Everyday Changemakers: Marie-Anne Brown, Magpie

Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, speaks with Marie-Anne Brown, a manager at Magpie in Banchory, about embracing a circular economy lifestyle, balancing social and climate responsibilities, and planning for extreme weather.

This is a final episode in our mini-series on climate driven extreme weather and adaptation in Scotland, marking the first anniversary of the devastating October floods in North East Scotland.

Credits

Production, recording and editing: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Magpie Shops https://www.magpieshops.org.uk/ 

Circular Communities Scotland https://www.circularcommunities.scot/ 

Aberdeen Voluntary Action https://www.avashire.org.uk/ 

Aberdeenshire South Food Bank https://aberdeenshiresouth.foodbank.org.uk/ 

DeesideCAN https://www.deesidecan.org.uk/ 

Number One https://www.facebook.com/numberonebanchory 

SSEN powering communities to net zero fund includes funding for community-led physical and environmental resilience for communities within their supply network areas https://www.ssen.co.uk/about-ssen/our-communities/powering-communities-to-net-zero-fund/ 

The Scottish Government’s New Build Heat Standard will now allow wood burning stoves from 1 January 2025, based on rural and island community feedback (amendment on 8 November 2024) 

https://www.gov.scot/news/wood-burning-stoves-to-be-permitted-in-new-homes/ 

SCCAN Adaptation resources

https://sccan.scot/climate-adaptation/