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The Future of Our Landscape

On 19th November 2024 Paperboats, in partnership with The Scottish Rewilding Alliance, held a creative writing workshop at the Social Hub in Glasgow.

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Letters from the Borders

On 13th and 14th November 2024 Paperboats, in partnership with Scottish Borders Climate Action, held creative writing workshops in Ayton and Galashiels.

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Hope is a Thing with Flippers

Wresting the Narrative from the Fossil Fuel Industry for a Just Transition. On Wednesday 6th November, 2024, Paperboats held a special event aimed at connecting

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This Fragile Earth

On Wednesday 16th October, writers joined the Stirling University Art Collection and Paperboats for an afternoon of creative writing workshops responding to This Fragile Earth.

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Launching the Paperboats Podcast

A new monthly podcast has been launched today (October 4) by Paperboats: a collective of writers focused on nature and environment in a time of climate and

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Scotland Outdoors, Radio Scotland.

BBC Scotland Outdoors

November 2023, Paperboats Featured on the Scotland Outdoors Program. Listen here. Paperboats features at 39 mins in.

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Small blonde boy holding up a paperboat

Scottish Parliament Action

On Thursday 23rd November 2023, we gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to deliver 1000 Paperboats, 1000 Climate Hopes, to MSPs of all parties.

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Paperboats being floated in a burn by children

Snack Magazine

Frustration with lack of Climate Change action leads Scotland’s Makar Kathleen Jamie to ask ‘What Can We Do?’ ahead of COP 28 Snack Magazine, November

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Paperboats made from old biology text books stamped with 'We Will Rise' on the side in red ink

At the Edinburgh Festival 2023

Paperboats launched in August 2023 at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. We showed up with a table and some Paperboats and spent a glorious day

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