An online screening of the recent documentary charting Scotland's inspiring progress in the fight against climate change, Scotland: Our Climate Journey. The film follows Scotland’s climate action to date, narrated by individuals from across the country who are on the environmental frontlines, be they leaders of industry, activists, or community organisers. The screening (60 mins) will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and characters from the film.

Speakers

• Ted Simpson, director, Scotland: Our Climate Journey
• Finbar O’Sullivan, producer, Scotland: Our Climate Journey
• Fraser Stewart, Energy and Climate Policy Researcher, University of Strathclyde
• Roisin Hyde, Queen's University Belfast
• Mike Robinson, Chief Executive, Royal Scottish Geographical Society

This event is free and open to all.

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Speakers

Ted Simpson

Ted is a self-shooting director and editor, working across commercial and documentary. His main interests lie in exploring stories of human connection to wild land and wild spaces.

Ted’s feature debut came in 2020 with The Cull - Scotland's Deer Dilemma, and found a passion and a talent for working within a longer format. This film allowed Ted to combine breathtaking cinematic capture of the incredible Highland vistas with intimate and personal characters, authentically representing all sides of the debate, and weaving a complex narrative throughout a compelling feature documentary.

The Cull is on the international festival circuit, and has been critically acclaimed, winning ‘Best Natural History & Mountain Environment Film’ at the world renowned Banff Mountain Film Festival, and ‘Best Environmental Film’ at Kendal Mountain Festival.

Finbar O’Sullivan

Prior to documentary, Fin has been producing commercial content for major brands for the last 7 years, with clients including Facebook, Dr Martens, Google, Adidas & Smirnoff, and has gained invaluable experience in delivering large scale projects both domestically and internationally.

In 2018, Fin produced a wildlife documentary project for the Kenyan based charity Space For Giants, fronted by BBC’s Liz Bonnin. Following from this, he worked closely with Ted to develop and produce The Cull - Scotland’s Deer Dilemma, solidifying his passion for documentary and their working partnership.

Fraser Stewart

Fraser Stewart is an Energy Policy Researcher at the University of Strathclyde, making clean energy work against poverty and inequality. His core research looks at who benefits from the social and economic impacts of low-carbon technology innovations and finding new ways to bring those innovations into low-income areas.

Roisin Hyde

Architect, Lecturer, PhD Researcher at Queen's University Belfast in the area of high-performance, low carbon concrete made with by-product and waste materials.

Mike Robinson

Mike is the Chief Executive of the RSGS based in Perth, a role he has held since 2008. He has worked in the Scottish charity and environment sector for the last 25 years, initially with RSPB, and later with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

In a voluntary capacity Mike holds a large number of board/advisory roles, mostly for environment and human rights bodies, including as previous Chair of SCCS. He also chaired the Scottish Parliament’s short life working group on annual targets; sits on the advisory groups for Air Passenger Duty & ScotRail, and the board of Transform Scotland amongst others. He is a member of the Arctic Strategy Forum & Chair of Perth City Leadership Forum & is heavily involved in promoting climate change solutions, recently launching a Climate Solutions Qualification for businesses and managers. He is Co-chair of the independent inquiry Farming for 1.5 Degrees.

How to Join

The event will be held via Zoom. Please register and you will receive an email on the day of the event with the link to join. Live subtitles will be available.

The Q&A also will be livestreamed on Eventbrite and YouTube (no registration required), and available to watch afterwards on our YouTube Channel.

About Scotland's Climate Festival

This event is part of Scotland's Climate Festival, supporting communities across the country to plan and deliver their own local climate festivals, alongside our national event series. Scotland’s Climate Festival is supported by funding from the Scottish Government.

Find out more at: www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/climatefestivalscot and follow us @KSBScotland #ClimateFestivalScot