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Our Blog

Our charity faces the environmental challenges ahead with optimism

Chair, Board of Charity Trustees

20 Jan

Wrapping up 2022

Chief Executive

22 Dec

Biodiversity - Reflections on COP15

Deputy Chief Executive

20 Dec

Small steps to protect biodiversity

14 Dec

Why Mountains Matter

Communications Assistant

11 Dec

It’s not just bees and butterflies on your flowers

Dr Stan da Prato

08 Dec

Young Reporters on the Route: The Launch of Running Out of Time

19 Nov

Wet Wipes - What's the Issue?

Campaigns Officer - My Beach Your Beach

19 Nov

Getting to know... Tom Brock OBE

Chair, Board of Charity Trustees

11 Nov

Getting to know...Kyle Usher

Charity Trustee

09 Nov

A busy day for Upstream Battle education

Joe Oxley-Glenister

Education and Learning Officer (Upstream Battle)

31 Oct

Planning a Wedding with the Planet in Mind

Heather Ashworth

Projects Officer

25 Oct

'Disposable' vapes and the damage they cause

14 Oct

Making climate action possible for everyone

Deputy Chief Executive

12 Oct

Climate Emergency Training provides positive opportunities for young people

Education and Learning Officer

08 Oct

Reasons to be positive

Deputy Chief Executive

05 Oct

Shotts is ACTing NOW on climate change

Shotts community

26 Sep

Do we need the word 'pests' anymore?

Nicola Davidson

Education and Learning Officer

16 Sep

Hope is a Garden

Marianne Brooks

Anna Ritchie School of Special Education

30 Aug

Beautiful Scotland judging - the truth

Ray Theedam-Parry

10 Aug

Supporting Scotland to be the very greenest destination it can be

Environment and Place Services Manager

02 Aug

Arbroath - working together, inspiring local climate action and improving lives

21 Jul

I do like to be beside the seaside

Campaigns Officer - My Beach Your Beach

13 Jul

Reflections of a beach manager

Head of Operations, Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

01 Jul

Climate Action Schools - helping young people take action

Deputy Chief Executive

21 Jun

Inspiring and empowering young people

Education and Learning Officer

15 Jun

Climate Ready Classrooms at George Heriot's

Geography teacher

25 May

Data drives decisions

Chief Executive

05 May

Litter, fines and doing time

Alastair Alford

LEQ Network Officer

27 Apr

Why our Web Developer Cameron loves being part of Team KSB

Web Development Officer

22 Apr

Hendrika Psaila

Education and Learning Officer

14 Apr

Why join the family of It’s Your Neighbourhood?

Catherine Lawson

Bonnie Dundee IYN

06 Apr

YoungScot Legacy Event

Emily Arrowsmith

Project Officer (Youth Climate Programme)

29 Mar

Litter picking - a surprisingly fun group activity

24 Mar

Why it is the sea and SDG 14 for me

Suzanne Roberts

Communications Manager

22 Mar

Climate Action Skills and positive action for all

Deputy Chief Executive

18 Mar

Seeing community groups thrive with Beautiful Scotland and It's Your Neighbourhood

11 Mar

(What to do on) a dreich morning on the Firth of Clyde

07 Mar

West Lothian Litter Pickers – How I got involved

02 Mar

Scotland’s Climate Festival – Seed funding for community action

Rosanna Harvey-Crawford

Climate Festival Officer

28 Feb

Climate Ready Classrooms at St. Paul’s RC High School

22 Feb

Scottish Book Trust representative joins Pocket Garden judging panel

15 Feb

Have #YourSayOnLitter - we plan to...

Chief Executive

08 Feb

Getting to Know...Colin

Environmental Services Coordinator

24 Jan

Everyone has something to say about litter – time to make it count

Chief Executive

13 Jan

Who ya gonna call?

Training and Marketing Officer

03 Jan

Why I pick up other people's garbage.

21 Dec

Creative Careers: Spotlight on Heritage #NoWrongPath

Heritage Officer

01 Dec

Celebrating Scotland’s best managed green and blue spaces

Deputy Chief Executive

24 Nov

Taking small steps towards a more sustainable future

Georgina Massouraki

Acting Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

12 Nov

Caring for our planet

Deputy Chief Executive

11 Nov

Football’s Power to Combat Climate Change

Heather Ashworth

Projects Officer

09 Nov

Our work on the COP26 Youth Climate Programme

Emily Arrowsmith

Project Officer (Youth Climate Programme)

08 Nov

What’s litter got to do with climate change?

