Join Scottish Civic Trust for an online lecture series on the intersection of heritage, equity and the climate crisis.

Although marginalised communities bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change, they are often underfunded, under-resourced and excluded from discussions about sustainability. As the impacts of climate change increase and threaten our buildings and places, it is more important than ever that we support everyone to get involved with building a more sustainable future.

Lectures will be released 1-12 November on Scottish Civic Trust Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (@scotcivictrust). Booking not required.

Programme

1 November, 12.30pm: Surviving climate change – the importance of speaking about sámi cultural heritage sites (Jerker Bexelius, åejvie / CEO of the sámi foundation Gaaltije)

3 November, 12.30pm: Ecologies and Communities - heritage as a social and multi-species practice (Dr Jenna C. Ashton, Lecturer in Heritage Studies, University of Manchester)

5 November, 12.30pm: Answers on the back of a postcard - giving children a voice on the sustainable management of their World Heritage cities (Gabriella Laing, Community Heritage Officer, Edinburgh World Heritage)

8 November, 12.30pm: Unjust burden of climate crisis in vernacular heritage sites (Gül Aktürk, Ph.D. candidate at TU Delft and visiting fellow in The Arctic Institute)

10 November, 12.30pm: Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships (Linda Shetabi, ICOMOS UK, SDG Working Group Task Team 1 Coordinator)

12 November, 12.30pm: Restoring our future - how investing in buildings can make for fairer, greener places (Dr Susan O’Connor, Director, Scottish Civic Trust)

Alternative text description for cover image: A group of children in colourful coats and hats sit around a table with pens, coloured pencils, markers and crayons. They are all working on an activity about sustainable management of Edinburgh's World Heritage Site. An adult works with one of the children to read the text on the page. All are smiling and look engaged.