Volunteer tree nursery sessions have re-started, and take place 10.30 am – 2 pm every Wednesday at the Broadford Growers Hub. Tasks include sowing seeds, pricking out seedlings, getting the growing...
Bats on Skye
Bats are generally smaller than one thinks. Common Pipistrelle bat. Photo: Gilles San Martin Bats are the only true flying mammal, making up more than quarter of mammal species in the UK. All our...
Regenerative farming and food resilience in Scotland
by Anne MacLennan ReRoot: Working together to create a more connected, healthy, sustainable and resilient food economy in Broadford and beyond. ReRoot is a loose grouping of people concerned about...
Capitalism or the climate?
by Anne MacLennan We currently live in a capitalist society, ‘an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit’. Capitalism encourages...
Scottish Government consultation: Community benefits from net zero energy developments
The Scottish Government is reviewing the Good Practice Principles for onshore and offshore renewable energy, which seeks to ensure that communities and developers get the best from community...
Salmon farming reflections
by Anne MacLennan Skye's Scottish Salmon Think-Tank (SST-T) recently joined the Coastal Communities Network, a community-led network of local groups ‘committed to the preservation and safeguarding...