The Tree Council's Branching Out fund supports tree planting projects, including hedges and orchards with grants between £250 to £2,500. Deadline 1st December 2024.
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The Highland Charter for Climate, Nature and Health
The charter is a pledge to put climate, nature, and the benefits of green and blue health at the centre of decision-making and action, so that the natural environment and people have improved health, wellbeing and resilience. When you sign the charter, you...
The Highland Council’s Ecology Strategy and Action Plan
The Scottish Government's instruction to local authorities to use money set aside for restoring nature for funding wage settlements shows just how important it is that Highland Council has a strong Ecology Strategy and Action Plan The plan addresses the urgent...
Invasive non-native species
It looks beautiful, but this common Rhododendron is an invasive species that is spreading throughout western Scotland and is destroying our native biodiversity. Read more about invasive species in this issue, which has lots of articles on nature. Photo: James...
Carbon Neutral Islands Raasay: what’s been happening
by Tom Lusink and Rosie Macinnes Last June, the island got access to its piggy bank of £160,000 from the Scottish Government. Since then, we - alongside the community and with help from project partners - have been working on converting those pennies into improvements...
Skye Beach Cleans: massive clearance at Heaste, plus what’s coming up
by Peggy Semler A brief note on what has been going on in May, and what is currently planned over the summer! Scottish Coastal Clean Up came to Heaste again 17-19th May, and with the help of their new beach cleaning boat and a number of local residents, removed an...
Highland Charter for Climate, Nature and Health
This is an initiative set up by Highland Council’s “Highland Adapts” programme, Highland Environmental Forum, Think Health Think Nature and Highlands & Islands Climate Hub. It is asking individuals or organisations to pledge to “put climate, nature, and the...
The slow worm of the Highlands and Islands
by Cally Ullman-Smith Here, on the west coast of Scotland we have one of the most misunderstood and mysterious of any species native to the United Kingdom. With its long brown and striped, scaly but smooth body, the slow worm (Anguis fragilis) can easily be...
Plastic pollution
by Anne MacLennan Plastic pollution is a serious global problem. The planet is littered with plastic from mountain tops to the deep ocean. Plastic production, from fossil fuels, aggravates climate change; Big Oil’s current plans to ramp up production could be...
Climavore: Bivalve Murals
by Shona Cameron CLIMAVORE is a social enterprise which designs community-led, circular food systems that are ecologically restorative and socially reparative. Established in 2019, in Skye and Raasay, CLIMAVORE collaborates with local residents, schools and...