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Protest camps and #lovemillstonepoint
Campaign Campout is the term that the Friends of Millstone Point use to describe the presence of two tents at Millstone Point, mainly over weekends during October and November. Their idea has…
Eco Savvy News and an Eco Advent Calendar
In case you haven't seen the latest Eco Savvy newsletters, here are some of the recent Savvy happenings...To start off, here is an Eco Advent Calendar for December. This year we have…
Arran’s renewable future takes a step forward
Some great news came in for Arran Eco Savvy, and for the development of renewable energy on Arran last week - the Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) will fund…
Words shape how we think about the environment
I’m a copywriter. It’s my job to overthink words. But when it comes to talking about the environment, it’s hard. Sustainability has got to be one of the most overused words of…
Friends of Millstone Point continue campaign against north Arran salmon farm
Members of the community of Arran have been holding a peaceful protest over the last few weeks at Millstone Point, to oppose the (revised) application for a salmon farm by the Scottish…
The Long Read
The Long Read by Sally Campbell Science, Environmental Advocacy and Politics in 2020
News from Eco Savvy
Here is a round up of the latest news from Arran Eco Savvy: Savvy Film Club This week: Eco Savvy are trialling a new Savvy Film Club format as they realised there…
Our Collective Responsibility
Sir David Attenborough in closing the Programme “Extinction: The Facts” said with heartfelt conviction: “I do truly believe that together we can create a better future. I might not be here to…
Natural Beekeeping with Bill Anderson
On 17th September, author, director and beekeeper Bill Anderson, gave a fascinating online presentation on natural beekeeping following the recent publication of his book ‘The Idle Beekeeper: The low-effort natural way to…
News from the UN Biodiversity Summit
Reports from the UN Biodiversity Summit taking place this week: Biodiversity Crisis: World Leaders pledge to ‘reverse’ destruction of the natural world by 2030 Writing for the Independent Environment online Harry Cockburn…
An extract from Alastair McIntosh’s new book Riders on the Storm
The following blog was first published at Community Land Scotland In his new book, Riders on the Storm: Climate Change and the Survival of Being, the Isle of Lewis raised author, Alastair…
Is it time to stop climbing mountains? Obsession with reaching summits is a modern invention
Featured image: Engraving from John Chardin’s Travels into Persia and the East Indies, 1686, showing Mount Ararat, Turkey As a historian of mountains in Europe, I have been struck by the environmental…