Dell McCLurg of the Merkinch Community Council reflects on turning life's challenges into local activism and the creation of the community's Merkinch Local Nature Reserve.
The story is the final in a 5-part series of weekly interviews with a variety of grassroots organisations involved in climate, biodiversity and social justice action across Inverness.
Transcript
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-dell-merkinch-community-council/
Credits
Interview, edit and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Friends of Merkinch Local Nature Reserve https://www.facebook.com/merkinchreserve/
Merkinch Local Nature Reserve Ticket office http://www.merkinchlnr.org.uk/htm/old_ticket_office/old_ticket_office.php
Merkinch Community Centre https://www.merkinchcommunitycentre.co.uk/about/
Networks of community organisations:
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network https://sccan.scot/
Development Trusts Association Scotland https://dtascot.org.uk/
Highlands and Islands Climate Hub https://hiclimatehub.co.uk/
Highland Good Food Partnership (also a great podcast!) https://highlandgoodfood.scot/
Highland Community Waste Partnership https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/highland-community-waste-partnership/
Circular Communities Scotland https://www.circularcommunities.scot/
Incredible Edible Network https://www.incredibleedible.org.uk/
Community Woodlands Association Scotland https://www.communitywoods.org/
Community Land Scotland https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/
Everyday Changemakers: Paul and Chloe, Sandside Community Garden
Everyday Changemakers: Martin O'Neill, The Stove
Everyday Changemakers: Rachel Cooper, The Crichton Trust
Everyday Changemakers: Tom Burns, Shax
Everyday Changemakers: Sally Hinchcliffe, Cycling Dumfries
Everyday Changemakers: Jon Dixon, Holm Grown (Maria, Knocknagael)
Everyday Changemakers: Gina and Mike, Aultnaskiach Dell
Everyday Changemakers: Louise Marshall, Eden Court
Everyday Changemakers - Iain McKenzie, Inverness Foodstuff
Seasickness/Cur na Mara - a story by Mairi Macleod (crossover)
Everyday Changemakers: Jess, Nikki and Stuart, Arran Eco Savvy.
Everyday Changemakers: Hollis, Wee Forests Dundee
Everyday Changemakers: Harold, Fruit Bowls Community Garden
Everyday Changemakers: Gisela, Victoria Community Gardens
Everyday Changemakers: Rowan, Uppertunity Growing Spaces Group
Everyday Changemakers: Catherine Lawson, Bonnie Dundee IYN
It Takes a Village - How Seawilding is Rewilding Loch Craignish
Everyday Changemakers - Andrew Crummy, The 360 Centre
Disrupting the Doughnut of Doom: Thalia, Glasgow Food Policy Partnership (Cross Over)
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