Food, Farming & Forestry | Skye Climate Action

Scottish Food Hustings video

Apr 19, 2021 | Food & farming

Nourish Scotland’s Scottish Food Hustings on 30th March focussed on the topics of poverty, nature and climate, jobs and health.

The extraordinary story of peat and carbon

Apr 1, 2021 | carbon storage, Emissions, Nature

This new short animation explores the extraordinary story of peat and carbon, by IUCN UK Peatland Programme.

Decarbonisation and recarbonisation: Understanding the net zero challenge

Mar 10, 2021 | carbon storage, Climate emergency, Nature solutions

Jonathon Porritt explains how securing a stable climate for the future of humankind depends as much on recarbonising natural systems, as it does on decarbonising our industrial economy.

Plans for local food growing in Highland Region move up a gear

Feb 22, 2021 | Food & farming

Skye Climate Action participated in the Highland Good Food conversation which is generating projects to increase production and consumption of healthy local-grown food throughout the Highlands.

Feed trees to sheep to cut greenhouse gases?

Feb 4, 2021 | Emissions, Food & farming

It is estimated that one kilogramme of nitrous oxide warms the atmosphere about 300 times the amount than one kilogramme of carbon dioxide does over a 100-year timescale, so anything that reduces nitrous oxide emissions is worth considering seriously. Scientists from...

John Muir peatland restoration in Strathaird

Jan 28, 2021 | carbon storage, Nature

With funding from NatureScot’s Peatland Action programme John Muir Trust is restoring 36.5 hectares of peat bog on its Strathaird estate.

How trees benefit crofting: examples from Skye and Lismore

Jan 28, 2021 | Food, Farming & Forestry, Nature

Soil Association Scotland’s new agroforestry programme showcases how trees can benefit agricultural production using examples from crofts on Skye and Lismore.

Do you know where your pension money is invested?

Dec 23, 2020 | Finance, Forestry, Nature

Make My Money Matter have obtained a Christmas message from Guy Byrne-Woods, the CEO of Forestry Felling Syndicate! ““On behalf of the global logging industry, I want to reach out to say a HUGE thank you, for all your support this year. People like YOU have collectively invested hundreds of millions of pounds with us…[in]..YOUR pension funds and savings”