Our national conversations
Our national conversations
We know that there are thousands of you across Scotland working to keep Scotland beautiful, and we thought it would be nice to bring people together from all corners of the country to hear from influential, knowledgeable and inspiring individuals and organisations who are taking real action to combat climate change, tackle litter and waste, restore biodiversity and nature and improve place.
So, we’ve put together a series of FREE online themed national conversations, linked to our strategy and four key strategic objectives, to help you understand the environmental challenges of our time and inspire and encourage positive action.
Pop the dates for our upcoming events in your diary and please come to hear about practical action being taken by people who are truly making a difference.
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You can find recordings of our recent national conversations below, and details of what we have coming up below.
All events will be hosted on MS Teams and facilitated and chaired by Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Registration will be through Eventbrite and links will be added here as we open them to you.
Restoring nature and biodiversity
When: TBC
Topic: A panel discussion and Q&A
Featuring: to be announced
Chair: Barry Fisher, Chief Executive, Keep Scotland Beautiful
Register here: Eventbrite link coming soon.
Improving heritage and place
Watch a recording of our National Conversation on heritage and place which took place on 20 August 2024. Chaired by our Head of Operations, Paul Wallace the conversation featured Ginny Sharp, Senior Environmental Assessment and Advice Officer, Historic Environment Scotland, Rachel Sedman, Development Manager, Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust, Martin Yeoman, Guided Tour Training participant, and Liam Mason, Falkirk High School.
Tackling litter
Rewatch our National Conversation on tackling litter, which took place on 23 January 2024, chaired by our Chief Executive Barry Fisher and featuring a key note address from broadcaster Sean Batty and panellists including environmental ambassador Mike Scotland, Decathlon store manager Ryan Wood, Director of Low Impact Living (LIL) Louise Hastie and environmental campaigner and ethical influencer Laura Young.
Combatting climate change
Rewatch our first National Conversation on climate action in sport, which we hosted on 28 September 2023, chaired by our former Deputy Chief Executive Catherine Gee and featuring a key note address from Maree Todd Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport with panellists Hearts Women and New Zealand international Katie Rood, Jim Crawford and Keith Lasley of St Mirren and Calvin Cox, rugby player and RBS youth ambassador for Aberdeenshire RFC (ARFC).