This term has been a busy one now that the SDLL project is in full swing. The research team and artists have been working closely with our partner schools to explore the first principle of permaculture: Observation. This foundational principle encourages us to slow down, pay attention, and develop a deeper understanding of the natural…

Now more than ever, projects such as SCILT’s Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning are vital. At a time when schools and multilingual children face political attacks and damaging narratives about “smashing culture,” this work powerfully reaffirms that languages do not erase culture – they enrich it. Our classrooms are home to multilingual seedlings: children…

How do languages and sensations interact? This was the provocation of the conference Multisensuality and Language, an online event that took place on November 14-15, 2025. Our team represented by Florence Logan (performance-maker) and Lavinia Hirsu (researcher) shared our emerging work in a presentation entitled: “Dancing with Nature: exploring multilingualism and sustainability through hyperlocality” on…

As part of Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning, we are inviting primary and early years teachers and education staff to take part in a survey. The survey aims to gather information on how multilingualism and Learning for Sustainability (LfS) are currently supported in Scottish primary schools and early years settings. This information will help…

To prepare for our involvement in the Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning project, members of the research team, Dr Lavinia Hirsu and Dr Dobrochna Futro (University of Glasgow), Karen Faulds (SCILT) and Jane Catlin (University of Strathclyde), began our permaculture journey in April, undertaking a Permaculture Design course (PDC) with the Permaculture Association.  This…