Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero. Between July 2024 and March 2025, each council was marked against 93 questions or less, depending on council type, and given a right to reply before the scores underwent a...
A summary of Skye Wind Information Group's June newsletter and other reports. The Highland Council’s objection to the proposals to "Repower and Extend" Ben Aketil Wind Farm triggered a public inquiry which ran from 23 - 27 June in Portree. Nadara, the Italian owners...
The Highland Council Climate Change committee At the last meeting on 21 May, members reviewed progress on a feasibility study exploring the development of city-wide heat networks in Inverness. This forms a key part of the legally required Local Heat and Energy...
Last year, following an intervention by Councillor Helen Crawford, Aird & Loch Ness Ward, more than 60 community councils demanded that Highland Council provide a map of all the renewable energy schemes proposed in the region, so that communities can get an...
The Highland Council is preparing a new Local Development Plan, with the first stage being evidence gathering. Development Plans guide the use and development of land within the Highland Council area, and set out how places will change and adapt in the future, with a...
Is regenerative agriculture really the answer? Listen to Highland Good Food's latest podcast on Regenerative Farming and Regenerative Agriculture - concepts that have been around longer than you might expect. But what do they truly mean, and how are these...
The council is developing its transport policy for the next 10 years up to 2035. The vision is that "communities, businesses and visitors in Highland will be served by a low carbon transport system that is sustainable, inclusive, safe, resilient and accessible." The...
Highland Peoples' Power, launched on 2nd November in Inverness, is a new Community Benefit Society set up to create a Highland Renewable Energy Company. It seeks to engage with people and organisations in the Highlands with the vision of 'the majority of energy...
Highland Council ecologist Dawn Anderson explains that Scotland is globally important for waxcaps – a group of fungi most commonly found on species-rich grasslands, old lawns and graveyards. As Scotland now has only 3% of its original species-rich...
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 Waste Not at Torrin, and highlights interesting sharing initiatives...