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Regenerative Futures Fund @regenfuturesfund.bsky.social Aala, Andy (@futurejourneys.bsky.social) and Leah (@leahblack.bsky.social) at the Regenerative Futures Fund - a ten-year community fund for Edinburgh that shifts decision-making power to those most often excluded https://regenerativefuturesfund.org.uk
Andy Hyde @futurejourneys.bsky.social
Amy Johnstone @amyljohnstone.bsky.social Lecturer in Museum Studies, University of Glasgow.
Rhona Matheson @rhonamatheson.bsky.social CEO of Starcatchers, potential PhD student, interested in children’s rights, babies’ rights, personal views here
🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike https://edi.bike - Edinburgh’s weekly cycling digest, covering local campaigns, path progress, events & more. Tag posts with #EdTravCyc to share route, road and path issues and follow our custom feed: https://bsky.app/profile/edi.bike/feed/edtravcyc
@ciorsdan-brown.bsky.social @ciorsdan-brown.bsky.social
Participatory Grantmaking Community @pgmcommunity.bsky.social We're a global collective working to share knowledge and practice in order to improve #ParticipatoryGrantmaking and encourage its use, with the goal of #ShiftingPower in philanthropy www.participatorygrantmaking.org
elfmhairi @elfmhairi.bsky.social
Nancy E. Landrum @nelandrum.bsky.social A "woke" wanderlust & corporate sustainability management professor; American expat in Germany. Topics: strong sustainability, biomimicry, planetary boundaries, nature-based, regenerative, degrowth, decolonial.
Judith Nurmann @judithnurmann.bsky.social Urban Planner in Hamburg | Speaker @architects4future | fights #HousingCrisis | #CitiesforPeople | demografischer Wandel
Lorena Valdivia Steel @lorenavaldivia.bsky.social Chilean architect. PhD Architecture Theory. Research. Sustainable building and housing. Scientists4future + Architects4Future. Private here #BauwendeJetzt #Betonistfossil. Sporadically here due to #me/cfs
Mona Ebdrup @monaebdrup.bsky.social 🏡 bor og arbejder på Den Gamle Avlsgård 👩‍💼co-founder Iris+Birch (facilitering & projektledelse) ✒️ laver kommunikation for Andelsgaarde 💬 mener ofte noget om store virksomheders samfundsansvar 🏋🏼elsker at løfte tungt og har flere hobbyer end de fleste
Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social Funding | civil society | environment | Glasgow | Also posting @totheobelisk.bsky.social linktr.ee/addington
Chris Speed @chrisspeed.bsky.social
BrendanMartin @brendanfmartin.bsky.social Social entrepreneur working for organisations and services with Humanity at the Heart. www.publicworld.com
Claude Hendrickson MBE @hendricksonclaude.bsky.social Skills Self build coordination, community engagement and delivery; community-led housing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion advisor Claude has been active in Self build/Community led housing sector for over 30 years
Mark Robinson @mr.place Chair of Fellows at Radix Big Tent - OSP student @lsepbs.bluesky.app - #ABI survivor - urbanist Writing about later life learning and being a padawan "pracademic" https://markisalwayslearning.substack.com
Roz Foyer @rozfoyer.bsky.social General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
Danny Sriskandarajah @dhnnjyn.bsky.social Chief Exec of @neweconomics.bsky.social Author of "Power to the People" (Headline Press, 2024) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny-sriskandarajah/power-to-the-people/9781035414277/
Angus Hardie @angushardie.bsky.social Retired. Would like Scotland to have more community ownership, some truly radical land reform and local democracy worthy of the name.
Kirsty Young @kirstyhernon.bsky.social Funding Scotland Development Officer @SCVO | Trustee @Paragon Ensemble Reading, Running, Theatre, Accessibility, Inequalities
Edinburgh Critical Mass @edcriticalmass.bsky.social A friendly protest for safer cycling. Every last Saturday of the month, meeting at Middle Meadow Walk, 2pm.
Hannah Paterson @patersonhannah.bsky.social
Melissa Mean @melissamean.bsky.social Regenerative neighbourhoods, social infrastructure, community-led housing, just transition. All about making together. Land. Materials. People. Founding Director WeCanMake; Trustee Power to Change; Director MAIA Group. www.wecanmake.org
Anna Francis @annafrancisart.bsky.social Anna Francis is an artist rethinking city resources, through participatory art interventions; biodiversity visibility, social and environmental justice, retrofit for communities - Professor at University of Staffordshire.
