This edition features an episode of "1000 Better Stories" from the Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN), produced by Kaska Hempel. It features conversations from Torry, Aberdeen, a year after the area's residents held their own People's Assembly.

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1000 Better Stories: "GO Torry - growing resilience one year after peoples' assembly"

Scottish Communities Climate Action Network's Story Weaver, Kaska, revisits Torry in Aberdeen for a GO Torry event, celebrating community's growing resilience in the wake of People's Assembly and its Declaration in Spring 2023. We hear of RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) and retrofit, outdoor classrooms and stealthy resistance, poetry and a community with a heart.

Production: Kaska Hempel

Resources:

https://podfollow.com/1000-better-stories-a-scottish-communities-climate-action-network-podcast/episode/18ec28a98322ade4769fb4d741cf294f4d6722da/view

NEW! Torry Assembly website – with:

Tullos poetry zine from GO Torry event: https://www.torryassembly.net/tullos-poetry-zine-1

Declaration of Torry Peoples’ Assembly 28th of May 2023 (PDF): https://www.torryassembly.net/s/Declaration-of-Torry-A6-booklet-v1-2.pdf

Updates on the retrofit project: https://www.torryassembly.net/about-retrofit

Information about Torry Peoples Assemblies on the Grassroots to Global website: https://www.grassroots2global.org/torry-peoples-assemblies

Communities Assembly training by Grassroots to Global, early 2024 – SCCAN video series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL727H-1nm_P25ueYx18ikvYroPMTGZ91-&si=dfN-nYxvbbaKQ3Ra

Just Transition Communities Project (NESCAN Hub): https://www.nescan.org/just-transition-communities

Station House Media Unit: https://www.shmu.org.uk/

Friends of St Fittick’s Park: https://saintfittickstorry.com/

Aberdeen Ethnic Minority Women’s Group: https://www.abdn-emwomen.org.uk/

North East Scotland Mammal Network (facebook group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/335588875705435/

The Bridge Centre, Torry FB page: https://www.facebook.com/thebridgecentretorry/

Social Juice: https://www.social-juice-cic.co.uk/

St Fittick’s Park court appeal fails: https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/aberdeen/news/st-fitticks-lose-legal-challenge-over-park-development/