We continue on our theme of climate change fuelled flooding and how we are adapting to it in Scotland. In the last two episodes we touched on responses from creative organisations and farming. Today we focus on future-proofing of newly built public buildings.

In a podcast crossover, we share an episode from CampusCast series at Fife College, which focused on their Dunfermline Learning Campus as a pathfinder project for The Net Zero Public Sector Buildings standard. It’s the only pathfinder project that incorporated adaptation into their work, supported by Scotland’s Public Sector Climate Adaptation Network. The new campus is featured in the newly published Scottish National Adaptation plan as a case study.

CampusCast hosts, Sharrell Carroll and Naomi Wadsworth, are joined by industry expert Jonny Casey (Head of Climate Ready Leadership, Sniffer) to introduce climate adaptation, highlight what they are up to at Fife College and what you can do to get started with climate adaptation.

Credits:

CampusCast: Showcasing Sustainability podcast

Hosts: Sharrell Carroll & Naomi Wadsworth

Creative Director: Sharrell Carroll

Producer, Writer & Editor: Sharrell Carroll

Project Manager: Hayley Williamson

Researchers: Sharrell Carroll, Hayley Williamson & Naomi Wadsworth

Contributors & Advisors: Hayley Williamson & Naomi Wadsworth

Additional contributors: Lucy Jackson, Ethan Moss, and the Fife College community.

Music: Uppbeat

Resources

CampusCast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/110lS6bEVS0JcEIuU6XV1M?si=6b976a1750d74128

CampusCast on Adaptation Scotland website: https://adaptation.scot/our-work/fife-college-podcast-on-climate-adaptation/

Net Zero Standard https://www.netzerostandard.scot/

National Adaptation Plan for Scotland https://adaptation.scot/about/about-the-scottish-governments-national-adaptation-plan-snap3/

Scottish Public Sector Climate Adaptation Network https://adaptation.scot/our-work/public-sector-climate-adaptation-network/

SCCAN Adaptation resource pages https://sccan.scot/climate-adaptation/

In this episode, we share a recording of a panel discussion on Farming and Water held at the Groundswell Outreach regenerative farming meet up at the Falkland estate in Fife, last July. The session explores how landscape-level, regenerative management can help us adapt to the climate-induced extremes of floods and droughts. It also touches on the barriers to implementing such an approach.

The panel was led by Ian Davis and included Alister Leggatt, Lyn White, and Cees Kamp and Anthony Ellis.

This is the second in a short series focusing on flooding and adaptation stories this month.

Credit

Recording and edit: Kaska Hempel

Music extracts from “Song Shall Be Our Measure”, by Jessica Kerr, performed by herself, Kirsty Orton and Aaron McGregor

Poem written and performed by Sophie Cooke “The overpromised land”

Both works were commissioned as one of the creative inputs into the Scottish Ecological Design Association’s (SEDA) session on integrated land use at GO Falkland.

Resources

Groundswell https://groundswellag.com/

GO Falkland https://falklandestate.co.uk/go-falkland/

Videos from GO Falkland 2023 and 2024 https://www.youtube.com/@GOFalkland/videos

Video of SEDA’s session on Solving the Land Use Jigsaw Puzzle at GO Falkland 2024 https://youtu.be/8TxnHG9JwU8?si=RcNYuRmVXMDlU_JP

Integrated Trees Network - Scottish Forestry https://www.forestry.gov.scot/support-regulations/farm-woodlands/integrating-trees-network

Affinity Water https://www.affinitywater.co.uk/

“Water is Love” film https://www.waterislovefilm.org/

5 Principles of Regenerative Agriculture https://groundswellag.com/principles-of-regenerative-agriculture/

Our Story Weaver, Kaska, talks to Everyday Changemaker Simone Stewart at the Barn’s “Plenty?” Festival in Banchory last October. They discuss degrowth and snails, storm Frank’s influence on the Barn’s creative direction, and the value of improvisation and community in an emergency. One year on, they also reflect on the impact of last year’s flooding which interrupted the festival.

This is the first in a short series focusing on flooding and adaptation stories this month.

Credits

Recording, interview and sound production: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Storm Babet Stories from Angus https://sccan.scot/blog/storm-babet-a-watershed-moment-for-angus/

The Barn https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/

Newton Harrison’s The Deep Wealth of This Nation, Scotland https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/artist/newton-harrison

Becoming Earthly at the Barn https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/article/becoming-earthly-at-the-barn

Far Orchard Network at the Barn https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/article/the-far-orchard

Manfred Max-Neef’s fundamental human needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Max-Neef%27s_Fundamental_human_needs

What is degrowth? A beginners guide by Eilidh Connolly The Barn blog ttps://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/article/what-is-degrowth-a-beginners-guide

Degrowth reading list from Creative Carbon Scotland https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/springboard-2023/reading-list/

Degrowth in Scotland on We Talk podcast (early 2022) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nico-ndlovu