Hana Loftus @hanaloftus.bsky.social Planner, designer, co-director at HAT Projects, chair of Creative Colchester. Also food and fungi and music. www.hatprojects.com, some of my journalism at https://muckrack.com/hana-loftus/articles, more writing and podcasting scattered around the internet.
Jess Prendergrast @jessprend.bsky.social West country girl. Previous soc researcher and think tanker turned social entrepreneur and community enthusiast. Most views strongly held. https://www.onioncollective.co.uk/ https://www.eastquaywatchet.co.uk/
Mark Walton @mark-walton.bsky.social Founder and Director of Shared Assets working for a more just land system. NED at Traveller Pride, The Love Tank and Digital Commons working for a more inclusive, healthier and informed future.
Athlyn Cathcart-Keays @athlynck.bsky.social 🏡 Communications Lead @WeCanMake.bsky.social working for a people & place-led just transition 🦵 Big fan of self-propelled adventures 🚲 @roll-models.bsky.social
Josh Artus @joshartus.bsky.social Doer of things at Centric Lab | Dogwalker and butler to BIGGIE | Frequently having weekends ruined by Arsenal
Dan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social Designer, urbanist &c. Director, Melbourne School of Design + Professor, University of Melbourne + Visiting Prof of Practice, UCL IIPP. Prev.: Vinnova (Swedish Gov), Arup, Future Cities Catapult, SITRA (Finnish Innovation Fund), BBC. FRSA.
Brendan Conway ☘️ @communityguy.bsky.social Effective altruist. Meitheal. Places. People. Pubs. Arts. Land Trusts. Q jumper. Does community. SW Ldn. YNWA.
Dan Raven-Ellison @danravenellison.bsky.social Guerrilla Geographer. Founder and maker of #GoodWays, #SlowWays, London #NationalParkCity & #EarthIn100Seconds. Coming soon.. Housing for Good. National Geographic Explorer. slowways.org nationalparkcity.london danravenellison.com #Exeter #UK
Tay Aziz Malik @tayaziz.bsky.social Community organiser, visual artist, filmmaker and storyteller working across community climate action and environmental justice 🌱 Creative Climate Leader @juliesbicycle.bsky.social and Community Participation Lead at @wecanmake.bsky.social She/her 🇯🇴🇵🇰🤍
Nick Sinclair @nicksinclair.bsky.social Programme Director @ Community Catalysts (Local Area Coordination and Innovators Learn) Interested in asset based working, leadership, community, inclusion & good lives for all. Proud dad of daughters. Trustee of Disability North.
Ross McCulloch @thirdsectorlab.co.uk Tech for good insights, digital activism and occasional photos of Scotland. Founder at Third Sector Lab - Helping charities deliver more impact with digital, data & design ⚡️ https://thirdsectorlab.co.uk/ 36k Twitter followers - starting from 0 here.
EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Read by 30,000+ locals. Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported. Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social Scottish Green Party MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East region. Contact me on kate.nevens.msp@parliament.scot Content promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Kate Nevens, both at 19b Graham Street, Ed, EH6 5QN
Kez Dugdale @kezdugdale.bsky.social Associate Director, @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Prof University of Glasgow. Trustee of Shelter and Oversight Board Member of The Promise. Writes for The Courier, Talks for Times Radio.
The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org Scotland’s anti-poverty network. With justice and compassion we can build a future free from poverty.
Peter Kelly @petek00.bsky.social Amongst other things, Chief Executive of the Poverty Alliance, Scotland's anti-poverty network | Vice Convenor of Homeless Network Scotland | here for music, cycling as well as social justice. Views are my own.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish. https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist. Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy. https://www.careful.industries https://hopeful.technology https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Indy Johar @indyjohar.bsky.social Building the Boring Revolution, Increasingly Co-Intrapreneuring, Co-Founder of darkmatterlabs.org, project00.cc, Professor, Architect, MBE, FRSA, Non Executive @ opensystemslab.org and Bloxhub.dk
Fozia Irfan @fozia.bsky.social Philanthropy | Civil Society | Social Justice
Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social Scottish Green Councillor for Craigentinny & Duddingston, Edinburgh Non-binary They/them Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Alex Staniforth, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Jule Bandel @julebandel.bsky.social pesky little immigrant | Scottish Greens councillor for Inverleith | local libraries enjoyer | she/they 🏳️‍🌈✨
Simita Kumar @simitakumar.bsky.social SNP MSP Edinburgh South Western| RT/L/F≠E |🇫🇯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇵🇸
Danny Aston @dastonsnp.bsky.social SNP councillor for Craigentinny-Duddingston ward, Edinburgh | Promoted by D Aston, 16 N St Andrew St EH2 1HJ Constituent queries to: cllr.danny.aston@edinburgh.gov.uk
Cllr Jack Caldwell 🇺🇦 @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social ⚓ Leith Walk ward Scottish Liberal Democrats councillor 🔶️🇪🇺. Passionate about poverty,🌳,🏳️‍🌈,🚶‍🚴 & North Edinburgh | 🎸Dio & Judas Priest 🤘 | Former Abbeyhill @Scouts ldr & @Pilmeny | He/Him
Cllr Stephen Jenkinson @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social Edinburgh’s Transport & Environment Convener and Labour’s Councillor for the Pentland Hills Ward 🌹
Katrina Faccenda @katrinafaccenda.bsky.social Cllr for Leith, Scottish Labour SEC member, TSSA & UNITE, stubbornly optimistic, often rebellious socialist. Occasionally a tour guide.
