COP26 Wood for Good conference Scotland, BE@COP26 sustainable construction, RIAS Inspiring Futures Events 2021
Climate Change Events in Scotland News
28 Oct 2021
Location: various places in Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Highland Architects Start Inspiring Conversations With Series of Climate Change Events
Glenfinnan Monument marker:

COP26 Climate Change Events in Scotland
Architects across the Highlands and Islands are raising awareness about the impact of the Climate Emergency through a series of events as part of a national initiative coordinated by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
The ?RIAS Inspiring Futures? programme sees architects right across Scotland mapping running and cycle routes that highlight future sea levels and a series of COP ?Markers? installed at places at risk of water rise.  With support from Historic Environment Scotland there will be ?Markers? made of traditional and local materials to emphasise that we need to change how we build in the future, using renewable and durable materials. Locals will be able to visit ?Markers? at the East and West ends of the Caledonian Canal, designed by MAKAR, Ecological Design and Build, using native timber construction. Also, at the Glenfinnan Monument, a site which regularly floods and is especially at risk with rising sea levels.
Marker on the beach:

Tom Morton of Arc Architects, designers of the ?Rammed Earth and Turf? marker at the Isle of Erraid and Glenfinnan says,
?The marker is made ...