This blog describes the work on Skye and Raasay of the Climavore project, a research platform and agency that questions how to eat as humans change climates. Climavore's work includes an oyster table that is covered and exposed by the tides, and apprenticeships for...
There are eight walks in Skye, Raasay and Kyle with Think Nature Health. Find your local walking group here. For more information, contact isabel@highlandtsi.org.uk
The Highland Environment Forum is working with The Highland Council to map Places that are looked after/cared for by communities and conservation organisations to benefit nature, and/or Your suggestions of places that are locally or regionally important for...
Broadford & Strath Community Company are carrying out a Biodiversity Audit and Biodiversity Action Plan. They want to find out what you feel are the current threats to species and habitats and how we, as a community and individuals, can act on them. They also want...
Marine animal entanglement in plastic fishing gear and marine debris is a growing threat to whales and dolphins around the world, driving some species to the brink of extinction. In Scottish waters, Skye-based Ellie MacLennan (co-ordinator of the Scottish Entanglement...
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth Biodiversity is being lost at an alarming rate across the world and the UK is not doing well. The State of Nature report compiled by over 50 organisations uses nearly 50 years of data to see how and why...
From July 22nd to August 5th, a team of Environmental Scientists from Loughborough University will be visiting Skye to conduct a research project that explores what types of litter persist on the island’s beaches in the modern day, and in what quantity. Surveys and cleans will take place around the island.
Dr Kyla Orr’s talk on Kelp farming is now available to view online.
Environmental charities are mobilising their millions of members to take on the UK government over proposals that weaken environmental and wildlife protections in the push for growth, thereby threatening nature and worsening climate change. The RSPB, the National...
The Highland Council is increasing the amount of set aside and wildlife corridors across the area, by reducing areas being mown and the frequency of cutting, for example only cutting paths through larger greenspaces, reducing verge cutting and creating wildflower or...