Who gets to decide about Scotland’s national parks?
Scotland’s national parks are at the centre of a growing debate over planning democracy. Questions are mounting about who really decides the future of these protected landscapes.
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Musselburgh firm shows how renewable energy can support local communities
Musselburgh-based renewable energy company Gensource is showing how that can work in practice, by using their technical expertise to support community projects across East Lothian.
A Hebridean Boom Town is on the horizon
But who will pay for it and at what cost? Article by Netty Sopata, Fios (North Lewis)
From Shetland to Åland: what happens when locals have the power to decide over wind farms?
Telling better stories
Rhiannon Davies, Editor of of The Scottish Beacon – Scotland’s award-winning collaborative network of independent community news organisations – writes on the role of community-owned media in Scotland’s renewable transition
History of farming in Ardgay
Farming has evolved immensely in the last 200 years. Sheaves, stooks, ricks and manual threshing were gradually improved and finally replaced by the modern combine harvester. The following photos show the evolution of grain harvesting at some of the local farms.
Rock Dove
By Dave Goulder
A croft, squatting
among high rocks.
The sea alarmingly close.
Stone man and son work
to restore an old building, while
pigeons feed greedily on
a cultivated patch, a rare square
in a desert
of bog and stones.
Crack! The shotgun’s sharp report.
Pigeons scatter. All