Chief Executive

06 Nov

Scotland’s Climate Festival kicks off in Falkirk

Rosanna Harvey-Crawford

Climate Festival Officer

05 Nov

Responsible Tourism – an opportunity not to be missed

Chair, Board of Charity Trustees

04 Nov

Climate Change Vlog by Dalry Primary School

Young Reporters for the Environment

02 Nov

Failing our future?

Young Reporters for the Environment

01 Nov

Our Week of Climate Action

Eco-Schools Scotland Coordinator

22 Oct

#ScotClimateWeek - our impacts and actions

Deputy Chief Executive

20 Sep

Protecting the sand and sea

Georgina Massouraki

Acting Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

06 Sep

Another fine mess – part one

John Cruickshank

25 Aug

Designing a lower carbon Scotland

Acting Climate Emergency Training Coordinator

29 Jul

Getting to know... Lisa Snedden

Heritage Officer

22 Jul

Combating climate change with information, education and training

Education and Learning Manager

20 Jul

Litter picking 500 miles was always Gonna Be easy

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns Coordinator – Litter and LEQ

01 Jul

7K for 7 Flags Challenge

Deputy Head Teacher at Dalbeattie Primary School

18 Jun

Littering less at St Joseph's Primary School in Glasgow

15 Jun

Smashing litter picking targets during an unexpected stay in Scotland

07 Jun

Keeping our communities beautiful

Deputy Chief Executive

03 Jun

Celebrating our brilliant volunteers

Juliette Camburn

Community Projects Officer

31 May

Designing a pocket garden

Marianne Brooks

Anna Ritchie School of Special Education

12 May

Getting to know... Nicola Smith

Administration Officer

05 May

East Haven Together

06 Apr

It’s time to litter-ly turn anger into action

Chief Executive

22 Mar

Working in partnership to give communities a helping hand to clean up Scotland

Lindsay Richmond-Kearns

17 Mar

Why Beautiful Scotland is important to Lauder in Bloom

Ray Theedam-Parry

05 Mar

We can all be climate ready

Deputy Chief Executive

22 Feb

Climate Ready Classrooms at Speyside High School

08 Feb

Taking part in It's Your Neighbourhood

David Carruthers

01 Feb

Bags of opportunity for good

Deputy Chief Executive

13 Jan

Lucky to live here

Georgina Massouraki

Acting Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

11 Jan

Getting to know... Eve Keepax

Education and Learning Officer

11 Jan

A year of opportunity ahead

Chief Executive

01 Jan

How I’m trying to waste less this Christmas

Education and Learning Officer

21 Dec

Unmasking a looming litter emergency

Chief Executive

14 Dec

Getting to know... Brian Rae

Survey and Data Coordinator

08 Dec

A Canal College® journey

17 Nov

Volunteering during a pandemic

10 Nov

Applauding the unsung heroes who manage our award winning parks and beaches

14 Oct

Socially distant but learning together

Education and Learning Officer

09 Oct

Getting to know.......Lisa Snedden

Heritage Officer

24 Sep

Waste vs the pandemic: finding a new normal for single-use cups

Georgina Massouraki

Acting Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

11 Sep

Now is the time to change

Chair, Board of Charity Trustees

08 Sep

Could the Global Goals provide a framework for the green recovery?

Deputy Chief Executive

03 Sep

Getting to know....Connor Launder

Education and Learning Officer

12 Aug

Our incredible Beautiful Scotland and It’s Your Neighbourhood community

Juliette Camburn

Community Projects Officer

03 Aug

Getting to know our people behind Climate Ready Classrooms

Training and Accreditation Officer

31 Jul

Lockdown litter - a community view

24 Jul

Time for a more sustainable future, a greener and fairer one for all

Chief Executive

18 Jul

Looking after beaches

15 Jul

Getting to know.....Claire Gibson

Capacity Building Officer, Climate Challenge Fund

07 Jul

The Origins of George Wyllie's 'Original Earth Guarantee'

28 Jun

Getting to know... Aoife Hutton

11 Jun

National disgrace of lockdown litter

Chief Executive

05 Jun

The healing power of local places

01 Jun

Tackling Covid-19 and climate change at a community level

Training and Marketing Officer

26 May

Amid the Coronavirus crisis the climate emergency has not gone away

Deputy Chief Executive

18 May

Bringing environmental education home

Chief Executive

12 May

#TurdTag – getting creative to tackle dog poo

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns Coordinator – Litter and LEQ

06 May

Preparing young people to take action on climate change

Education and Learning Manager

29 Apr

Running on community power

Finance Manager

18 Apr

Reconnecting with nature

Juliette Camburn

Community Projects Officer

15 Apr

Sowing seeds of hope in our community

Marianne Brooks

Anna Ritchie School of Special Education

11 Apr

Coronavirus isn't an excuse - flytipping is still a crime

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

09 Apr

Hope for the environment post-Coronavirus?

