Did you know 14 schools within Perth and Kinross take part in the WOW walk to school challenge? Pupils (and their families) are encouraged to travel actively to school. For their efforts, pupils earn WOW badges at the end of the month for walking, wheeling, park and stride and scooting to school.

The River Almond Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) project is an ambitious partnership project aiming to bring invasive species on the Almond under control to protect and preserve our native flora, riparian habitats and freshwater ecosystems. The primary focus of the project is the eradication of giant hogweed, but also covers American skunk cabbage, and Japanese knotweed.

Are you a community group looking for funding? The Green Living PB Fund is now open for bids. The bidding process closes on Friday 15 December.

Perth and Kinross has been recognised as one of 119 cities and local authorities across the globe that are taking bold leadership on environmental action and transparency, despite the pressures of a challenging economic situation.

Come along to Wellmeadow House, Blairgowrie for a warm space over winter. Hot drinks, snacks, board games, jigsaw puzzles, books and magazines available.

Thursdays 12-2pm

Perth & Kinross Council approved projects to spend £353,000 of Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund to deliver 16 projects to help restore and enhance nature across Perth & Kinross.

Young people from across Perth & Kinross joined the second Youth Climate Conference where they got to voice their concerns about the climate emergency and learn how to take climate action.

Culture Perth and Kinross are seeking volunteers to support staff in operating and promoting our new Lend and Mend Hub, which will launch this summer in the AK Bell Library.

Want to have your say on local ideas for climate action and living well? Come along to the Have Your Say Tulloch event on Monday 19th June. Drop in anytime between 15:00 to 21:30 at the Tulloch Community Centre. Light refreshments will be provided.

Have Your Say Aberfeldy event on Thursday 22nd June! Light refreshments will be provided.

Drop in anytime between 16:00 to 22:00 at Lesser Town Hall (Main Hall), 2 Crieff Road, PH15 2BJ.

Want to have your say on local ideas for climate action and living well? Come along any time to our in-person event to vote on proposed ideas and actions to tackle climate change in your local area. These proposals will be put forward for grant funding later in the year.

The eBike Loan is funded by Transport Scotland and managed by Energy Saving Trust, with the support of Home Energy Scotland advice centres. The scheme is open to individuals whose principal residence is Scotland.

Upper Tay Catchment Communities - Almond Headwaters is one of two in Scotland to receive a ‘Riverwoods - Investment Readiness Pioneers’ award.

Do you want to play a part in monitoring biodiversity? Perth & Kinross Council are currently naturalising 42 trial site areas in selected parks and greenspaces and are looking for volunteers to help monitor these areas to identify if they have demonstrated enhanced biodiversity in comparison to the nearby mowed areas.

Learn about the work undertaken to enhance five SuDS ponds across Perth and Kinross.

Find out more on how Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust have been improving their existing wetland habitats.

Thanks to PKC Nature Restoration Funding, Loch Rannoch Conservation Association were able to restore a number of sites along Loch Tummel and Loch Rannoch shores that were damaged by visitors and roadside campers.

Learn about the variety of work Luncarty Primary School have been undertaking to rewild their school grounds.

Learn about the variety of work Comrie Primary School have been undertaking to rewild their school grounds.

On the 22nd April 2023, community groups, businesses and environmental organisations came together to host an Earth Day Market.

Learn about the 3.15ha species rich grassland corridor Rewilding Denmarkfield have restored along their northern boundary.

Thanks to PKC Nature Restoration Funding, Glassie Bike Park were able to re-establish their woodland in an area previously devastated by storm Arwen.

Learn about the great work Kinross-shire Civic Trust have been carrying out to expand their Rainwater gardens project.

Read about the work Crook and Drum Growing Together have been undertaking to extend their community orchard and add plants pollinators.

Read about the work Beautiful Perth have been undertaking to restore riparian habitat at the Riverside Heather Garden.

Households, businesses and organisations off the gas grid to receive energy bill support over the coming weeks

Letham4all is a Community Food Share looking for you thoughts on how they can continue to reduce good food waste. To help, complete the survey to have your ideas heard about the project.

Shape the Future of Your Place: Eastern Perthshire! Join the conversation to let us know what changes you want to see in your local area. These events cover the towns and villages in Eastern Perthshire where you live, work or spend time.

This is a conversation between the Council and the communities of the Perth & Kinross area to find out how you use your town, village or neighbourhood, and what is important to you. The primary purpose of the engagement is to help shape the future land use and development of the Perth & Kinross area from 2027 to 2037 through the next Local Development Plan.

Perth & Kinross Council approved projects to spend £193,000 of Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund to deliver 18 projects to help restore and enhance nature across Perth & Kinross.

On Saturday 19th November, Perth and Kinross Climate Action engaged with the community at the Perth Winter Festival.

Sign up to the climate action pledge to find inspiration to get involved and tackle the the climate change and biodiversity loss crises together.

Young people from across Perth & Kinross joined the first ever Youth Climate Conference where they got to voice their concerns about the climate emergency and help shape the future of Council policy.

The fund provides specific support to businesses, enabling them to invest in capital projects to implement new systems, new ways of working, new machinery, and investment in green technology.

Perth and Kinross Councils Youth Climate Conference will take place on Friday 4th November as a pre-summit to COP27. Around 100 secondary school pupils from across Perth & Kinross will be attending. Through inspiring talks, interactive workshops, and action planning, young people will gain a greater understanding of climate change and how to take climate action.

Learn more about how Blairgowrie Climate Cafe engaged pupils on climate change at Blairgowrie High School Freshers Week.

