Shotts community partners have come up with a unique way to address the climate emergency through local environmental action.
With support from Keep Scotland Beautiful, Shotts community partners has developed a bespoke community climate action plan, setting out how locals can improve their environment and tackle the challenges facing society.
The collaborative plan sets out specific actions people can take in their area, to reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality, boost the local economy and make Shotts a cleaner, greener and more sustainable place to live.
It is designed to be updated regularly, can be contributed to by anyone in the community and emphasises that everyone can play a part in tackling climate change through the activities it sets out.
Craig Bridges, strategic lead at Getting Better Together Shotts (GBT), said: “Working with Keep Scotland Beautiful helped bring us as a community together, to think about how we can tackle climate change in Shotts.
“We’ve now created a plan and started the process of making Shotts a green and great place to live.
“Taking part in the programme helped show us all that there are things that we are already doing, and that we can start acting on, to make a difference.
“The best thing is that it’s achievable for everyone.
"We plan on exhibiting the plan later this year alongside the local council’s ACT Now initiative.
“We want more local people to be involved in supporting green recovery.”
Funding from The Scottish Government, as part of Scotland’s COP26 community engagement programme, has allowed Keep Scotland Beautiful to work on climate action plans with seven communities across Scotland, including Shotts.
Each has received support from a community climate facilitator, to help their community to develop its unique plan.
Keep Scotland Beautiful has also highlighted inspiring ideas from across Scotland and beyond, and provided guidance about further potential funding.
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