Sharing Good Practice 2009 - 2010

Wed 7 Oct 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Writing Positively about Access Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	A variety of leaflets and information is already available with guidelines to inform visitors of their access rights and responsibilities. This workshop will look at a range of inventive and innovative approaches that can be used to provoke and capture the attention of different audiences. It will help you to develop clear and positive messages about responsible access and to focus on target audiences. It will also help you to generate your own innovative ideas to reveal messages in a memorable way so as to have the greatest impact. - Presentations
Wed 14 Oct 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Outdoor Learning for Educators Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Join with other Initial Teacher Education professionals for an inspirational day sharing good examples of outdoor learning. First hand experience of nature can help to educate our young people for a sustainable world. How can we support the needs of new teachers today? Explore the role of existing networks and resources, and find out how other colleagues are attaining The Standard for Initial Teacher Education with reference to outdoor learning, overcoming challenges and encouraging cross-curricular projects. !. - Presentations
Wed 21 Oct 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Finding our Place - reconnecting with nature in a time of uncertainty Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Climate change poses the greatest global challenge of the modern age. How will nature conservation respond and adapt? Can we move from strong ecological knowledge and understanding to ecological ‘being’, where a new interconnected environmental ethic takes its place equally alongside science and technology? Join key thinkers in nature conservation, human ecology and environmental education to explore how our relationship with nature may be at the core of our capacity to address climate change. - Presentations
Tue 27 Oct 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Marine non-native Species - responding to the threat Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Non-native species pose an increasing threat to our seas, coasts and estuaries, and to economic activities in these areas. This event is an opportunity for those who work in the marine environment to learn about and consider possible responses to this threat. This will include potential methods and strategies for prevention, detection and control of invasive plants and animals. Presentations and case studies will consider the spread of non-native species, impacts on biodiversity, efficacy of control methods and examples of successful management strategies. Workshop topics will include identifying species likely to spread to Scotland in the future, developing rapid responses to new arrivals, and the legislative framework. - Presentations
Tue 3 Nov 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Planning and access - working together for community benefit Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	How can access benefit from planning gain? How can your Community Planning Partnership help access development? The opportunities for improving outdoor access through the planning system will be explored at this event. Case studies will be used to demonstrate what a multi-disciplinary approach to re-defining an area can achieve for access. This day will be of interest to Access Officers, Planners and Community Planning Partnership Co-ordinators. - Presentations
Thu 5 Nov 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Marine Renewables and Our Natural Heritage Stirling Management Centre, University of Stirling
	The offshore wind, wave and tide resource around Scotland is vast and its exploitation will be key to the achievement of Scottish Government’s renewables targets. Equally, Scotland’s seas are home to an incredible range of wildlife, including species protected under national and international legislation. This workshop will consider how best to locate and enable renewables development at sea while safeguarding those species and habitats most susceptible to harm. Anticipated themes include spatial planning, impact assessment, mitigation and monitoring. The event should be directly relevant to regulators of the industry, developers and their consultants. Marine renewable technologies have not yet been widely deployed and little is known about their interactions with wildlife. This workshop will not provide all the answers to this problem. It will, hopefully, increase understanding of the challenges faced by industry and regulators, and encourage the development and adoption of practices that facilitate development and meet our environmental objectives. - Presentations
Tue 10 Nov 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Outdoor Learning at the Chalkface Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Become an even more inspirational teacher by learning how to provide exciting, challenging and varied experiences within and beyond the school grounds! Discover how outdoor learning contributes to the four capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence through the delivery of programmes such as Health Promoting Schools, Eco-Schools, Sustainable Development Education and Enterprise. Learn from practising teachers, pupils and experienced education professionals how to fire yourself and your pupils with enthusiasm for the outdoors. This event will complement the Outdoor Learning National Conference hosted by Learning and Teaching Scotland on 27 & 28 April 2009. Learning is out there!. - Presentations
