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Reflections from COP26
Reflections from COP26

My thoughts wandered as I thought of this moment: COP26 in Glasgow. Years of campaigning in Scotland on climate action and I still didn’t think this was really happening. I still didn’t know if it would bring about any change. I still didn’t trust those in power.

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1536 864 Catriona Mallows
So You Want To Shoot Animals?
So You Want To Shoot Animals?

I am a filmmaker based in Glasgow. With the amazing support of The Pebble Trust, I have been working on a documentary about becoming a wildlife filmmaker during a biodiversity crisis – interviewing a whole range of experts along the way.

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1536 864 Libby Penman
The Power of Community Sharing
The Power of Community Sharing

Sharing is not a new concept – it is what humans have done for millennia in order to survive as families, tribes and clans. A globalised digital society has replaced the old relationships and norms, however, and we find ourselves disconnected from our selves, communities and land.

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1920 1067 Ele Forster
The Road From Paris to Glasgow is Through The Farm Gate!
The Road From Paris to Glasgow is Through The Farm Gate!

From the deadly heatwaves in Canada to devastating deluges hitting northern Europe, from raging forest fires in Siberia to record-breaking rainfall in China. It has been plain to see that nobody and nowhere is immune to the changing climate.

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1536 864 Emma Whitham
Looking to the future with the Highland Good Food Conversation
Looking to the future with the Highland Good Food Conversation

Covid has highlighted how vulnerable we are to global shocks owing to our dependency on remote resources and undemocratic corporations, long supply chains and a more-or-less regulated free market economy to supply us with what we need to live.

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1536 864 Nicholas Gubbins
What’s Your Food Story?
What’s Your Food Story?

In this podcast from Highland Good Food Conversation, Emma Whitham chats to six people from across the Highlands to find out their food story – both before and during the Covid-19 crisis. How have their shopping habits changed?

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1536 864 Highland Good Food Conversation
Surfers Against Sewage – Digital Campaigning and Activism
Surfers Against Sewage – Digital Campaigning and Activism

We started the year in a buoyant mood; a full schedule of beach cleans, education programmes, work with Plastic Free Communities and parliamentary activities were planned.

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1536 864 Louise Allen and Jasmine Watterson
Helmsdale Kitchen Garden Rise to the Challenge
Helmsdale Kitchen Garden Rise to the Challenge

In times of crisis, the importance of community groups is highlighted, and while the coronavirus pandemic has had a seismic impact on each and every individual, the strength of the community has shone through.

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1536 864 Mary Stewart - Helmsdale & District Development Trust
Building a Better Future – Capitalism has Destroyed our Life Support System
Building a Better Future – Capitalism has Destroyed our Life Support System

The real problem is capitalism itself. It is leading us rapidly into a neofascist dystopia where the suffering is simply becoming immense for people, animals, plants and the planet.

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1536 864 John Wood - Wester Ross Pocket Orchards
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