Councillor Vicky Nicolson, Inverleith Ward @vicnicsnp.bsky.social Mum of wonderful wimmen, Edinburgh SNP spokesperson for Health and Social Care, 20+ year career in Social Care, Trade Union member cllr.vicky.nicolson@edinburgh.gov.uk Promoted by Vicky Nicolson, Edinburgh SNP, 16 N St Andrew St, Edinburgh EH2 1HJ
Marco Biagi @marcobiagi.bsky.social ScotGov spad. Can't be publicly political, so sorry, but the only things I can post are hills, running, and occasional nerdery. 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social Green councillor for Leith, City of Edinburgh Council. Transport spokesperson, Edinburgh Green Group. https://chasbooth1.wordpress.com/ Promoted by Chas Booth on behalf of Scottish Green Party, both of 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN
Cllr Claire Miller (she/her) @cllrcmiller.bsky.social 💚 Green Councillor for 📍 Edinburgh City Centre ward 💰 Finance spokesperson ✉️ c.miller@edinburgh.gov.uk/claire.miller@scottishgreens.org.uk - DMs are off Promoted by Claire Miller on behalf of Scottish Green Party, both of 19b Graham St, EH6 5QN
Annie, as ever @annieasever.bsky.social Musician, gardener, wanderer, sun-worshipper. Still contributing to public endeavour (strictly in a non-executive capacity). And yes, I *could* drink a case of you
Deborah Long @naturepower.bsky.social Chief Officer at Scottish Environment LINK. Just Transition Commissioner in Scotland. Ecologist, gardener, traveller. Posting in a personal capacity.
Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Our World in Data Senior Researcher, University of Oxford Climate, energy, environment, all things data.
Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social All about working relationally, learning, listening, & coaching. Exploring how working collaboratively & leadership can develop in practice. What does it mean and what does it take to be alongside? #SpacesForListening
Big Hearts Community Trust @bigheartscommunity.bsky.social The charity of Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Changing lives through football since 2015 ♥️⚽️🏆🇱🇻
Pass The Mic Scotland @passthemic.bsky.social National programme to amplify the expertise of women of colour in news, commentary and policy making. Tackling the under-representation and misrepresentation of women of colour in Scotland. Find out more here: https://passthemicscotland.org/contact/
Lyndsay Fraser Robertson @lfrob.bsky.social Committed to social justice and working towards social change. Lover of dogs and funny GIFs. Mum of 3 young, wild and gorgeous boys. Programmes and Practice Officer, The Robertson Trust (all views my own)
Ross McKenzie @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social Councillor for Gorgie-Dalry, Whitson, Stenhouse, Saughton Mains, Broomhouse, Sighthill, Parkhead and Longstone. Member of the Scottish Greens.
Bruce Adamson @bruceadamson.bsky.social Children’s rights and human rights
Michaela @michaelav89.bsky.social Start up advisor at UoEdinburgh, previously Creative Informatics Cluster. Board of Creative Edinburgh. Interested in entrepreneurial ecosystems, design, tech, 🦓s & social enterprises. Views are my own.
Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social 🌍 The world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions. Visit www.drawdown.org to learn more
Amahra Spence @amahra.bsky.social Building infrastructure for Black spatial justice and the Hood Commons @hoodfuturesstudio
Dark Matter Labs @darkmatterlabs.org We are building options for the next economies. https://darkmatterlabs.org/
Rhodri Davies @rhodridavies.bsky.social Unrepentant philanthro-nerd. Director of Why Philanthropy Matters (www.whyphilanthropymatters.com). Host of Philanthropisms podcast. Research Fellow at Centre for Philanthropy, Uni of Kent. Author of two books about... you guessed it.... philanthropy.
Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social Filmmaker / Directing #section28film Founder: anthrobricolage.com Director: good.services @theschoolofgood DR of Design, once ran @wearesnook Made cycling easier with @cycle_hack GOOD Magazine #100 Board member at @lomondtrossachs She/they
Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social Author of Doughnut Economics, Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford Uni Environmental Change Institute. doughnuteconomics.org
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Gina Crane @notajogger.bsky.social Testing… Director of Communications and Learning at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Inside Philanthropy @insidephilanthropy.com The how and why of foundations and major donors giving away their money, publishing 5 days a week. https://linktr.ee/insidephilanthropy Sister Publication: @insidepoliticalmoney.com - Political money, decoded.
Imandeep Kaur @immykaur.bsky.social Co - Founder @CIVIC_SQUARE, prev aka Impact Hub Birmingham || @TEDxBrum 2012 - 2017 || Hon Doc. @AstonUniversity ||
Lorna Prescott @lornaprescott.bsky.social designing • learning • creating • growing • governance stewarding • network weaving • CoLab Dudley instigator & Time Rebel • supporting regenerative shifts in Dudley CVS • born at 332ppm https://medium.com/@lornaprescott_
Cassie Robinson @cassierobinson.bsky.social www.cassierobinson.work 🌳Wealth Pre & Redistribution, Emerging Futures, Imagination Infrastructures, Conscious Closures, Practices for Transition. 🔮Erotic Ecology, Designing with the Other-than-human World, Oracular Bodies and Queer Capacities.
Alycia Pirmohamed @alycia.bsky.social poet 🌙 free 🇵🇸 she/her
Jeda Pearl @jedapearl.bsky.social 🖌️ Poetry • SFF • Fiction • Art • https://linktr.ee/JedaPearl • ⚡ Disabled • Fibromyalgia 🥄 💫 Collaboration •Community • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇲
Julie Aitken @julieaitken.bsky.social Currently exploring creative approaches to knowledge mobilisation through a PHD at Northumbria University. Alongside that, work as Policy Manager at Corra Foundation.
Carolyn Sawers @four-story.bsky.social Living in lovely Glasgow, working with the Corra Foundation, Board member of Scottish Canals, posting my own views www.corra.scot
Corra Foundation @corra.scot Corra Foundation is a Scottish grant-making charity that is about strengthening and amplifying people’s voices and their power to make change.
I Am Loud CIC @iamloudpro.bsky.social Scotland's premier spoken word organisation, learn more about our work at iamloud.co Loud Poets: Best Regular UK Spoken Word Night 2023 linktr.ee/IAmLoudPro
Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Shasta H Ali @shastahali.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Dreamer. Racial Equity at Corra. Communities. Chai for the win.
Shelley Gray @shelleygray.bsky.social Commissioner @ScotHumanRights. Policy & Comms @CorraScot. https://monkey-puzzle.medium.com/
Lukas Bunse @dr-lukas-bunse.bsky.social Policy and Engagement Lead @WEAllScotland | often wandering the hills | Posts are my own views
Sasha Taylor @sashataylor.bsky.social Adventurer. Activist. Bikes. Edinburgh. #MoreKidsOnBikes #VisionZero CEO @thebikestation.bsky.social Campaigns @sw20ed.bsky.social @best-edinburgh.bsky.social @infrasisters.bsky.social Trustee @cargobikemovement.bsky.social @circularcomscot
Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social Co-director @FutureEconScot.bsky.social Fellow UCL IIPP and the Democracy Collaborative. Co-author ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’
Kirsten Urquhart @kirstenurquhart.bsky.social Chief Exec Young Scot @youngscot.bsky.social |Mum💙|She/Her |BEM | #YoungPeople | Transport Scot NSTAB | Scottish AI Alliance Community Advisory Group | Consumer Scot Advisory Committee on Consumers in Vulnerable Circumstances | Scotrail stakeholder panel
Matter of Focus @matter-of-focus.com Supporting organisations to work well with data and information to understand, track and report on the outcomes and impacts that matter, so they can make the best difference possible. Home of #OutNav. Certified #BCorp. https://www.matter-of-focus.com
One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk Scotland’s national charity for single parent families. We support family wellbeing, empower parents with the right information and advice, enable access to work, training + education, and campaign against poverty. Free helpline: 0808 801 0323.