Spring 2022 Update
An update from the Scottish Parliament’s think-tank on its work in spring 2022. This includes a chance to share your views on what we should be doing.
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Gaelic Week 2022
To mark Seachdain na Gàidhlig in 2022, the Futures Forum asked several Gaelic speakers to share their views of the future. These are their blogs.
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Highland Visual Arts in the 2040s: A Look Back
A blog by artist and teacher Críostóir de Piondargás on Gaelic visual arts. Written originally in Gaelic for Seachdain na Gàidhlig in 2022, this blog imagines a successful sector in 2045.
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Rewilding
In this blog, Tòmas MacAilpein looks at rewilding – in the Highlands, in the Lowlands for nature and people. I remember walking through a bright wood and into a dark spruce forest. Following the winding path, I come out into the great expanse of upland, my feet feeling their way on the wooden path. I’m…
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2035
A story by Iain Finlay MacLeod about Scotland in 2035 and beyond. Written originally in Gaelic for Seachdain na Gàidhlig in 2022, “2035” is a darkly comic tale of our future.
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The Lights on in the Islands
A blog by Rhoda Meek, a crofter and businesswoman, on Scotland in 2045. Written originally in Gaelic for Seachdain na Gàidhlig in 2022, the blog explores how housing is central to islands communities.
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There’s power in the community
In this blog, Green Instagrammer Iona Whyte tells us how community power and environmental initiatives can come together for the good of Scotland in 2045. Scotland and our public are capable of change in many ways in the next two decades, but we are losing control of how our planet and the environment will change…
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Green and brown
In this blog, broadcaster and ‘gardener of sorts’ John McDiarmid looks at how allotments contribute to community, wellbeing and the environment in the city, and the benefits of growing our own food. My hands are full of mud as I bend down on the allotment, the noise of the M8 running like a stream. But…
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The 2045 legacy of the Queen of Gaelic Song
In this blog, musician and broadcaster Mary Ann Kennedy looks back at the life of renowned Gaelic singer Jessie MacLachlan and asks what we can learn from her for the future. In 2045 I shall be 77, if I’m not already just an inscription on some obscure prize at the Mòd or the occasional trawl…
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Windows on the world
In this blog, writer and publisher Màiri Kidd looks at how the translation of literature between languages – large and small – can give us other windows on the world. I was once told, I’m pretty sure – and if it’s not true, I don’t care, because it would be great if it were true…
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Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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Ealain-lèirsinneach na Gàidhealtachd anns na 2040an: Sùil Air Ais
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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Uinneagan air an t-saoghal
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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Ath-fhiadhachadh nam Sgìre Fhìn
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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2035
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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Solais laiste nan Eilean
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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Tha cumhachd anns a’ choimhearsnachd
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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Governing Now for Future Generations
If a week is a long time in politics, how can Parliaments and Governments take decisions for our long-term future? This seminar in March 2022 explored what Scotland can learn from Wales.
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Dìleab Banrigh nan Òran 2045
Gus seachdain na Gàidhlig 2022 a chomharrachadh, iarr Fòram Alba air Thoiseach air grunn luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig na beachdan aca a thoirt dhuinn mun àm ri teachd. Tha am pròiseact, a chaidh a ruith le taic bho Oifigearan Gàidhlig na Pàrlamaid, ag amas air cur ri lèirsinn a chaidh a chur ri chèile aig tachartas aig…
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Seachdain na Gàidhlig: Views of the Future
To mark Seachdain na Gàidhlig (Gaelic week) this year, the Futures Forum will publish a series of Gaelic blogs specially commissioned for the occasion. In our event on the future of Gaelic in 2019, one participant shared a vision of a Scotland where “Gaelic is visible and audible in public life, with Gaelic routinely used for non-Gaelic…
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Education Futures: Classrooms of the Future
Round-table discussion in March 2022 with Scottish Parliament Education Committee: How will and should the learning experience in schools continue to change alongside developments in society and technology?
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Education Futures: Who should run Scotland’s schools?
Round-table discussion in February 2022 with Scottish Parliament Education Committee: In a time of change, who should run Scotland’s schools?
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Code Red: Parliaments & the Climate and Ecological Emergencies
This COP26 event asked parliamentarians, advisers, citizens & academics to explore how Parliaments must evolve in the context of a Code Red for humanity.
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History, literature, language and a sustainable Scotland
After taking part in a 2021 Festival of Politics event on Scotland as a sustainable society in 2045, writer James Robertson shares his reflections on our future
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Autumn 2021 update
An update from the Scottish Parliament’s think-tank from autumn 2021. It includes information on the Festival of Politics and new directors.
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Scotland 2045: A Sustainable Society
Online discussion from September 2021: What does a sustainable Scotland look like? How can we build a society that works for all our citizens? What changes do we need to make as individuals?
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Scotland’s Climate Assembly: A call to action
18 August 2021 – Online seminar with Scotland’s Climate Assembly: How should Scotland change to tackle the climate emergency in an effective and fair way?
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Summer 2021 Update
Update on board changes and plans from Scotland’s Futures Forum from summer 2021.
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Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland: Doing Politics Differently
Can we do politics differently? This seminar in January 2021 explored what the Scottish Parliament can learn from the work of the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland.