Learn more about how Care Homes from across Perth and Kinross have been participating in Path for All’s, Together for Our Planet project.

Perthshire, home of Big Tree Country, is known and loved for its wonderful trees. From the Tay Forest Park to Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, they are a key part of our outdoor spaces and provide benefits for people and wildlife alike. Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust wants to make sure that these benefits continue for generations to come, therefore they have launched a new education project – A Tree for Every Child in Perthshire.

Perth & Kinross Council's social media competition

Perth and Kinross Council's latest update on Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategies (Sept 2022)

Read about how the Pitlochry local Litter pick group and Climate Café responded to Earth Day and the Global Clean Up Project 2022.

Learn about sustainability at Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters

Learn about the role of an architect at a passivhaus build.

A story from a first time buyer of an electric vehicle.

Get involved with the 21 days of Nature Challenge throughout August. Over the course of 3 weeks there will be plenty of fun activities to get involved in, helping you to connect with nature. Sign ups open now!

£2000 per year available via the Volunteer Development Fund!

Open to volunteers within organisations who carrying out voluntary activity in the Perth and Kinross area.

2050 Climate Group are excited to announce that applications for this year’s
Young Leaders Development Programme are now open!

The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 19th June!

The Together For Our Planet funding programme from the National Lottery will see Paths for All’s Dementia Friendly Walking team support care home staff and residents across Perth and Kinross respond to the climate emergency by becoming more sustainable.

Paths for All’s Community Paths Grants Fund is now open for applications. Scottish community groups and charitable organisations can apply for up to £1500 to maintain, upgrade, create and promote community path networks.

Do you want to play a part in monitoring biodiversity? Perth & Kinross Council are currently naturalising 42 trial site areas in selected parks and greenspaces and are looking for volunteers to help monitor these areas to identify if they have demonstrated enhanced biodiversity in comparison to the nearby mowed areas.

Do you want to play a part in monitoring biodiversity? Perth & Kinross Council are currently naturalising 42 trial site areas in selected parks and greenspaces and are looking for volunteers to help monitor these areas to identify if they have demonstrated enhanced biodiversity in comparison to the nearby mowed areas.

Fund for community organisations which they can bid into for revenue support for 3 years.

The Investing In Communities Fund supports Climate Change Activities.

Application deadline 28th June

Learn more about the Breadalbane Academy Climate Cafe, where one of the students has created a blog to showcase some of the brilliant work carried out by the school.

Perth and Kinross Council are looking to host a youth climate conference to coincide with COP27. We are currently looking for a group of around 10 secondary school students from S1-S5 who are interested in climate action to inspire our youth conference agenda. This will take the form of two online meetings. Deadline to apply Friday 17th June.

First Passivhaus school to be completed in Scotland and first Passivhaus primary school

Drive down your fuel costs with a free fleet review from Energy Saving Trust

The Business Energy Scotland website has launched! Visit now to find out how you business can become more green.

A blog by the Lead Energy Officer at Perth and Kinross Council.

Find out how to save energy and bills, whilst helping the environment.

A story by a local couple who have formed a successful home energy advice project in the Aberfeldy

Apply for between £1,000 and £3,000!

Co-op Local Community Fund will support biodiversity projects.

Application deadline 29th May

Free Consultancy Time in 2022!

Now available, a package of tailored support for Scottish workplaces.

This package of support is open to workplaces across Scotland and is designed to provide practical measures to organisations who want to take action to encourage their employees to look at more active and sustainable travel options and work towards net-zero targets.

Let’s Tackle Climate Change Together!

Perth and Kinross Council's Climate Change Team are asking all community groups to complete this questionnaire and tell us about how you would like to engage with the council and other community groups undertaking climate action.

Take Action this Earth Day by joining other Perth and Kinross citizens who are collectively tackling climate change. Join one of the many group litter picks or pollinator stepping stone projects which are being organised.

Do you want to play your part in tackling climate change? Applications are now open for the Perth and Kinross Climate Change Commission. It will bring together people and organisations from the public, private and civic sectors to help drive, guide, support and monitor climate action in Perth and Kinross. Deadline 24th April.

Perth & Kinross Council have recently created new guidance for tree planting in schools. This guidance highlights key information and considerations for tree planting in school grounds.

The Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (Tactran) want to hear your views on the transport user problems, opportunity themes and multi-modal transport options being considered as part of the Tay Cities Park & Choose Strategy study.

On the 7^th February 2022, Perth & Kinross Council's Community Greenspace Team launched the ‘Managed for Wildlife Trials’ public consultation. The consultation is now on the consultation hub which includes a short survey with a interactive map showing all the sites and areas of interest.

Scotland is being urged to bin all wipes – and ban wipes containing plastic - in a major new campaign to help protect the environment.

The initiative that Perth & Kinross Council runs aims to divert surplus office/school furniture away from landfill by recycling where possible or offering to other agencies to re-use, recycle, salvage, or upcycle.

In December 2019, the Perth City Leadership Forum (PCLP) held a conference to discover how Perth might become the most sustainable small city in Europe.

In December 2021, Perth & Kinross Council became an official signatory to both the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration, and the Edinburgh Declaration on post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Perth & Kinross Council’s COP26 pop-up shop was located at 76 High Street in Perth, and ran from November 2^nd to November 12^th.

Perth & Kinross Council launched a drawing and sculpture competition for all students who live or study in the Perth and Kinross area in August-September 2021.

In October 2021, Perth was one of the flagship stops of the Zero Carbon Bus Tour.

Kinross Move Greener Organisation (KMGO) successfully launched during Summer 2021 and has been well received and used by both residents and visitors to the area.