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Funding farm resilience

Funding farm resilience

The Farm Resilience Programme, run by The Royal Countryside Fund, offers free business skills training to family farmers across the UK, delivering economic, social, and environmental benefits for farmers. The Pebble Trust supported the delivery of the 2023/24 Farm Resilience programme in the Highlands & Islands.

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Sustainable investing

Sustainable investing

The Pebble Trust has been working to align its investment policies with its aim for a more sustainable, fair and low-carbon world – a challenging task in a world dominated by multi-national businesses which are rarely as focused on ethical issues. Recently we have been making some changes, supported by James MacDonald from RSQ Wealth. James gave us these insights.

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Inkcap Journal – making an impact in Scotland

Inkcap Journal – making an impact in Scotland

A Pebble Trust grant enabled Sophie Yeo of Inkcap Journal to commission nature and conservation stories of depth and quality, all with a Scottish focus and covering everything from ancient island crops and sheep to wolves, deer stalking and Climavore diets.

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Bring Back the Fish – Bring Back Scotland’s Inshore Limit

Bring Back the Fish – Bring Back Scotland’s Inshore Limit

Our Seas is a growing coalition of 128 coastal businesses, fishermen’s organisations, community groups, fisheries trusts and eNGOs, campaigning for an urgent overhaul in the way Scotland’s inshore fisheries are managed.

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1536 864 Ailsa McLellan
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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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
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
The Great Pause

The Great Pause

Abruptly with no warning the world was forced to pause. Although the sadness and great loss behind the ‘Great Pause’ cannot be underestimated neither can the wonderful opportunities and hope it offers.

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1536 864 Emma Whitham
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