Alan Munro
@alanmunro.bsky.social
Ocean advocate | Caithness born and Edinburgh-based | Founder & Director of Young Sea Changers Scotland @youth4seas.bsky.social | Views my own. 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺
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Alan Munro
@alanmunro.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Why Youth Voices Matter for Scotland’s Seas — Young Sea Changers Scotland
Our Director reflects on why we need youth voices in marine policy.
www.youthforseas.org
The way our seas are managed today should reflect the needs & priorities of those who will inherit them tomorrow.
Youth perspectives are essential in policy, yet barriers often limit youth participation. Let’s break them down & foster inclusive decision-making!
www.youthforseas.org/blogs/why-th...
Youth perspectives are essential in policy, yet barriers often limit youth participation. Let’s break them down & foster inclusive decision-making!
www.youthforseas.org/blogs/why-th...
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Fantastic to have @alanmunro.bsky.social Director and founder of @youth4seas.bsky.social officially launch the first Youth Manifesto for our seas to kick off the Ocean Hustings!
#SeaScotland2025
#SeaScotland2025
October 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fantastic to have @alanmunro.bsky.social Director and founder of @youth4seas.bsky.social officially launch the first Youth Manifesto for our seas to kick off the Ocean Hustings!
#SeaScotland2025
#SeaScotland2025
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Our mass climate lobby press release features quotes from:
SCCS Chair
First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social
Dr Rachel Hardie from the Borders
@foescot.bsky.social
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social
@youth4seas.bsky.social
@sciaf.bsky.social
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/first-minist...
SCCS Chair
First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social
Dr Rachel Hardie from the Borders
@foescot.bsky.social
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social
@youth4seas.bsky.social
@sciaf.bsky.social
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/first-minist...
First Minister among MSPs meeting Scots to talk about climate change and how to tackle it at Scotland's biggest ever climate lobby - Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
Hundreds of people from across Scotland have gathered in Edinburgh to talk climate with political leaders as part of the biggest ever mass lobby on the topic to be held in Scotland. Residents from no...
www.stopclimatechaos.scot
September 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Our mass climate lobby press release features quotes from:
SCCS Chair
First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social
Dr Rachel Hardie from the Borders
@foescot.bsky.social
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social
@youth4seas.bsky.social
@sciaf.bsky.social
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/first-minist...
SCCS Chair
First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social
Dr Rachel Hardie from the Borders
@foescot.bsky.social
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social
@youth4seas.bsky.social
@sciaf.bsky.social
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/first-minist...
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Are you ready for Sea Scotland 2025?
🤝 Engage with our delegates, speakers & sponsors
📖 Enjoy the @scotwildlife.bsky.social Words of the Wild exhibition
🚀 Celebrate the launch of the @youth4seas.bsky.social
Youth Manifesto for Scotland’s Seas
Make sure you grab your ticket! bit.ly/44nKQfm
🤝 Engage with our delegates, speakers & sponsors
📖 Enjoy the @scotwildlife.bsky.social Words of the Wild exhibition
🚀 Celebrate the launch of the @youth4seas.bsky.social
Youth Manifesto for Scotland’s Seas
Make sure you grab your ticket! bit.ly/44nKQfm
September 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Are you ready for Sea Scotland 2025?
🤝 Engage with our delegates, speakers & sponsors
📖 Enjoy the @scotwildlife.bsky.social Words of the Wild exhibition
🚀 Celebrate the launch of the @youth4seas.bsky.social
Youth Manifesto for Scotland’s Seas
Make sure you grab your ticket! bit.ly/44nKQfm
🤝 Engage with our delegates, speakers & sponsors
📖 Enjoy the @scotwildlife.bsky.social Words of the Wild exhibition
🚀 Celebrate the launch of the @youth4seas.bsky.social
Youth Manifesto for Scotland’s Seas
Make sure you grab your ticket! bit.ly/44nKQfm
Come join my team!
We're hiring a Youth Advocacy Officer!
