Environmental Quality Blog

Added by Juliette Camburn on Tuesday, 21 May 2013

A Clean up Scotland event organised by the Paxton Village Enhancement Group again attracted a group of supporters on Saturday May 11 2013.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Monday, 13 May 2013

Taking part in Clean Up Scotland, the Barrmill Conservation Group (BCG) and other volunteers did a sterling job of clearing litter from the highways and byways of the district with eighteen bags of litter cleared, together with larger items such as old prams and bits of cars!


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Thursday, 9 May 2013

Local specialist for German speaking tours around Scotland held an inaugural Spring Clean in South Queensferry as part of the Clean Up Scotland campaign.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Friday, 3 May 2013

I would just like to thank Councillor Thewliss, Councillor Kucuk, Keep Scotland Beautiful, GCSS, GHA, Alex Glass, Strathclyde Police and finally all McDonald’s volunteers.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Thursday, 2 May 2013

The Aviemore and Vicinity Community Council (AVCC) organised a Spring Clean of Aviemore on Sunday 21st April 2013 as part of Clean Up Scotland.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Monday, 15 April 2013

24 local residents took to the roads around Cousland as part of the Clean Up Scotland Campaign on Saturday 13th April.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Friday, 5 April 2013

Well known locals in Beith, Norrie and Rose Brown, have organised a clean-up of the town on Saturday April 20. Volunteers are asked to meet at Beith Cross at 10am to be placed into teams and allocated areas for litter-picking. This event is part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's Clean Up Scotland campaign.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Tuesday, 2 April 2013

As I continue on my John Muir Conserver Award Journey, my relationship with Gartmorn Dam deepens.

I am falling in love more and more with her beauty, her scenery, her sense of place, her wildness. As any good partner would do I also wish to conserve and maintain the relationship I have with her an as part of this I have discovered wanton dumping of rubbish in her forests, along her paths, in her very fibre which angers me and frustrates me in equal measure.

I went on a wee walk today with Litter picker, 2 bags, and gloves. Within the hour I had collected 2 full bags of rubbish, crisp packets, droppings, blue bags, bottles, cans, paper, just in a small area surrounding the ancient forest.

We are killing our environment our flora and fauna with this pollution. Wake up and smell the stench of waste. Stop the drop of your rubbish. Follow my example. When you…. yes you….. Next walk around the dam….. Take a bag with you and take your rubbish with you when you leave.

If you love the dam as much as I do don’t just get angry get picking. Speak to the Ranger Service; they can give you bags, litter pickers, etc. Commit to picking up a bag of rubbish. If every visitor just did just one we would collect 100,000 bags of rubbish. Just think about that the next time you get lazy and drop your rubbish

Seamus Corry
John Muir Trust
Conserver Award Participant

Added by Juliette Camburn on Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Nursery children, school pupils and a plant expert were among those who took part in Cupar in Bloom’s 2013 launch event in the town’s Corn Exchange on Wednesday.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Monday, 11 March 2013

Tracey Fraser from the nursery team at Bantaskin Primary School organised a clean up on 21st February as part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's Clean Up Scotland campaign.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Thursday, 14 February 2013

Keep Scotland Beautiful would like you to nominate any young person you know who is pro-active in helping the environment or helps your local community....


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Cecilia James has become a familiar sight to road users in Shetland since she began her roadside litter pick last September. She’s covered over 100 miles of ground clearing all the roadsides, roadside ditches and adjoining parks along an 18 mile stretch of road.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Thursday, 6 December 2012

Having decided to refresh our signage and posters for the next few years, we looked at what was the best way forward to help educate dog walkers and the general public on how they could help us tackle and deter the problem of dog fouling where the walker fails to clear up afterwards.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Monday, 3 December 2012

We would like to congratulate all of this years' People and Places award finalists and wish them all the very best for the award judging on 13th December 2012.


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Added by Juliette Camburn on Wednesday, 21 November 2012

I was delighted to be invited to speak recently at the HouseMark Estate Services Learning Event in Edinburgh. This was the first event organised specifically around Estate Management and it was an ideal opportunity to promote Keep Scotland Beautiful’s community engagement campaigns and our People and Places programme services.


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