Wed 25 Nov 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Visitor Monitoring Toolkits and their use Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	This event will introduce and explore two toolkits that have been developed to help organisations and community groups to monitor visitors to their sites. The Visitor Monitoring Manual provides practical advice on identifying information needs, selecting methods, designing and carrying out surveys, analysing and interpreting the results, and reviewing the visitor monitoring system. The Path Benefits Toolkit provides a step-by-step process to evaluate the social, environmental and economic benefits of a path network, and to compare results with other path networks. This event is aimed at access authorities, land-managing NGOs and community groups. . - Flyer - Booking Form - Presentations
Tue 15 Dec 2009	Sharing Good Practice - Assessing the cumulative impacts of windfarm developments on birds *RE-SCHEDULED FROM 30TH JUNE* Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	This event will focus on the cumulative assessment process in both onshore and offshore environments, with particular attention being paid to recently issued draft onshore guidance from SNH, as well as guidance developed by others in both onshore and offshore settings. We will touch on consideration of likely significant effect on notified features within Special Protection Areas, how to determine the magnitude and signficance of impacts and how to assess the impacts on favourable conservation status of birds in the wider countryside.. - Flyer - Booking Form - Presentations
Wed 27 Jan 2010	Sharing Good Practice - Social Marketing Scotland's Outdoors - beyond the usual suspects Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Our natural heritage is an important resource for improving the health and well-being of people in Scotland. But how do we get more people to enjoy the outdoors more regularly, and to realise the significant benefits from physical activity and contact with nature? Traditional approaches have focused on improving the accessibility of the resource and information about it. While these approaches remain important, it is increasingly recognised that influencing public behaviour through social marketing also has a role to play in increasing participation in enjoying the outdoors. This is an opportunity to explore the tools and tactics of social marketing and how these can be applied in this context to involve, include and target people across the spectrum of abilities, ages, races, religions and genders. - Flyer - Booking Form - Presentations
Wed 10 Feb 2010	Sharing Good Practice - The Participant - communities unLtd Tollbooth, Stirling
	People getting together to take action for the environment, whether this is to improve local greenspace or to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is a vital element of creating more sustainable communities. Where this action is developed and led by communities or helps establish community enterprise, it also helps communities develop the skills, knowledge and resources needed to support further action. This event will highlight examples of community-led action and examine how agencies and other support organisations can work with communities in ways that create the potential and power that enables independent action. - Flyer - Booking Form - Presentations
Thu 25 Feb 2010	Sharing Good Practice - Seminar for Planning Students: making sustainable places Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Effective planning creates sustainable places and cares for the natural environment. Using a blend of presentations, themed sessions and access to a panel of experienced professionals, student planners are encouraged to explore the key issues and opportunities for safeguarding the environment. The event aims to influence those who will one day, through the decisions they make, have a critical role in determining the impact of planning on Scotland’s natural heritage. Priority will be given to those following RTPI and Landscape Institute accredited courses. This event is often oversubscribed, so early booking through universities is recommended.
Thu 4 Mar 2010	Sharing Good Practice - Leading Edge Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	This very popular annual event brings together rangers and other environmental educators to share ideas and inspiration for practical activities that promote outdoor learning and first-hand experience of the natural world. - Flyer - Booking Form
Wed 17 Mar 2010	Sharing Good Practice - Marine Wildlife - working together towards a better understanding Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Scottish seas and coasts support a wealth of wildlife, and marine wildlife tourism is becoming an important part of Scotland’s economy. This event will bring together those most closely involved with marine wildlife and related industries: tour operators, scientists, NGOs, managers, policy makers and others, to exchange information and share experiences. We will discuss how information can be collected and exchanged, now and into the future, in order to better understand and protect our precious wildlife. - Flyer - Booking Form
Thu 25 Mar 2010	Sharing Good Practice - Making the most of your contact with the police * EVENT CANCELLED * Battleby Conference Centre, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
	Access Officers, rangers and land managers are often faced with outdoor access issues which involve criminal behaviour and breaches of criminal law including theft, road traffic violations, vandalism and wildlife crime. This workshop will guide you through laws relevant to outdoor access in Scotland and help you work more effectively with the police when criminal or antisocial behaviour is being encountered.