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A day for nature
Come to the University of Stirling and help to celebrate and advocate for the natural world. No need to book, just come along!
Art Workshop
13:00 - 15:30
Join artist Orla Stevens for a drop-in creative workshop. Orla's practice explores human connections to natural spaces and aims to encourage more people to notice, celebrate and protect them. We'll be creating messages to send on nature's behalf, through a range of mediums. No experience necessary!
Landscapes in time
13:30 - 15:00
How have some our most significant and loved landscapes looked like in the past, how are they faring now, and what are our hopes and fears for their future? Our guest speakers will open the debate by talking about rural and industrial landscapes that have inspired them, and the discussion will then be open to members of the audience. What places do you care about and how will they evolve in a changing world? What does climate change mean for the streets and parks, the woods, rivers and seashores that we love?
Paperboats
15:30 - 16:30
Some of Scotland's best poets and prose writers will read from Paperboats, a new ezine dedicated to writing about Scotland, nature and climate change. Readers include Kathleen Jamie, Leonie Charlton and Elaine Morrison.
Speakers
Dr Catherine Mills
Catherine is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Stirling, with a special interest in former colliery sites and coal mining communities.
Tom Bowser
Tom is a nature writer, journalist and wildlife guide. From his family farm near Dunblane he runs the award-winning Agarty Red Kite project.
Rebecca Smith
Rebecca is the author of 'Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside'. She traces the stories of foresters and millworkers, miners, builders, farmers and pub owners, to paint a picture of the working class lives that often go overlooked.
Ivet Stancheva
Ivet studies law at the University of Stirling and is Vice-President of the University of Stirling Students' Union Earth and Environment Society.
Polly Pullar
Polly is a naturalist, conservationist and writer based in Highland Perthshire.