✅ Amplify young voices for marine protection
✅ Connect with policymakers & experts
✅ Put youth voices at the heart of decisions
📍 Remote (Scotland) | £30,823 FTE | 18 hrs/wk (0.6FTE)
Apply now 👉 environmentjob.co.uk/posts/107163...
✅ Amplify young voices for marine protection
✅ Connect with policymakers & experts
✅ Put youth voices at the heart of decisions
📍 Remote (Scotland) | £30,823 FTE | 18 hrs/wk (0.6FTE)
Apply now 👉 environmentjob.co.uk/posts/107163...
September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Come join my team!
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The next Scottish Government will bring us to 2030, the milestone year where Scotland has committed to halting biodiversity loss. This makes next year's elections a critical moment for Scotland's seas.
Read CCN's priorities for the 2026 elections:
www.communitiesforseas.scot/2026-electio...
Read CCN's priorities for the 2026 elections:
www.communitiesforseas.scot/2026-electio...
CCN priorities for the 2026 Scottish elections - CCN Scotland
Community organisations from across Scotland’s coast have co-developed these priorities, drawing on their vast knowledge and experiences. These aim for an ecosystem based recovery of our marine and co...
www.communitiesforseas.scot
July 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The next Scottish Government will bring us to 2030, the milestone year where Scotland has committed to halting biodiversity loss. This makes next year's elections a critical moment for Scotland's seas.
Read CCN's priorities for the 2026 elections:
www.communitiesforseas.scot/2026-electio...
Read CCN's priorities for the 2026 elections:
www.communitiesforseas.scot/2026-electio...
I'm delighted to have Jess on the team! At YSCS, we're committed to removing barriers for young people from different backgrounds to find a place in the marine conservation sector. If your organisation wants to know more about how to meaningfully involve young people in your work, reach out!
Meet the YSCS Team! This time we're introducing Jess Shaw! Jess has joined the YSCS team for a paid traineeship, where she'll receive training, mentoring and professional development opportunities.
Welcome Jess! 🐳Check out her full blog post: youthforseas.org/blogs/meet-the-team-jess-shaw
Welcome Jess! 🐳Check out her full blog post: youthforseas.org/blogs/meet-the-team-jess-shaw
August 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm delighted to have Jess on the team! At YSCS, we're committed to removing barriers for young people from different backgrounds to find a place in the marine conservation sector. If your organisation wants to know more about how to meaningfully involve young people in your work, reach out!
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Tickets for this year's Community Gathering are now LIVE! 🔥
📍The Social Hub Glasgow
📅Sat 6th Sept
🙌Young people aged 16-25
💰Tickets from £0 to £10
For details, how to get there, accessibility and other FAQs, see Eventbrite and get your tickets now: bit.ly/yscs-gatheri...
📍The Social Hub Glasgow
📅Sat 6th Sept
🙌Young people aged 16-25
💰Tickets from £0 to £10
For details, how to get there, accessibility and other FAQs, see Eventbrite and get your tickets now: bit.ly/yscs-gatheri...
July 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Tickets for this year's Community Gathering are now LIVE! 🔥
📍The Social Hub Glasgow
📅Sat 6th Sept
🙌Young people aged 16-25
💰Tickets from £0 to £10
For details, how to get there, accessibility and other FAQs, see Eventbrite and get your tickets now: bit.ly/yscs-gatheri...
📍The Social Hub Glasgow
📅Sat 6th Sept
🙌Young people aged 16-25
💰Tickets from £0 to £10
For details, how to get there, accessibility and other FAQs, see Eventbrite and get your tickets now: bit.ly/yscs-gatheri...
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Our Youth Advocacy Officer, Dr Elizabeth Mills, wrote a powerful blog with a call to action to marine organisations to put young people and ocean literacy at the heart of marine decision-making.
Check it out 👇
Check it out 👇
"All young people deserve to be able to connect, learn and be heard in spaces where decisions are made around our seas."
Today we're publishing a new blog from @youth4seas.bsky.social, looking at the concept of "ocean literacy" among young people.
Read the blog:
www.scotlink.org/young-people...
Today we're publishing a new blog from @youth4seas.bsky.social, looking at the concept of "ocean literacy" among young people.
