From St Andrews to Russia: Decisions Need Diversity With an ear to the radio or an eye on the papers, you have likely seen the recent news surrounding the Russia …
Climate Vanguard: Applications Are Open
Climate Vanguard: Applications Are Open Introducing Climate Vanguard, a St Andrews based youth-led think tank that educates young people on the systemic drivers of the climate crisis and advances the …
Climate Action Fife – An Exciting New Project to Tackle the Climate Crisis in Fife!
A big shout out to Greener Kirkcaldy who will be leading on the exciting new, cross-sector partnership project, Climate Action Fife! The main partner organisations include Fife Council, Fife College …
Resilient Media
An absolute pleasure to have one of Transition’s very own Steering Group, Luke Barlow, share with us some of his top media picks from lockdown, ideal for these times of …
COP26; a Vehicle for Change or Political Football?
Later this year Glasgow will host the annual United Nation Climate Challenge COP26 Meeting of World Leaders (UN Climate Change Conference, UK 2020). The timing and venue are appropriate since …
Green new year resolutions from the Transition team
Transition team shares their new year resolutions for action on climate emergency.
Scotland’s green future? Renewables versus oil and gas
Scotland is famed for many things which include golf, castles, grouse moors, salmon, whisky, clans, haggis, tartan, bagpipes, green energy and, yes, oil and gas. All of these contribute to …
Climate Fife, Is it radical enough?
On Monday 2 December 2019, The Big Climate Conversation, hosted by Transition, was attended by people from across St Andrews as a consultation for our Council’s new Climate Fife plan. Read what the group said.
My Carbon Footprint
Working in Transition University of St Andrews, our job is to try and persuade folk to get out of cars and walk and cycle more, to improve their health and …
Climate Change and Water
Climate change has manifest itself in many ways around the world, from record summer extreme temperatures, to the melting of the polar icecaps and glaciers, leading to sea level rises, …
Has the World enough resources to sustain the current population growth?
Can World agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture and forestry sustain burgeoning populations without habitat destruction, deforestation or species/biodiversity loss? In the late 18th century Thomas Malthus wrote ‘The power of the population …
The importance of Biodiversity. Mankind (single species) versus nature (biomes, ecosystems, biodiversity, communities and populations of multiple species); is it a winner-takes-all contest or can we live in sustainable harmony?
Background The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio led to three Conventions a year later on Climate Change, Biological Diversity and Desertification Prevention (UN). Biodiversity can be defined as the variety …
