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Shea harvesting marigold seeds with a vacuum cleaner The Pebble Trust was…
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Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreMy 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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreSharing 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.
Read MoreFrom 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.
Read MoreThe 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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