Kaska Hempel reports from the Fife Climate Hub gathering in celebration of their first year. We hear how they have built on longstanding partnerships, welcomed new faces and the critical importance of leadership from governments in support of the urgently needed community climate action.Consider this leadership when voting in general election on the 4th of July.Reviews of party manifestos on environment:Carbon Brief (Energy and climate only) - includes SNP and other minor partieshttps://www.carbonbrief.org/uk-election-2024-what-the-manifestos-say-on-energy-and-climate-change/Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth UK (energy and climate, nature and environment, homes and transport, justice and democracy) - only Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens https://friendsoftheearth.uk/system-change/general-election-2024-manifestos-final-scores CreditsRecording and production Kaska HempelMusic Victoria Hume, Oblivious Structures from Radical Abundance album. https://www.lostmap.com/products/victoria-hume-radical-abundance ResourcesFCCAN - Fife Climate Hubhttps://fccan.org.uk/River Eden Partnershiphttps://www.riveredenfife.org/YMCA Healthy Living Gardenhttps://www.ymca.scot/glenrothes/garden-open/St Andrews Botanic Gardenshttps://www.standrewsbotanic.org/The Curnie Clubshttps://www.facebook.com/FifeCurnieClubs/ Big Green Markethttps://www.facebook.com/BurntislandGreenMarket Climate Action Fifehttps://www.climateactionfife.org.uk/Fife Environment Partnership COP conferencehttps://www.fife.gov.uk/news/2023/fife-environmental-partnership-hosts-fife-climate-conferenceFife Environment Partnershiphttps://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/have-your-say2/community-planningPaper Boatshttps://paperboats.org/Women’s climate actionhttps://womensclimateaction.net/Kathleen Jamie’s poem What the Clyde Said After COP26https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/what-the-clyde-said-after-cop26/SCVO Scotlandhttps://scvo.scot/SCVO Growing Climate Confidence resources including Climate Scorecard for Socially focussed community organisationshttps://climateconfident.scot/Climate Cafehttps://www.climate.cafe/ Victoria Hume Radical Abundancehttps://www.lostmap.com/products/victoria-hume-radical-abundance?utm_medium=order-details&utm_source=customer-accounts&utm_content=nameOblivious Structureshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmc8woJ6ppg“Less is more how degrowth will save the world” by Jason Hickelhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/441772/less-is-more-by-jason-hickel/9781786091215 Climate Outreach - Leadership on Climatehttps://climateoutreach.org/britain-talks-climate/climate-big-picture-2024/leadership/ Climate hub stories on 1000 Better Stories channels:Climate Action Hub Pilots - connecting local communities for changehttps://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-kqdw6-12e1778Edinburgh Communities Climate Action launch day (blog)https://sccan.scot/blog/edinburgh-communities-climate-action-launch-day/ TsiMoray Connect the Dots conference (blog)https://sccan.scot/blog/join-the-dots-tsimorays-annual-conference-connecting-ideas-people-moray/