Scottish Environment Week Archive

Since it's inception in 2003, Scottish Environmnet week has become a popular fixture in the parliamentary calendar. Find out more about events held in previous years below.

Scottish Environment Week 2008

LINK's fourth Scottish Environment Week held in and around Parliament in February 2008 was an opportunity to focus on the importance of our environment to the society and economy of Scotland.

• SEW2008 Programme
• SEW2008 in pictures
  
• Public event looking at sustainable development education
  
• MSP's Favourite Landscapes Event
  
• Seminar on rural development funding (SRDP) with case examples
  
• Seminar on the Scottish Marine Bill and premier of a Marine DVD
  
• Business Breakfast Forum with John Swinney MSP Cabinet Secretary and Patrick Harvie MSP speaking about Planning for Sustainable Livelihoods
  
• Seminar on Active Travel Plans hosted by Nanette Milne MSP
  
• A LINK Biodiversity Task Force Exhibition in the showed the variety of Scotland's biodiversity.
  
• About half of all MSPs and their staff visited the LINK Information Desk in the Upper Garden Lobby during the week. LINK publications, DVD and leaflets showed the work undertaken by LINK, its member organisations and sponsors.

Scottish Environment Week 2007:

Press release: Looking after the environment is good for your health, (PDF 75 Kb)
2007 Programme
2007 in Pictures

Public Event on Sustainable Tourism
Press Release (PDF 114 Kb).
Listen again to the panel of speakers, chaired by Louise Batchelor (BBC Scotland)

• Part 1 - Speakers (mp3, 73 MB) hear from Patricia Ferguson MSP, Bill Wright (APRS), Fiona Watson (UHI), Dave Sexton (RSPB) and Dr Bob Aitken (LINK).
• Part 2 - Debate (mp3, 39 MB) hear the panel answer questions from the floor and lively public debate.

Scottish Environment Week 2006:

2006 Programme
2006 in Pictures
Report
Quiz

Scottish Environment Week 2005:

Holyrood Declaration
Presentation to the Presiding Officer
2005 Programme
2005 in Pictures