Other biodiversity relevant sites

Below is an overview of biodiversity and sustainability related initiatives in St Andrews, Fife, and Scotland.

St Andrews:

• Bee Society is a group of students dedicated to promoting beekeeping and bee conservation.
• BIRCH St Andrews (Biodiversity Interdisciplinary Research Community Hub) is creating new biodiversity knowledge, through student research internships designed to work across different disciplines.
• Bird Society is a student-led initiative at St Andrews University encouraging the appreciation and study of local bird species.
• Centre for Biological Diversity is an interdisciplinary group of researchers across St Andrews focused on the measurement, origin and consequences of biological variation.
• CREEM St Andrews Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling is an inter-disciplinary research Centre at the University of St Andrews, (working with Mathematics, Statistics, Biology, Computer Science, Geography and Sustainable Development).
• Green Film Festival is a small committee which works with Transition St-Andrews and the Byre in order to propose films, events, and workshops to raise awareness and debate regarding some issues our planet is facing, and how we can ALL make a difference.
• Green ShoresFringe Saltmarsh Restoration: A nature building solution to coastal flooding & erosion at the University of St Andrews.
• Green Start St Andrews, a social enterprise promoting sustainability & empowering neurodivergent individuals through paid glass recycling work
• Marine Society is helping connect St Andrews students to the marine world.
• Reclaim Runway offers free Community Sewing Classes as well as local and sustainable art and events.
• StACCS, the St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainabilities.
• St Andrews Botanical Gardens improve our understanding of the plant kingdom to address climate change and the biodiversity crisis.
• St Andrews Churches Eco Network is an ecumenical group set up to share, support, listen, learn, campaign and work alongside other groups in St Andrews as we endeavour to live more sustainably.
• St Andrews Environmental Network a charity aiming to reduce CO2 emissions and promote sustainable living with many projects in St Andrews and Fife.
• Tent Rent St Andrews rent & exchange tents sustainably.
• Transition St Andrews is taking local action on the climate crisis and part of a community of over 200 Transition town groups across 48 countries.
• University of St Andrews Sustainability news, events and volunteering opportunities in #sustainability at @uniofstandrews Account run by the Environment Team.

Fife:

• CLEAR Buckhaven & Methil, Community-Led Environmental Action for Regeneration helping to transform our towns.
• Climate Action Fife, a cross-sector partnership of 12 community-led organisations.
• EATS Rosyth, transforming unappealing spaces into the beautiful EATS Centenary Orchard and EATS Community Garden.
• Fife and Kinross Wildlife Trust group acquire knowledge and skills through our regular events such as regular wildlife talks and defending wildlife interests in local planning decisions.
• Fife Coast and Countryside Trust a local independent charity based at the Harbourmaster’s House in Dysart, dedicated to giving everyone the opportunity to experience Fife’s great outdoors.
• Footprint East Neuk, bringing back woodland and re-connecting people with the natural world.
• Greener Kirkcaldy, a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people through fuel poverty and food insecurity.
• Rewilding at Kinkell Byre, aiming to create a new landscape rich in wildlife and biodiversity in the area to the south-east of St Andrews to address the twin environmental crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.
• Scottish Wilderness Trails Fife and Kinross at the forefront of wildlife conservation in Scotland. Anyone can help by sending sightings of wildlife to the centre.
• Tayport Garden, bringing people together to grow food and flowers, while reducing carbon emissions and enhancing Tayport’s natural environment.
• The Ecology Centre, Kinghorn, outdoor learning centre on the eastern shore of Kinghorn Loch in Fife.
• Volunteer at Tentsmuir NNR, a nature reserve just outside St Andrews managed by NatureScot.

Scotland:

• 2050 Climate Group Scotland empowering young people to take action against the climate crisis.
• British Trust for Ornithology harnessing the skills and passion of birdwatchers to advance our understanding of ornithology and produce impartial science – communicated clearly for the benefit of birds and people.
• Cairngorms Connect Volunteering a partnership of neighbouring land managers, committed to a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species and ecological processes across a vast area within the Cairngorms National Park.
• Dynamic Coast, improving awareness of coastal change in Scotland.
• The Scottish Ornithologists Club Scotland’s bird club, promoting the study, enjoyment and conservation of wild birds and their habitats across Scotland.
• Tay Ringing Group promotes the conservation of birds through its ringing studies in Tayside.
• The Scottish Rewilding Alliance aims to provide the strategic evidence base on the extent of coastal erosion in Scotland.
• Youth Council of the RSPB, a charity for the conservation of birds and nature empowering other young people to take action for the natural world and their communities.