Read the blog:
www.scotlink.org/young-people...
Young people and ocean literacy - Scotlink
By Elizabeth Mills, Young Sea Changers Scotland “50% of young people do not understand how the ocean impacts them or in turn how they impact the ocean.” In February 2025, Back to Blue released their f...
www.scotlink.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Our Youth Advocacy Officer, Dr Elizabeth Mills, wrote a powerful blog with a call to action to marine organisations to put young people and ocean literacy at the heart of marine decision-making.
Check it out 👇
Check it out 👇
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🚨 BREAKING UPDATE
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Government 'quietly drops' fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest climate activist Greta Thunberg
LBC can reveal the government has backed down in its legal fight for tougher anti-protest laws, used to arrest hundreds of protesters including climate activist Greta Thunberg.
www.lbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
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📣Use your voice to speak up for Scotland's seas this World Ocean Day! 🌊
Contribute to the first-ever Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas and demand stronger political action for our marine environment.
👉www.youthforseas.org/youth-manifesto
#WOD #WOD2025 #ScotlandSeas #YouthVoice
Contribute to the first-ever Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas and demand stronger political action for our marine environment.
👉www.youthforseas.org/youth-manifesto
#WOD #WOD2025 #ScotlandSeas #YouthVoice
June 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📣Use your voice to speak up for Scotland's seas this World Ocean Day! 🌊
Contribute to the first-ever Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas and demand stronger political action for our marine environment.
👉www.youthforseas.org/youth-manifesto
#WOD #WOD2025 #ScotlandSeas #YouthVoice
Contribute to the first-ever Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas and demand stronger political action for our marine environment.
👉www.youthforseas.org/youth-manifesto
#WOD #WOD2025 #ScotlandSeas #YouthVoice
We're offering a very cool short-term Trainee opportunity for a young person from BAME background to offer some valuable experience in the sector!
🚨 Exciting Opportunity! We're offering a short-term traineeship for a young person from a BAME background to help develop skills and gain experience in marine policy & advocacy.
This is a great step toward a career in the marine sector🌊
Apply here ->www.youthforseas.org/blogs/ysc-trainee
This is a great step toward a career in the marine sector🌊
Apply here ->www.youthforseas.org/blogs/ysc-trainee
June 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We're offering a very cool short-term Trainee opportunity for a young person from BAME background to offer some valuable experience in the sector!
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Meet the YSCS Team! Having joined YSCS last year and recently completed Turning the Tide, Isadora is our newest youth trustee on our board and brings a passion for sustainable fisheries management to the team.
Welcome Isadora! 🐳Check out her full blog post at: www.youthforseas.org/.../meet-the...
Welcome Isadora! 🐳Check out her full blog post at: www.youthforseas.org/.../meet-the...
June 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Meet the YSCS Team! Having joined YSCS last year and recently completed Turning the Tide, Isadora is our newest youth trustee on our board and brings a passion for sustainable fisheries management to the team.
Welcome Isadora! 🐳Check out her full blog post at: www.youthforseas.org/.../meet-the...
Welcome Isadora! 🐳Check out her full blog post at: www.youthforseas.org/.../meet-the...
Delighted to join the inaugural Board of Trustees of @communitiesforseas.bsky.social!
This marks an exciting milestone for this network of community-led organisations and I’m honoured to support its mission and help shape its future.
👉 www.communitiesforseas.scot
This marks an exciting milestone for this network of community-led organisations and I’m honoured to support its mission and help shape its future.
👉 www.communitiesforseas.scot
Home Page - CCN Scotland
Welcome to the Coastal Communities Network.
www.communitiesforseas.scot
May 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Delighted to join the inaugural Board of Trustees of @communitiesforseas.bsky.social!
This marks an exciting milestone for this network of community-led organisations and I’m honoured to support its mission and help shape its future.
👉 www.communitiesforseas.scot
This marks an exciting milestone for this network of community-led organisations and I’m honoured to support its mission and help shape its future.
👉 www.communitiesforseas.scot
Totally agree. It's time for us to be bold and support calls for bottom-trawling and dredging to be banned in our Marine Protected Areas.
