by Anne MacLennan Recent reports highlight the huge problem of perverse incentives with big corporations subsidised to persist in, and expand, destructive climate, environmental and social...
Financing our own extinction
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SCA News: Blog
Why the online cloud is not benign
by Janet Ullman Highland Community Waste Partnership on Skye For many of us in the south Skye and Lochalsh area, we were incredibly depressed by a letter from the Bank of Scotland, where we were...
Consultation on charging for single-use cups
The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals to charge for single-use disposable beverage cups. Open until 14 November.
Highland Repair Directory launched
Keep Scotland Beautiful has launched a Highland Repair Directory, with an interactive map, as part of their Share and Repair campaign. The Share and Repair website features photos of our very own...
Impact of climate change on Highland Region
Highland Adapts, a partnership of nine agencies in Highland Region, has published the first report on Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the Highland Region. Climate-related flooding,...
Is it Food?
by Anne MacLennan A monolithic global industrial food system has emerged since the 1980s according to this paper. Western food culture is dominated by packaged, ready-to-consume products, which are...