Blogs

Counting litter – the importance of measuring to manage

'Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence' when it comes to litter

Head of Operations

A week of climate change and heritage learning across the Isle of Lewis

Jonathan Angell

Education and Learning Officer (Gaelic)

Celebrating one year of our Gaelic Conversation Circle

Jonathan Angell

Education and Learning Officer (Gaelic)

Finding tranquillity in forgotten places

Project Support Officer

Time for action now the election is over

Chief Executive

My first #SpringCleanScotland won't be my last

Campaigns and Interventions Officer

Reconnecting with our Scottish heritage and nature and creating space to breathe

Juliette Camburn

Senior Officer, Community Initiatives

Driving roadside litter home – the long journey to cleaner verges

Chief Executive

It's in our nature...and my nature...

Juliette Camburn

Senior Officer, Community Initiatives

You're not a litterer forever

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

As we enter 2026 let’s reflect on what we have in common and channel hope

Chief Executive

A journey through the landmarks of legacy

Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer

Reflecting on five years of community climate action - Part 2

Heather Ashworth

Campaigns and Interventions Officer

Climate education at scale - is your class Climate Ready?

Education and Learning Manager

A life less rubbish. An effective Deposit Return Scheme has a key role to play in tackling litter and the state of our communities

Head of Operations

Reflecting on five years of community climate action

Heather Ashworth

Campaigns and Interventions Officer

Four years of inspiring the next generation of change makers

Nicola Davidson

Acting Senior Officer, Education and Learning

The power of passionate people keeping Scotland beautiful

Juliette Camburn

Senior Officer, Community Initiatives

Celebrating positive and practical, and sometimes unintentional, climate action

Chief Executive

Disappointment..... but still we stay strong as we work to tackle litter and waste

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer

Dental flossers are everywhere - have you noticed them too?

Wagging tails and historic trails

Our Heritage, Our Future Coordinator

Life as a rookie beach assessor

Get informed and get involved, you can make a difference to your community

Work experience student

Single-use cups… what’s the issue?

Senior Officer, Campaigns and Interventions

Eco-Schools: 30 years of inspiring environmental education

Nicola Davidson

Acting Senior Officer, Education and Learning

Fun and inspiration at Eco-Schools visits

Nicola Davidson

Acting Senior Officer, Education and Learning

The rise and (hopefully) fall of the littered single-use vape

Local solutions to global problems: Highland communities show the way

Georgina Massouraki

Why telling us about your litter pick is crucial

The long road travelled to tackle roadside litter

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

Roadside litter is everyone's problem

Menopausing – the importance of pausing, reflecting and acting to support woman in the workplace

Suzanne Roberts

Communications Manager

Helping our pollinators means better green spaces for all

Pollinator Strategy & Biodiversity Strategy at NatureScot and Chair of the Garden for Life Forum

The Highland Community Waste Partnership's long-lasting legacy

Georgina Massouraki

A new year of hope and positivity

KSB Board Member

Scotland's litter emergency: Insights from a year of public attitudes research

Senior Research Manager at the Diffley Partnership

Brosnachadh Gnìomh Gnàth-Shìde ann an Sgoiltean nan Eilean Siar

Jonathan Angell

Education and Learning Officer (Gaelic)

Inspiring climate action in the Western Isles

Jonathan Angell

Education and Learning Officer (Gaelic)

Tangible action for our climate right here, right now.....

Chief Executive

A decade on – is there still bags of opportunity?

Head of Operations

#ChooseToReuse this International Coffee Day

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

Engaging our children and young people to protect the planet for the future

Education and Learning Manager

Spring Clean - Always striving for more

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

Unveiling the Scottish International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan

Why measure carbon emissions?

Aleksandra Stevanovic

Head of Marketing at Agrecalc

Celebrating and supporting Lauder in Bloom

East Haven Together protect the natural heritage by creating climate resilience

Producers need to accept some responsibility for our litter emergency

Former Deputy Chief Executive

Reflections from our outgoing Deputy Chief Executive

Former Deputy Chief Executive

Alone we do so little; together so much

Rustle talks, polluter pays

We must do more to normalise how we discuss climate change

Chief Executive

Plogging through #SpringCleanScotland

Join #SpringCleanScotland and keep our beloved pets safe

Communications Officer

'Sea the Change' spring cleaning

What an internship at #TeamKSB looks like

Celebrating the brilliant women in #TeamKSB

Suzanne Roberts

Communications Manager

Life in plastic...it's far from fantastic

Scottish Seabird Centre

Everyone's a winner when we keep Scotland blooming beautiful

Change starts with your action, not your opinion

Literati guide to Inverclyde

Make a pledge to join #SpringCleanScotland 2024

Empowering communities: our Neighbourhood Champions

A New Year's resolution for all of us

FARE Lochend - Where good news is standard

It's never too early to learn about the climate emergency

Glashieburn's LEAF journey

Lindsay Shepherd

An Interview with Travel Influencer Chris Lawlor

Natalia Barbour

Climate action with hope and optimism

The Big River Irvine Riverbank Clean

#TakeItBack to the start

Head of Operations

Eating nettles and gazing at clouds: a LEAF reflection

Nicola Davidson

Acting Senior Officer, Education and Learning

Dalry Primary School's LEAF journey

Chirnside Primary School's LEAF journey

Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre's Pocket Garden Experience

Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre

To keep Scotland beautiful we all need to take action

Chief Executive

Applegarth and Hutton’s LEAF journey

Our hope for a nature positive Scotland

Becoming a Platinum Carbon Literate Organisation

Volunteering with KSB and loving every minute

We are all accountable for our actions

Hillhead students talk keeping Kelvingrove Park beautiful

Hillhead Pupils

Making it easy to choose a reusable cup for takeaway drinks

Get to know...John MacLennan

Get to know...Sandy Scott

How Eco-Schools benefits pupils, teachers and communities

Community gardening for climate, nature and heritage in Cumbernauld

Our Heritage, Our Future Coordinator

Tackling the litter emergency to protect our wild isles

Chief Executive

Scotland isn't looking so beautiful. We can change that.

Collaboration and innovation to tackle marine litter

An introduction to Kinnesswood in Bloom...

The litter emergency

Chief Executive

Our charity faces the environmental challenges ahead with optimism

KSB Board Member

Wrapping up 2022

Chief Executive

Biodiversity - Reflections on COP15

Small steps to protect biodiversity

It’s not just bees and butterflies on your flowers

Dr Stan da Prato

Wet Wipes - What's the Issue?

Senior Officer, Campaigns and Interventions

Getting to know... Tom Brock OBE

KSB Board Member

Getting to know...Kyle Usher

KSB Board Member

Planning a Wedding with the Planet in Mind

Heather Ashworth

Campaigns and Interventions Officer

'Disposable' vapes and the damage they cause

Making climate action possible for everyone

Climate Emergency Training provides positive opportunities for young people

Reasons to be positive

Shotts is ACTing NOW on climate change

Shotts community

Do we need the word 'pests' anymore?

Nicola Davidson

Acting Senior Officer, Education and Learning

Hope is a Garden

Marianne Brooks

Anna Ritchie School of Special Education

Beautiful Scotland judging - the truth

Ray Theedam-Parry

Supporting Scotland to be the very greenest destination it can be

Development Manager

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

I do like to be beside the seaside

Reflections of a beach manager

Head of Operations, Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

Climate Action Schools - helping young people take action

Inspiring and empowering young people

Senior Officer, Education and Learning

Climate Ready Classrooms at George Heriot's

Geography Teacher

Data drives decisions

Chief Executive

Why join the family of It’s Your Neighbourhood?

Catherine Lawson

Bonnie Dundee IYN

YoungScot Legacy Event

Emily Arrowsmith

Litter, fines and doing time

Alastair Alford

Senior Officer, Local Environmental Quality

Litter picking - a surprisingly fun group activity

Why it is the sea and SDG 14 for me

Suzanne Roberts

Communications Manager

Climate Action Skills and positive action for all

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

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

West Lothian Litter Pickers – How I got involved

Scotland’s Climate Festival – Seed funding for community action

Rosanna Harvey-Crawford

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

Scottish Book Trust representative joins Pocket Garden judging panel

Have #YourSayOnLitter - we plan to...

Chief Executive

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

Chief Executive

Who ya gonna call?

Why I pick up other people's garbage.

Creative Careers: Spotlight on Heritage #NoWrongPath

Our Heritage, Our Future Coordinator

Taking small steps towards a more sustainable future

Climate Change Vlog by Dalry Primary School

Young Reporters for the Environment

Football’s Power to Combat Climate Change

Heather Ashworth

Campaigns and Interventions Officer

Our work on the COP26 Youth Climate Programme

Emily Arrowsmith

What’s litter got to do with climate change?

Chief Executive

Scotland’s Climate Festival kicks off in Falkirk

Rosanna Harvey-Crawford

Responsible Tourism – an opportunity not to be missed

KSB Board Member

Failing our future?

Young Reporters for the Environment

Our Week of Climate Action

Education and Learning Manager

Protecting the sand and sea

Another fine mess – part one

John Cruickshank

Designing a lower carbon Scotland

Getting to know... Lisa Snedden

Our Heritage, Our Future Coordinator

Litter picking 500 miles was always Gonna Be easy

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

7K for 7 Flags Challenge

Deputy Head Teacher at Dalbeattie Primary School

Littering less at St Joseph's Primary School in Glasgow

Smashing litter picking targets during an unexpected stay in Scotland

Celebrating our brilliant volunteers

Juliette Camburn

Senior Officer, Community Initiatives

Designing a pocket garden

Marianne Brooks

Anna Ritchie School of Special Education

Getting to know... Nicola Smith

Administration Officer

East Haven Together

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

Chief Executive

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

Lindsay Richmond-Kearns

Why Beautiful Scotland is important to Lauder in Bloom

Ray Theedam-Parry

Climate Ready Classrooms at Speyside High School

Taking part in It's Your Neighbourhood

David Carruthers

Getting to know... Eve Keepax

Senior Officer, Education and Learning

Lucky to live here

A year of opportunity ahead

Chief Executive

We support the