Developing changemakers' skills to engage, inspire and involve people - learning from improvisational theatre.

Why feeling accepted, valued and connected to others is a fundamental need – and both an opportunity and a threat.

Our final Netwalk for Changemakers of 2026 - join us to explore what's possible.

Connecting changemakers to explore what's happening, what's next?

A podcast of reflections from the community for the  Midlothian Climate Emergency Group.

“It feels like the festival happens to Edinburgh, rather than the festival growing from the city.”

Thinking aloud about how to turn people's hunger for hope into meaningful action

A netwalking discussion for changemakers

How democratic innovation can build trust to unlock and mobilise collective intelligence for meaningful collective action. With Prof Oliver Escobar.

Simple, straightforward tools that you can use right away without training to design and run meetings, workshops etc and get radically better results.

Learn from the experience of an urban farm that helps people and nature to thrive right now, while creating a food system fit for the polycrisis.

I thought I would be disappointed. But I'm now offering to facilitate pro-bono at screenings in Edinburgh.

Exploring the despair and hope in ecological work

Volunteers are monitoring rivers across Scotland. Their data is catalysing action to improve water quality and biodiversity. Hear what works and why.

How to focus on the positive to catalyse social and ecological change, without falling into the hopium trap?

What all changemakers can learn from how Asset Based Community Development helps people turn their lives around

Exploring whether fear for survival motivates action to tackle climate change

Why good work is central to creating a Scotland where people and nature can thrive

Unpacking the concept of 'healing society' amid perceptions of society decline and our role in fostering compassion and cooperation

Questioning sustainability's value amid global crises and re-focusing on nurturing a thriving Scotland