The Scottish diet is famous for being the worst in Europe, write Pete Ritchie and Miriam Ross. Yet the country has rich land and sea resources, and exports large quantities of high quality food. By treating food as a common good instead of leaving the market to provide, Scots can start to transform their food future.
… Scotland: time for a National Food Service? … October 2014 Comment Food Farming Health UK Scotland deep-fried-mars-bar-cut.jpg Who needs … can start to transform their food future. Scotland's brief period at the top of the …
Scotland's network of marine reserves doubled in area today with the designation of 30 new marine reserves. The move has been welcomed by green groups who have long campaigned on the issue - but they warn: this is where the real work begins.
… Victory - 30 new marine reserves for Scotland The Ecologist | 25th July 2014 News UK Scotland Oceans Fishing Regulation Politics … trinchesia_caerulea_jim_anderson-cut.jpg Scotland's network of marine reserves doubled …
As the UK's electricity supply margins drop to new lows, the government's punitive approach to renewables will only make matters worse, write Peter Strachan & Alex Russell. Likewise its threats to boycott Scotland's wind power is utterly irrational - we will need it to keep our lights on.
… Russell | 1st August 2014 News UK Politics Scotland Energy Renewables Nuclear Power … Alex Russell. Likewise its threats to boycott Scotland's wind power is utterly irrational - … in its recent paper ' UK energy policy and Scotland's contribution to security of supply …
A unique community purchase of Forestry Commission land in the Highlands will see native Caledonian pinewoods re-established over 1086 hectares of commercial conifer woods planted in the 1970s, complete with relict ancient pines.
… been given the go-ahead. Forestry Commission Scotland has agreed to sell 1,086 hectares of … declared 'surplus' by Forestry Commission Scotland in September 2013 as part of its … strategy. An important first for Scotland This is believed to be the first time …
The Scottish referendum must mark an end to 'business as usual' in UK politics - no matter who triumphs in this week. That means no more 'first past the post' parliamentary elections, and a wider democratic rebirth under a new constitutional compact.
… renewed and sustainable democratic future. If Scotland votes Yes As Scotland has done through the referendum … held under the new electoral system. If Scotland votes No? After insisting on a binary …
An enquiry which started in the UK in 2009 involving the collecting and trading of wild birds' eggs, has led to the conviction of three Swedish egg collectors - and reveals the international scope of the wild egg trade.
… birds' eggs with a ring of people in England, Scotland, Sweden, the US and Australia. Andrew … a suspended jail sentence. From England to Scotland The raid in northern England led to … investigations centering on two men in Scotland. Two large egg collections were …
Two innovative renewable energy projects are moving forward in Scotland: Britain's first tidal power array, and the world's first deployment of two-bladed wind offshore turbines. The experimental technologies are hoped to achieve significant cost savings and unlock a huge offshore energy resource.
… Scotland's double first: tidal array and … energy projects are moving forward in Scotland: Britain's first tidal power array, … in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland, will require some £50 million …
For just 8% of the fish landed, extraordinary, beautiful, ancient, diverse deep sea habitats are routinely destroyed by fishing gear. And as J. Murray Roberts writes, it's all for a one-off hit as the fish are so slow to grow and reproduce. If the same damage happened on land, there would be uproar.
… week in Edinburgh to discuss the future of Scotland's deep seas. Here in the UK the vast … of deep-sea territory is to the west of Scotland beneath the Atlantic waters that … not only the diversity of habitats in Scotland's deep seas, but they also tell us …
If the Scots vote yes on Thursday the UK's already tight military budget will be squeezed even harder, writes Paul Ingram, dramatically increasing the chances of nuclear disarmament. Adding to the UK's headache: the only medium term alternative base for its Trident submarine fleet would be ... in Georgia, USA.
… A Yes vote in Scotland could finish Trident Paul Ingram | … by around 8% as a result of the tax-take from Scotland being removed. For most government … skies hangs in the balance. If an independent Scotland were to force a rethink on Trident …
Scotland's native forest remains in only a few fragments, but Trees For Life is working to restore it, and almost all of the work is done by volunteers. Philip Mason joined their newly expanded long-term volunteer programme for two months last autumn.
… | 3rd February 2014 Ethical Living Forests Scotland Natural World tfl-river.png Scotland's native forest remains in only a few … Caledonian Forest covered most of upland Scotland: 5,800 square miles of species-rich …
The migrations of wild salmon over thousands of kilometres are an enduring mystery, writes Chris Todd - as are the reasons for a steep and alarming decline in salmon weight, fat and overall condition.
… My research, in collaboration with Marine Scotland Science , has focused not on … factor, of adult salmon returning to Scotland between 1993-2006. This was measured … precipitously until 2006. Salmon anglers in Scotland recall 2006 as the "year of skinny …
With the 6th International Conference on Bovine TB under way today in Cardiff, Lesley Docksey reports on Defra's latest statistics. BTB in England is falling - and it's falling fastest where the strongest biosecurity measures are in place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland.