❌"As the iron teeth of the dredger bit into the sea floor & the weighted nets bore down [...] there was an audible reaction from the audience [...] the sheer brutality of bottom-trawl fishing had hit home."
Our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social in The National 🔽
www.thenational.scot/politics/251...
Our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social in The National 🔽
www.thenational.scot/politics/251...
May 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Totally agree. It's time for us to be bold and support calls for bottom-trawling and dredging to be banned in our Marine Protected Areas.
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In 2020, we published the Ocean Recovery Plan, calling for urgent action to restore Scotland’s seas by 2030.
Now, our first review (2020–2024) is out. How much progress has been made?
📘 Read the report: www.scotlink.org/an-ocean-rec...
📷Paolo Chiabrando / Unsplash
Now, our first review (2020–2024) is out. How much progress has been made?
📘 Read the report: www.scotlink.org/an-ocean-rec...
📷Paolo Chiabrando / Unsplash
May 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
In 2020, we published the Ocean Recovery Plan, calling for urgent action to restore Scotland’s seas by 2030.
Now, our first review (2020–2024) is out. How much progress has been made?
📘 Read the report: www.scotlink.org/an-ocean-rec...
📷Paolo Chiabrando / Unsplash
Now, our first review (2020–2024) is out. How much progress has been made?
📘 Read the report: www.scotlink.org/an-ocean-rec...
📷Paolo Chiabrando / Unsplash
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Less than a week to go until we're joined by @radapandeva.bsky.social for an inspiring session! Still time to register for a ticket
🎟 tinyurl.com/5y9kdmbc
🎟 tinyurl.com/5y9kdmbc
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Less than a week to go until we're joined by @radapandeva.bsky.social for an inspiring session! Still time to register for a ticket
🎟 tinyurl.com/5y9kdmbc
🎟 tinyurl.com/5y9kdmbc
Well done Claudia and all the other TTT 2025 participants! Very excited to see what you do next.
Meet this year's Turning the Tide alumni! 🏆 We're so proud of this year's cohort.
Argyll-native Claudia has thrown herself into the course, developed her skills and created an Ocean Action Venn to figure out her role in marine advocacy.
Congrats Claudia! Can't wait to see what you do next🦪🛥️
Argyll-native Claudia has thrown herself into the course, developed her skills and created an Ocean Action Venn to figure out her role in marine advocacy.
Congrats Claudia! Can't wait to see what you do next🦪🛥️
May 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Well done Claudia and all the other TTT 2025 participants! Very excited to see what you do next.
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🚨 WE ARE RECRUITING 🚨
Could you be our Mass Lobby Coordinator?
We are looking for a highly organised and effective coordinator to oversee the planning and delivery of a mass climate lobby of MSPs in September 2025.
Find out more and apply here: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/stop-climate...
Could you be our Mass Lobby Coordinator?
We are looking for a highly organised and effective coordinator to oversee the planning and delivery of a mass climate lobby of MSPs in September 2025.
Find out more and apply here: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/stop-climate...
May 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🚨 WE ARE RECRUITING 🚨
Could you be our Mass Lobby Coordinator?
We are looking for a highly organised and effective coordinator to oversee the planning and delivery of a mass climate lobby of MSPs in September 2025.
Find out more and apply here: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/stop-climate...
Could you be our Mass Lobby Coordinator?
We are looking for a highly organised and effective coordinator to oversee the planning and delivery of a mass climate lobby of MSPs in September 2025.
Find out more and apply here: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/stop-climate...
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Wrasse are caught & used as cleaner fish in fish farms. Millions of them are being caught & killed after used. These are amazing fish that should surely have some protection. Would we sacrifice wild birds for chicken farms?
The Blue Starfish response
@siftscotland.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social
The Blue Starfish response
@siftscotland.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wrasse are caught & used as cleaner fish in fish farms. Millions of them are being caught & killed after used. These are amazing fish that should surely have some protection. Would we sacrifice wild birds for chicken farms?
The Blue Starfish response
@siftscotland.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social
The Blue Starfish response
@siftscotland.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social
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🚗💨 The Scottish Government has ditched targets to cut car km by 20% by 2030.
