Elaine Hopley on our Upstream Battle week of action

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• Upstream Battle
• Litter
• Marine Litter

Recent posts

• Our charity faces the environmental challenges ahead with optimism
• Wrapping up 2022
• Biodiversity - Reflections on COP15
• Small steps to protect biodiversity
• Why Mountains Matter
• It’s not just bees and butterflies on your flowers
• Wet Wipes - What's the Issue?
• Young Reporters on the Route: The Launch of Running Out of Time
• Getting to know... Tom Brock OBE
• Getting to know...Kyle Usher
• A busy day for Upstream Battle education
• Planning a Wedding with the Planet in Mind
• 'Disposable' vapes and the damage they cause
• Climate Emergency Training provides positive opportunities for young people
• Making climate action possible for everyone
• Reasons to be positive
• Shotts is ACTing NOW on climate change
• Hope is a Garden
• Do we need the word 'pests' anymore?
• Beautiful Scotland judging - the truth
• Supporting Scotland to be the very greenest destination it can be
• Arbroath - working together, inspiring local climate action and improving lives
• Reflections of a beach manager
• I do like to be beside the seaside
• Climate Action Schools - helping young people take action
• Inspiring and empowering young people
• Climate Ready Classrooms at George Heriot's
• Data drives decisions
• Litter, fines and doing time
• Why our Web Developer Cameron loves being part of Team KSB
• It's only one
• Why join the family of It’s Your Neighbourhood?
• YoungScot Legacy Event
• Why it is the sea and SDG 14 for me
• Litter picking - a surprisingly fun group activity
• 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
• Climate Ready Classrooms at St. Paul’s RC High School
• Scottish Book Trust representative joins Pocket Garden judging panel
• Have #YourSayOnLitter - we plan to...
• Everyone has something to say about litter – time to make it count
• Who ya gonna call?
• Why I pick up other people's garbage.
• Getting to Know...Colin
• Creative Careers: Spotlight on Heritage #NoWrongPath
• Celebrating Scotland’s best managed green and blue spaces
• Taking small steps towards a more sustainable future
• Caring for our planet
• Football’s Power to Combat Climate Change
• Our work on the COP26 Youth Climate Programme
• What’s litter got to do with climate change?
• Scotland’s Climate Festival kicks off in Falkirk
• Responsible Tourism – an opportunity not to be missed
• Climate Change Vlog by Dalry Primary School
• Failing our future?
• Our Week of Climate Action
• #ScotClimateWeek - our impacts and actions
• Protecting the sand and sea
• Another fine mess – part one
• Designing a lower carbon Scotland
• Getting to know... Lisa Snedden
• Combating climate change with information, education and training
• Litter picking 500 miles was always Gonna Be easy
• 7K for 7 Flags Challenge
• Littering less at St Joseph's Primary School in Glasgow
• Smashing litter picking targets during an unexpected stay in Scotland
• Keeping our communities beautiful
• Celebrating our brilliant volunteers
• Designing a pocket garden
• Getting to know... Nicola Smith
• East Haven Together
• It’s time to litter-ly turn anger into action
• Working in partnership to give communities a helping hand to clean up Scotland
• Why Beautiful Scotland is important to Lauder in Bloom
• We can all be climate ready
• Climate Ready Classrooms at Speyside High School
• Taking part in It's Your Neighbourhood
• Bags of opportunity for good
• Getting to know... Eve Keepax
• Lucky to live here
• A year of opportunity ahead
• How I’m trying to waste less this Christmas
• Unmasking a looming litter emergency
• Getting to know... Brian Rae
• A Canal College® journey
• Volunteering during a pandemic
• Applauding the unsung heroes who manage our award winning parks and beaches
• Socially distant but learning together
• Getting to know.......Lisa Snedden
• Waste vs the pandemic: finding a new normal for single-use cups
• Now is the time to change
• Could the Global Goals provide a framework for the green recovery?
• Getting to know....Connor Launder
• Our incredible Beautiful Scotland and It’s Your Neighbourhood community
• Getting to know our people behind Climate Ready Classrooms
• Lockdown litter - a community view
• Looking after beaches
• Time for a more sustainable future, a greener and fairer one for all
• Getting to know.....Claire Gibson
• The Origins of George Wyllie's 'Original Earth Guarantee'
• Getting to know... Aoife Hutton
• National disgrace of lockdown litter
• The healing power of local places
• Tackling Covid-19 and climate change at a community level
• Amid the Coronavirus crisis the climate emergency has not gone away
• Bringing environmental education home
• #TurdTag – getting creative to tackle dog poo
• Preparing young people to take action on climate change
• Running on community power
• Reconnecting with nature
• Coronavirus isn't an excuse - flytipping is still a crime
• Sowing seeds of hope in our community
• 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
• Entering our third decade with a splash
• Is 2020 the year for a circular economy in Scotland?
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• Free wheeling
• Scotland is thirsty for change
• This #ScotClimateWeek, are you ready to pledge?
• Upstream Battle at Whinhill Primary School
• 20 September climate strikes: what took place and what happens now?
• Playing our part to reduce cup waste
• The funeral of a glacier: time to pull the emergency brake
• Get your Paws on Plastic
• It’s time to take action to reverse climate change
• Tackling Our Unsustainable Cup Consumption
• Cups hitting the ground: what we learned at TRNSMT Festival
• We All Have To Fight The UpStream Battle
• It's rubbish that people have to clean up after litter bugs
• The power of pocket gardens
• Registering your clean up makes a difference
• Tackling climate change starts at home
• Speaking the language of Carbon Literacy
• The life of a Keep Scotland Beautiful intern
• Wheatley Group: two years on and still going strong
• Roadside Litter: Think twice before you chuck
• Our citizen scientists are ready to make waves for Upstream Battle
• Taking a stand on climate change – what actions will you take?
• The Cup Movement will tackle our litter culture head on
• Working across borders to tackle climate change
• Celebrating 25 years of Eco-Schools in Scotland
• Climate change – it’s personal
• Putting young people first for our environment at Keep Scotland Beautiful
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• Aunty Babs washes her spoon and so should you
• Climate change: we can all do our bit
• Have yourself a green Christmas
• Shifting up a gear on Scotland’s roadside litter problem
• It’s time to consign our litter problem to the dustbin of history
• We can save our seas by starting at home
• Everyone can do their bit to protect the world – what’s your Goal?