… place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland. On 12 June Defra released its latest … into hands and groaned. And with good reason: Scotland has achieved official TB-free status, … of TB has been dramatically lowered. In Scotland too they have beaten BTB with an …
Deep in rural Devon, the word is that the Government intends to trap the wild-living beaver family on the River Otter next month, and consign them to captivity. But as Alasdair Cameron writes, this is not only unnecessary and unpopular, but probably illegal as well.
… Comment Natural World Water UK Law beaver-scotland.png Deep in rural Devon, the word is … thing to say. At first they reappeared in Scotland - through escapees in Perthshire and … been discovered from Cornwall to the North of Scotland. There are towns named after them. …
As climate change brings more rain, Britain is suffering from the extinction here of our native flood engineer - the beaver. Louise Ramsay says it's high time to re-introduce these charismatic rodents all over Britain.
… January 2014 Comment Natural World Beavers Scotland UK Floods beaver-pond-cut.jpg As … the Tay catchment near Bamff in Perthshire, Scotland, to live in large enclosures in 2002, … and writer based in Perthshire, Scotland. She has among other things been …
Lynx could be re-introduced to sites in England and Scotland before the end of 2015, according to the Lynx UK Trust, which has just issued polling and survey results that show strong support for the idea among the UK population.
… be re-introduced to sites in England and Scotland before the end of 2015, according to … the original beaver reintroduction survey in Scotland which recorded an 86% approval … National Species Reintroduction Forum, NFU Scotland would be involved in the scrutiny of …
New figures just released by Defra show that bovine TB was declining in UK herds - just as Paterson claimed the disease was 'spreading' - and that Wales's no-cull, biosecurity and vaccination policy led to a 24% drop in herd infections.
… confused: they cover England, Wales and Scotland separately, but also include extra … - from 1,015 to 775, or 23.6% Meanwhile in Scotland the 'non-OFT' herds also reduced in … But even as the BTB incidence in Wales and Scotland was falling, it was rising in …
Europe's periphories are meant to be in a state of collapse - but not so the Shetland Isles, where Thembi Mutch found a land of open skies, howling storms, historic traditions, and an active, growing community of notable individuals ...
… Thembi Mutch | 8th March 2014 Ethical Living Scotland UK man-guitar.png Europe's … Shetlanders are returning from UK and Scotland back to Shetland. Net immigration … in England can learn from this? Being part of Scotland is not just an economic issue, it's …
A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports ...
… project for UCG and sent it to politicians in Scotland. A SLAPP in the face Threats of this … or groundwater appears to exist. And on to Scotland Currently Cluff Natural Resources are …
Friends of the Earth has filed a lawsuit to challenge Natural England's secretive grant of a licence allowing the Government to trap wild beavers on the River Otter in Devon.
… them within a day, as is currently done in Scotland. Release your evidence! FoE has also … populations have been re-established in Scotland. Wildlife experts, including Natural …
Democratising energy would save thousands of lives a year in Britain alone - releasing us from the clutches of corporate utilities, and building an energy commons in which we are all owners and participants, no longer captive, exploited consumers. More than that, it would be a big step forward in saving the planet.
… of energy provision. Could Eigg in Scotland - an island owned collectively by its … energy. In the deep waters off Cornwall and Scotland, floating turbines can be anchored to …
UK broadcasters decision to exclude the Greens from the 2015 General Election debates has triggered a storm of protest, writes Josiah Mortimer. The numbers all show that the Greens deserve to be heard, but it's about more than that - the British people deserve the chance to engage in a new, progressive politics for the 21st century.
… Assembly members, and 14 councillors in Scotland. That's not as many as UKIP with its … representation. That has to include Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. If not, what …
The 2009 Marine Act was meant to result in a full network of marine protected areas along the UK coast, writes Tom Hickey. But since then far too few MPAs have been created, and no real change or action has followed. Hence the launch of the Marine Charter today - to galvanise political will - and manifesto commitments - for the 2015 election.
… MPAs throughout waters adjacent to Scotland, with a further four to be consulted … of the respective parts of the network in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This …
The West African iboga root is a mind-transforming psychedelic, writes Michael Goldin, capable of cleansing people of even the most serious addictions. Those seeing this film will surely emerge convinced that iboga should be made available, in therapeutic settings, to those seeking to overcome the terrible disease that is drug addiction.
… with Iain. Iain came to the 'Iboga Mama' from Scotland where heroin and methamphetamines had … did inexplicably pull through he returned to Scotland, still an addict. The film culminates …
Mystery continues to surround the 1988 downing of Panam Flight 103 at Lockerbie - who did it, how, and why? After 25 years study of the topic Patrick Haseldine reveals the shocking truth.
… Am Flight 103 was sabotaged over Lockerbie in Scotland on 21 st December 1988. All 259 …