Former Policy and Communications Officer

03 Apr

From Eco-School Committee to environmental charity

Former Communications Intern

25 Feb

You can’t tackle the climate crisis unless you are climate ready

Deputy Chief Executive

14 Feb

Why everyone wins when you take part in Beautiful Scotland

Monica Straughan

Beautiful Perth

04 Feb

Entering our third decade with a splash

Chair, Board of Charity Trustees

23 Jan

A year in the life of: the campaigns and innovation team

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

20 Dec

Is 2020 the year for a circular economy in Scotland?

Deputy Chief Executive

19 Dec

Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime

Inspector Alan Dron

Police Scotland's Rural Crime Co-Ordinator

10 Dec

Setting sail: all aboard the partnership

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns Coordinator – Litter and LEQ

27 Nov

Deputy Chief Executive

18 Nov

Scotland is thirsty for change

Deputy Chief Executive

29 Oct

Upstream Battle at Whinhill Primary School

Whinhill Primary School

14 Oct

This #ScotClimateWeek, are you ready to pledge?

Former Communications Intern

11 Oct

Elaine Hopley on our Upstream Battle week of action

10 Oct

20 September climate strikes: what took place and what happens now?

26 Sep

Playing our part to reduce cup waste

Sustainability Manager - Matthew Algie

19 Sep

The funeral of a glacier: time to pull the emergency brake

Training and Marketing Officer

12 Sep

Get your Paws on Plastic

Marion Montgomery

Paws on Plastic

05 Sep

It’s time to take action to reverse climate change

Charity Trustee

15 Aug

Tackling Our Unsustainable Cup Consumption

Derek Robertson

29 Jul

Cups hitting the ground: what we learned at TRNSMT Festival

Georgina Massouraki

Acting Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

22 Jul

We All Have To Fight The UpStream Battle

Upstream Battle Ambassador and BBC Wildlife Cameraman

07 Jul

It's rubbish that people have to clean up after litter bugs

Derek Robertson

18 Jun

The power of pocket gardens

Anthony McCluskey

Chair, Garden for Life Forum & Conservation Officer, Butterfly Conservation

31 May

Tackling climate change starts at home

Deputy Chief Executive

02 May

Speaking the language of Carbon Literacy

Capacity Building Officer, Climate Challenge Fund

01 May

The life of a Keep Scotland Beautiful intern

Former Communications Intern

25 Apr

Our citizen scientists are ready to make waves for Upstream Battle

Former Communications Intern

23 Apr

Wheatley Group: two years on and still going strong

Dougie Johnston

23 Apr

Roadside Litter: Think twice before you chuck

Derek Robertson

10 Apr

Registering your clean up makes a difference

Suzanne Roberts

Communications Manager

21 Mar

Taking a stand on climate change – what actions will you take?

Former Communications Intern

15 Mar

The Cup Movement will tackle our litter culture head on

Derek Robertson

07 Mar

Working across borders to tackle climate change

Former Communications Intern

25 Feb

Celebrating 25 years of Eco-Schools in Scotland

Bruce Robertson

Charity Trustee

04 Feb

Climate change – it’s personal

Alastair Seaman

29 Jan

Putting young people first for our environment at Keep Scotland Beautiful

Deputy Chief Executive

20 Dec

Aunty Babs washes her spoon and so should you

Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park

17 Dec

Climate change: we can all do our bit

Charity Trustee

12 Dec

Treading lightly – steps to lower our carbon footprint

10 Dec

Have yourself a green Christmas

Former Communications Intern

07 Dec

Shifting up a gear on Scotland’s roadside litter problem

Derek Robertson

22 Nov

It’s time to consign our litter problem to the dustbin of history

Lindsay Montgomery

Honorary Fellow

14 Nov

We can save our seas by starting at home

Derek Robertson

31 Oct

Everyone can do their bit to protect the world – what’s your Goal?

Deputy Chief Executive

17 Sep

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