This is yet another climate U-turn, despite transport being Scotland’s top source of emissions.
Lack of leadership = unsafe roads, poor public transport & broken promises.
✉️ Write to your MSPs sccs.eaction.org.uk/climate
This is yet another climate U-turn, despite transport being Scotland’s top source of emissions.
Lack of leadership = unsafe roads, poor public transport & broken promises.
✉️ Write to your MSPs sccs.eaction.org.uk/climate
April 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚗💨 The Scottish Government has ditched targets to cut car km by 20% by 2030.
This is yet another climate U-turn, despite transport being Scotland’s top source of emissions.
Lack of leadership = unsafe roads, poor public transport & broken promises.
✉️ Write to your MSPs sccs.eaction.org.uk/climate
This is yet another climate U-turn, despite transport being Scotland’s top source of emissions.
Lack of leadership = unsafe roads, poor public transport & broken promises.
✉️ Write to your MSPs sccs.eaction.org.uk/climate
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Excellent news, this fishery is an environmental and welfare nightmare. We would not tolerate the same situation with birds. @mairigougeon.bsky.social
news.stv.tv/scotland/min...
news.stv.tv/scotland/min...
Ministers threatened with legal action over fishing of ‘vital’ species
The Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust has called on the Scottish Government to stop the fishing of wrasse in marine protected areas.
news.stv.tv
April 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Excellent news, this fishery is an environmental and welfare nightmare. We would not tolerate the same situation with birds. @mairigougeon.bsky.social
news.stv.tv/scotland/min...
news.stv.tv/scotland/min...
Sunday mornings done right! The spring edition of the @mcsuk.bsky.social Your Ocean magazine landed this week ☕️ 🦭
April 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sunday mornings done right! The spring edition of the @mcsuk.bsky.social Your Ocean magazine landed this week ☕️ 🦭
Check this out if you're looking to connect with cool organisations and individuals taking action for Scotland's seas 👇
We've put together a policy advocacy starter pack for anyone looking follow conversations, insights, and opportunities to speak up for our seas.
👉 go.bsky.app/TETMGa4
👉 go.bsky.app/TETMGa4
April 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Check this out if you're looking to connect with cool organisations and individuals taking action for Scotland's seas 👇
Another massive milestone for @youth4seas.bsky.social! 🎊
We're breaking down barriers to youth-led marine action!
If you're a young person looking to make waves in marine advocacy & campaigning, or know someone who is, stay tuned for applications opening next week!
We're breaking down barriers to youth-led marine action!
If you're a young person looking to make waves in marine advocacy & campaigning, or know someone who is, stay tuned for applications opening next week!
📣 Got ideas for an ocean advocacy campaign? Want to attend an event or training to develop your marine skills? 💡
We're launching a Youth Ocean Action Fund to support young people to make their innovative ocean advocacy ideas a reality✊
Read more 👉 youthforseas.org/action-fund 🧠
We're launching a Youth Ocean Action Fund to support young people to make their innovative ocean advocacy ideas a reality✊
Read more 👉 youthforseas.org/action-fund 🧠
April 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Another massive milestone for @youth4seas.bsky.social! 🎊
We're breaking down barriers to youth-led marine action!
If you're a young person looking to make waves in marine advocacy & campaigning, or know someone who is, stay tuned for applications opening next week!
We're breaking down barriers to youth-led marine action!
If you're a young person looking to make waves in marine advocacy & campaigning, or know someone who is, stay tuned for applications opening next week!
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Tanzania’s marine reserves offer long-term benefits to communities, study finds: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/tanz... #oceanoptimism #mpaswork #marineconservation #fisheries 🐟
Tanzania’s marine reserves offer long-term benefits to communities, study finds
Marine protected areas in Tanzania boosted living standards in nearby communities over a span of nearly 20 years, a recent study in Conservation Letters found. Near MPAs, living standards improved, an...
news.mongabay.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Tanzania’s marine reserves offer long-term benefits to communities, study finds: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/tanz... #oceanoptimism #mpaswork #marineconservation #fisheries 🐟