Blogs

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

Tartan designer

Why measure carbon emissions?

Aleksandra Stevanovic

Head of Marketing at Agrecalc

Celebrating and supporting Lauder in Bloom

Project Assistant

East Haven Together protect the natural heritage by creating climate resilience

Project Assistant

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

Project Assistant

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

Alexander Stevenson

Environment and Place Services Officer

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

Education and Learning Officer

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

Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer

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

Training and Accreditation Coordinator

It’s not just bees and butterflies on your flowers

Dr Stan da Prato

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

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

Development Officer

'Disposable' vapes and the damage they cause

Making climate action possible for everyone

Climate Emergency Training provides positive opportunities for young people

Senior Officer, Education and Learning

Reasons to be positive

Shotts is ACTing NOW on climate change

Shotts community

Do we need the word 'pests' anymore?

Nicola Davidson

Education and Learning Officer

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, Environment and Place Services

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

Getting to Know...Colin

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

Chief Executive

Who ya gonna call?

Senior Officer, Training and Marketing

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

Georgina Massouraki

Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

Climate Change Vlog by Dalry Primary School

Young Reporters for the Environment

Football’s Power to Combat Climate Change

Heather Ashworth

Development 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

Georgina Massouraki

Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

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

Georgina Massouraki

Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

A year of opportunity ahead

Chief Executive

How I’m trying to waste less this Christmas

Senior Officer, Education and Learning

Unmasking a looming litter emergency

Chief Executive

Getting to know... Brian Rae

Operations Manager, Environment and Place Services

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

Training and Accreditation Coordinator

Socially distant but learning together

Senior Officer, Education and Learning

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

Our Heritage, Our Future Coordinator

A Canal College® journey

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

Georgina Massouraki

Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

Now is the time to change

KSB Board Member

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

Getting to know....Connor Launder

Getting to know our people behind Climate Ready Classrooms

Lockdown litter - a community view

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

Chief Executive

Looking after beaches

Training and Accreditation Coordinator

Getting to know.....Claire Gibson

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

Getting to know... Aoife Hutton

National disgrace of lockdown litter

Chief Executive

The healing power of local places

Training and Accreditation Coordinator

Tackling Covid-19 and climate change at a community level

Senior Officer, Training and Marketing

Amid the Coronavirus crisis the climate emergency has not gone away

Bringing environmental education home

Chief Executive

#TurdTag – getting creative to tackle dog poo

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

Running on community power

Head of Finance and Charity Secretary

Reconnecting with nature

Juliette Camburn

Senior Officer, Community Initiatives

Anna Ritchie School of Special Education

Marianne Brooks

Anna Ritchie School of Special Education

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

Head of Operations

Hope for the environment post-Coronavirus?

From Eco-School Committee to environmental charity

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

Why everyone wins when you take part in Beautiful Scotland

Monica Straughan

Beautiful Perth

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

Head of Operations

Is 2020 the year for a circular economy in Scotland?

Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime

Inspector Alan Dron

Police Scotland's Rural Crime Co-Ordinator

Setting sail: all aboard the partnership

Heather McLaughlin

Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager

Scotland is thirsty for change

Upstream Battle at Whinhill Primary School

Whinhill Primary School

Elaine Hopley on our Upstream Battle week of action

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

Playing our part to reduce cup waste

Sustainability Manager - Matthew Algie

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

Senior Officer, Training and Marketing

This #ScotClimateWeek, are you ready to pledge?

Get your Paws on Plastic

Marion Montgomery

Paws on Plastic

It’s time to take action to reverse climate change

KSB Board Member

Tackling Our Unsustainable Cup Consumption

Derek Robertson

Cups hitting the ground: what we learned at TRNSMT Festival

Georgina Massouraki

Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) Coordinator

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

Derek Robertson

The power of pocket gardens

Anthony McCluskey

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

Tackling climate change starts at home

Speaking the language of Carbon Literacy

Preparing young people to take action on climate change

The life of a Keep Scotland Beautiful intern

Wheatley Group: two years on and still going strong

Dougie Johnston

Our citizen scientists are ready to make waves for Upstream Battle

Roadside Litter: Think twice before you chuck

Derek Robertson

Registering your clean up makes a difference

Suzanne Roberts

Communications Manager

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

The Cup Movement will tackle our litter culture head on

Derek Robertson

Working across borders to tackle climate change

Celebrating 25 years of Eco-Schools in Scotland

Bruce Robertson

KSB Board Member

Climate change – it’s personal

Alastair Seaman

Entering our third decade with a splash

KSB Board Member

Putting young people first for our environment at Keep Scotland Beautiful

Aunty Babs washes her spoon and so should you

Climate change: we can all do our bit

KSB Board Member

Treading lightly – steps to lower our carbon footprint

Have yourself a green Christmas

Shifting up a gear on Scotland’s roadside litter problem

Derek Robertson

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

Lindsay Montgomery CBE, FRSE

We can save our seas by starting at home

Derek Robertson

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

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