Since 2022, ERCS has been working closely with the Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project (MECOPP) to investigate and address the range of environmental burdens faced by residents on Gypsy/Traveller sites in Scotland. This report summarises the findings and learnings of our collaboration across five sites ...
Rights work
Disability-inclusive climate emergency planning in Scotland
Over the last 18 months, ERCS have been working closely with Inclusion Scotland and the Sensing Climate project to identify opportunities for disability-inclusive climate emergency planning in Scotland. Ahead of our roundtable with key stakeholders in June, we are sharing our findings ...
Disability-inclusive climate emergency planning
Together with Inclusion Scotland and the Sensing Climate Project, we are working to make climate emergency planning more disability-inclusive. Read a summary of the work so far ...
Bathing waters designation – murkier than ever?
Bathing water designation came to our attention when we were contacted by the River Almond Action Group (RAAG). In this blog, our Assistant Legal Officer Preslava Todorova analyses how, over two years after our representation to Environmental Standards Scotland, bathing water designation remains murkier than ever ...
Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment: Refugees’ and asylum seekers’ lived experiences of access to greenspaces and healthy food
In April 2025, Scottish Refugee Council invited ERCS to talk to the Peer Integration Group about their lived experiences of accessing greenspaces and healthy food. 29 refugees and asylum seekers attended the session. Read what they had to say ...
Participatory decision-making at the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland
D. Bowers is a member of the Environmental Justice Network. Last year, D was selected to participate in the decision-making panel for the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland ...
Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment: Lived experiences on access to greenspace and healthy food
Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment aims to establish a benchmark and platform to begin to respond to the priorities of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland ...
Rights Officer – my work so far
Cornell, ERCS's Rights Officer, works on raising awareness of environmental rights and supporting equitable participation in environmental decision-making ...
