

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Climate Stories: Creative Writing Workshops on Climate Change (6-Weeks)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Free 6-week creative writing workshop series exploring how people in Scotland feel about climate change. No writing experience needed.About this EventClimate Stories is an exciting creative writing project connected to research at the University of Glasgow, exploring how people across Scotland really think and feel about the climate crisis and how this connects to emotional wellbeing.This free, six-part, in-person workshop series offers a welcoming and supportive space to develop a short piece of climate-related writing over time. Through guided conversations, creative and reflective writing exercises, and optional sharing, you’ll be encouraged to explore your own stories, uncertainties and perspectives.You don’t need to be a writer or a climate expert - just curious about using creative writing as a way to think, feel, and imagine more deeply.By the end of the six sessions, you’ll have developed a short piece of climate writing (fiction or nonfiction), with the option to submit it to the Climate Stories project anthology.Every Thursday 6-8pm22nd January - 26th February 2026Please only book if you can attend all six sessionsWho this is forAnyone aged 18+ currently living in ScotlandNo previous writing experience requiredOpen to fiction and nonfiction writersThose interested in climate, place, emotion, and personal storytellingWhat the workshops involveSix in-person sessions (2 hours each)Small group setting (8–12 participants)Guided discussions on writing, climate, and emotionCreative writing exercisesGentle peer sharing and feedbackSupport to develop one short piece of writing across the seriesWorkshop structure (each session)Introductions (10 mins)Discussion on the session theme (15 mins)Creative writing exercises (30 mins)Break (10 mins)Creative writing exercises (30 mins)Sharing and feedback (20 mins)Closing (5 mins)Workshop themes (overview)Workshop 1 – GenreIntroducing what climate writing can look like, story structure, and creative permission. Generating ideas and drafting an opening scene or paragraph.Workshop 2 – Personal experienceWriting in times of crisis, looking after yourself, and writing about emotions. Developing character or perspective.Workshop 3 – PlaceBuilding worlds through setting and perspective. Placing your character within a specific environment.Workshop 4 – ScaleConnecting the global and the personal. Writing through detail, everyday life, and emotional specificity.Workshop 5 – Relationships and the more-than-humanExploring relationships and non-human perspectives. Expanding and developing the story.Workshop 6 – Piecing it togetherReturning to chosen themes, polishing structure, and shaping an ending with flow and impact.(Workshop structure and themes based on draft outlines)Research participationAs part of the research project, participants will be asked to:Take part in a 45-minute online interview before the workshopsTake part in a 45-minute online interview after the workshopsFurther information and consent will be discussed in Session 1.Booking informationFree to attendSpaces limited (8–12 participants)Please only book if you can attend all six sessionsBooking deadline: 3 January 2026Hosted byEdinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECCAN)In partnership with the University of Glasgow
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/climate-stories-creative-writing-workshops-on-climate-change-6-weeks/100001976607680782
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Edinburgh
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC)
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- **full address**: Edinburgh &amp; Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC), 14 Forth Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (https://allevents.in/org/edinburgh-communities-climate-action-network/23751062)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Edinburgh &amp; Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC), 14 Forth Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art, storytelling
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