Scottish International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan inspires book

‘Who’s saving Planet Earth?’ Book released to help us discover the who, what, where, why and how!

Following the disappointing outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP30, which took place in Belem, Brazil we have made a book available to people to help share widely the urgent message that we can, and must, all do more to understand our planet and take positive actions to help ensure all who live on it protect and enhance it now and for the future.

The Scottish International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan was gifted to us in 2024 by designer Rosalind Jones.  The tartan symbolises the physical features of earth and provides a visual, iconic, reminder to us all to cut our own emissions and to protect our world from the extremes of climate change and wildlife extinctions.

While designing and producing the tartan Rosalind was inspired to write and publish a book ‘Who’s saving Planet Earth’ to offer an informative and self-discovery approach to understanding one of the biggest problems facing our planet, people and places today. Written for adults aged 16 to 106, is a mind-stretching treasure trove of essential information at your fingertips.

The book’s holistic approach allows the reader to discover Earth’s and our human journey to the present day. It presents all the main environmental challenges and links to websites that illustrate what these problems mean to life on Earth. Readers will learn who is helping to mitigate these challenges and how they are progressing.

Each chapter highlights the work of international and national organisations tackling human-inflicted problems, with informative websites provided for further exploration. The final chapters focus on sustainability, positivity, and practical actions we can all take to help SAVE PLANET EARTH.

Author of the book Rosalind Jones said, “Whether you’re reading digitally or holding it in your hands, this book guides you through the challenges and solutions shaping our planet’s future.

“Scottish tartans, like Bar and QR codes, have always delivered important messages. Historically tartans declared membership of a clan. Today they can represent a club, country, or corporation. The Scottish International Eco Schools Planet Earth Tartan delivers a very important message. In tartan code it says… this is where we all live; animals, plants, humanity, our children and grandchildren, let’s be aware and care for our planet.

“Designing the tartan inspired me to write a book ‘Who’s Saving Planet Earth’ which shares the passion and efforts of individuals and organisations across the globe.  I hoped that Keep Scotland Beautiful will benefit from proceeds from sales of this book to protect and enhance Scotland’s natural environment and coordinate Eco-Schools Scotland.”

Our CEO Barry Fisher said, “We are eternally grateful to Rosalind for gifting us the Planet Earth Tartan to celebrate 30 years of environmental education in Scotland and were delighted to support the publication of her book. 

“We hope the book, like the Planet Earth Tartan wraps its warp threads all around our planet, as we share it with other nations actively involved with Eco-Schools internationally and issue a call for us all to do more to cut our own emissions and to protect our world from the extremes of climate change and wildlife extinctions.”

More information on the International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan and how to order a copy of the book ‘Who’s saving Planet Earth?’ as a paperback or online version, can be found at Tartan or by searching on Amazon.