Please note that the information on this site relates to the Big Tent 2010. We will have information here about the exciting plans for the Big Tent 2012 as soon as we can. To keep in touch, join our mailing list.
Community groups across Scotland are working together to make their villages and towns greener places to live. Thanks to funding from the Climate Challenge Fund, there will be a great range of groups from all over at this year's Big Tent and they are here to inspire you with their projects on food and gardening, energy saving, renewables, waste, recycling and transport.
There will also be experts on hand to provide great advice on how to best insulate your house, get the most out of your composting and providing alternative energy sources such as tidal and solar.
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| PIPER | By supplementing formal education on Climate Change and Sustainable Development provided by schools and Eco-Schools, Piper wishes to introduce two new concepts, Eco-Homes and Eco-Communities. |
| Linlithgow Climate Challenge | Linlithgow Climate Challenge are a community group based in Linlithgow. We aim to promote awareness of climate change, peak oil and environmental issues and support local solutions to make us more resilient to future changes and also to lessen our impact on the wider global environment. |
| North Howe Transition Toun | The North Howe Transition Toun is a community led group working towards building community resilience in the light of the twin challenges of Fossil Fuel Depletion and Climate Change. |
| Newburgh Community Trust | The Trust's main aim is to work alongside other community groups and agencies to protect and improve Newburgh for the good of the townsfolk, both present and future. |
| Greener Leith | Established and managed by local volunteers, Greener Leith is dedicated to making Leith greener in every sense. |
| Greener Kirkcaldy | Greener Kirkcaldy is a new environmental community group that aims to help local people to reduce their carbon footprints and fuel bills, and to promote environmentally friendly choices. |
| East Kilbride Development Trust | A local group working to develop projects that will make the town of East Kilbride more ecologically robust and sustainable. Developing local groups, they enable people to gain the skills and confidence to do things for themselves. |
| Lauderdale Dvelopment Trust | LDT works towards improving the social, economic and environmental well-being of Lauderdale. |
| Changeworks | Changeworks work with passion, integrity and in collaboration to develop and deliver innovative projects and businesses that inspire and empower people and communities to make a difference. |
| RSPB Scotland | Our work is driven by a passionate belief that we all have a responsibility to protect birds and the environment. Bird populations reflect the health of the planet on which our future depends. |
| Plantlife Scotland | Plantlife is the organisation that is speaking up for the nation’s wild plants. We work hard to protect wild plants on the ground and to build understanding of the vital role they play in everyone’s lives. |
| Glendevon Energy | Glendevon Energy is an independent Scottish company providing consultancy and contracting services to reduce reliance on fossil fuels in the built environment. |
| Scottish Breast Cancer Campaign | Our aims are to lobby the government for adequate funding for essential services thus ensuring that all breast cancer patients throughout Scotland receive the best possible treatment and service. |
| John Muir Trust | The John Muir Trust is a leading UK charity dedicated to the protection of wild land for both nature and people. |
| The Melting Pot | Providing spaces for individuals and organisations to work, connect and hold events. The only facility of its type in Scotland, The Melting Pot is a not-for-profit social enterprise that aims to inspire and support people to realise their ideas for a better world. |
| SEStran | SEStran aims to develop a transportation system for South East Scotland that will enable business to function effectively, and provide everyone living in the region with improved access to health care, education, public services and employment opportunities. |
| Zero Waste Fife | In 2009 Fife recycled 45% of its waste. This ensures that Fife is still one of the best places for recycling in Scotland. |
| The Scottish Youth Parliament | We listen to young people and understand what issues are important to them and then campaign to try to make Scotland a better place for young people. |
| E. Scallan Ltd | We're much more than your average plumber and heating engineer. We Supply, Design and Commission full renewable energy technology systems. |
| Fife Fair Trade Forum | Fife Fair Trade Forum is a group of people living in Fife who support and wish to further Fair Trade in Fife. |
| Howe of Fife Rotary Club | The Rotary Club of the Howe of Fife is a dual gender club that meets at Pitlessie Inn, Pitlessie, Fife. As one of the 87 clubs in Rotary District 1010 - North Scotland, they are actively involved in local, regional and international projects. The club aims to offer organisations physical and financial assistance, whichever is most needed and appropriate. In many occasions they will offer both. |
| Scotland Outdoors Magazine | Scotland Outdoors highlights the very best of Scotland’s natural diversity from its dramatic coastline to the high tops of its iconic peaks. From north to south and across the many islands that decorate its fringes, Scotland’s landscape is both alluring and challenging. |
| Co-operative Membership | Membership sits at the heart of The Co-operative Group – it’s what makes us very different from other businesses and it’s what 5 million of you are proud to be a part of. |
| Permaculture Scotland | Permaculture works with nature to make a better world for all. By observing the natural world we can see a set of principles at work. |
| The Green Fork | The Green Fork is all about raising awareness – self and others – and move towards an ethical and healthy consumption. Conscious eating helps not just our health, but the environment and the animals too. |
| Inspired Times Magazine | Inspired Times is a relatively new eco magazine printed on 100% recycled paper using vegetable inks and distributed in bio-degradable wallets. |
| Friends of the Earth Scotland | Friends of the Earth Scotland is a campaigning organisation that appeals to all walks of life and brings society together with a shared vision of a |
| Share International | Share International is a worldwide network of individuals and groups whose purpose is to make known the fact that Maitreya ― the World Teacher for the coming age. |
| The Community Woodlands Association | We help community woodland groups across the country achieve their aspirations and potential, providing advice, assistance and information, facilitating networking and training, and representing and promoting community woodlands to the wider world. |
| Soil Association Scotland | Soil Association Scotland is the Scottish office of the Soil Association, the UK’s leading organisation campaigning for a healthy food culture, and planet-friendly farming. |
| WWF Scotland | WWF Scotland is a small team dedicated to finding solutions to a broad range of pressing environmental problems, all of which affect Scotland. |
| Audiences East Scotland | Working collectively, collaboratively and strategically, we provide a focus for members to develop audiences, share best practice, develop skills and knowledge, establish benchmarking and engage with wider audience development initiatives. |
| Fife Coast and Countryside Trust | Fife Coast and Countryside Trust is a registered environmental charity that manages, conserves and enhances the biodiversity and countryside of Fife. The Rangers will have a tent all of their own bringing lots of information, hands-on workshops and great ideas on conservation management. |
| Trees4Scotland | Trees4Scotland manages all of its own woodlands and we welcome anyone who would like to visit our projects. The whole idea is to create a living legacy that can be enjoyed by many generations to come. |
| Action Aid | ActionAid is a partnership between people in rich countries and poor countries, dedicated to ending poverty and injustice. They work with people all over the world to fight hunger and illness, seek justice and education for women, hold companies and governments accountable, and cope with emergencies in over 40 countries. |
| Trees for Life | Trees for Life is the only organisation specifically dedicated to restoring the Caledonian Forest to a target area of 600 sq miles in the Scottish Highlands. We work in partnership with the Forestry Commission, RSPB and private landowners, and own and manage the 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate. |
| Oxfam | Oxfam Scotland works to improve the lives of the world's poorest people, both at home & in other countries. As well as a stand in the Exhibition Tent, Oxfam are helping out in the Head Zone. |
| Amnesty International | Amnesty's Scottish office provides a focus for our campaigning and fundraising in Scotland. We engage with Scotland's distinct political, education and media structures and take part in wider political and cultural life in Scotland. |
| Edinburgh World Heritage | Edinburgh World Heritage is a charity funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and Historic Scotland, with the role of protecting, conserving and promoting the World Heritage Site. |
