MSPs received more than 17,000 emails calling for a strong, independent Scottish environment watchdog. On 24th and 25th November, MSPs voted to make important improvements to the Scottish government’s EU Continuity Bill, including strengthening the independence of the new watchdog. But as it stands, the watchdog still won’t be able to take action on individual …
The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron …
Soya and it’s relationship to Brazil’s Cerrado Destruction A report by Sally Campbell Rachel Carson in 1962 in Silent Spring wrote… “The history of life on earth has become the history of interactions between living things and their surroundings…Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species. man.. acquired sufficient …
Help Us Grow Food Around Arran As reported in previous issues of the Voice, The Arran Pioneer Project CIC is a group of Islanders working together regarding the lease / donation of areas of unused land on the Isle of Arran to cultivate and grow food. They have recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to help …
By Sue Weaver, and with thanks to Sue Ash. Featured image shows tents at the Millstone Point Campout. 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 been to draw attention to …
An article by Kurt Cobb, printed here 22nd November 2020 There were some obvious and even historic ways in which nature was on the ballot this year in the United States: • Orange County, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a charter amendment to give rights to two rivers to be free from pollution. By a margin …
By Leander Jones, originally published by Red Pepper 7th November 2020 Leander Jones looks at the role of community supported agriculture as a 21st-century antidote to the destructive and increasingly fragile corporate agricultural model. The feature image shows members of the Basta community supported agriculture collective working the farm. Image courtesy of Hof Basta. In …
The Scottish Government is currently holding a consultation on restrictions to single-use plastics (SUP). The issue of single-use plastics has become a popular concern over the past couple of years and one that has seen much attention in the media and some action already implemented by governments to stem the production of SUP such as …
Christmas Food Bags If you, or someone you know, could do with extra support around Christmas please let us know. We can deliver a bag of food to you during the week leading up to Christmas. If you contact us on behalf of someone else, please ask if they would be happy to receive this. …
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 put together an eco advent calendar with lots of ideas for a more environmentally friendly Christmas, some of which should save you some …