon Britain project at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales, will give a keynote address on their Zero Carbon Britain – Making It Happen research.
• ​Andy Wightman, Green MSP, will join in the afternoon as a Keynote Listener, and will provide an inspiring conclusion to the day, sharing ideas on the Community role in delivering low carbon aspirations.

See more information here.
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Highlights of the day include:

• Building regional momentum:  Learning from Fife CCAN network – and applying it to your region
• Community Energy / Community Enterprise – How we got stuff done – feedback from existing projects
• Update and consultation – what’s going on with Energy & Climate Change Policy in 2017
• Adaptation projects – what are they and support for getting them started.

There will also be an Open Space where you bring the topics most urgent and interesting to you and your group for wider discussion.  See below for draft programme.
Social evening 6-9pm Friday 3 February, David Hume Tower.
For those of you nearby – or coming the day before to stay over – we invite you for an informal Social with food and drink on the Friday evening. This is a chance to get to know each other more. Paul Allen will join us for this – to share his experience of moving ideas into action.   Register at https://sccan3feb.eventbrite.co.uk

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Draft Programme

9.30 Registration opens. - refreshments
10.00  Welcome and warm up session
10.30  Plenary Session
Suzy Goodsir of Greener Kirkcaldy, on Lessons from Fife CCAN’s pilot regional network
Paul Allen of Centre for Alternative Technology, on Zero Carbon Britain 2: Making It Happen
11.15  Workshops 1

• Building regional momentum. Learning from Fife CCAN network – and applying it to your region
• Global Connections: MAJI project Malawi, international alliances and climate justice
• Community-led Enterprise: Simon Glover, Dunbar Waste Innovation
  + Joe Gair and Ian McConnachie from Tower Power, Edinburgh

12.30  Lunch
13.25  Workshops 2

• Community Groups “heathcheck” - a Transition Network toolkit
• Sharing project learning: short presentations from member projects
• Climate Adaptation projects – what do they / could they look like?

14.30  Break
14.40  Open Space: topics generated by participants

• What are our wise next steps in growing our low carbon, resilient Scotland?

16.10  Final Plenary
A Special Guest gives feedback from Open Space discussions: sharing the next steps
16.30pm  Close

then....

17:00 Transition Scotland folks head to the pub to discuss TS stuff.

* Location map at https://goo.gl/lb1Q92