by Anne MacLennan Salmon farming is unsustainable according to a report published last month. Aquaculture is the fastest food production system in the world. Farmed fish have outnumbered...
Scottish Land Commission survey and route map
The Scottish Land Commission is seeking ideas on what a fully land reformed Scotland could look like, and what it would mean to you. There's a short online form with two main questions: 1. What...
The whole truth: campaign to resist ultraprocessed foods
The UK government's Department of Health and Social Care had planned to encourage retailers to shift the balance of price promotions towards "minimally processed foods" - which includes fruit,...
Global action on plastics : petition
According to Greepeace only 17% of the UK's plastic waste is recycled: the rest is burned, dumped abroad, or sent to landfill. Globally only 9% of all plastics produced are actually being recycled,...
Permaculture : ideas, actions, solutions
by Anne MacLennan The International Permaculture Festival of Wild Ideas held last month, was an online festival ‘featuring inspiring thinkers, doers and creatives from around the world exploring...
Climate watchdog calls for immediate action by Scottish Government
Last year Scottish ministers' ditched annual climate targets on the grounds that they were no longer achievable - due to lack of action to meet them, according to Friends of the Earth...