THIRTEEN new faces have just been unveiled as community champions for Forestry Commission Scotland They will push events, woodland activities and talk to members of the public as part of the Volunteer Community Champion programme. It is run in partnership with the Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector with a goal to help educate people …
ANIMAL welfare charity OneKind has handed an 11,000 name petition to Holyrood’s Public Petitions Committee calling for an end to mountain hare culling. They claim they should be protected on conservation and animal welfare grounds. It suggests an end to all culling of mountain hares in Scotland’s National Parks introducing a Nature Conservation Order.
THE Scottish Green Party has released a short film as part of their campaign against fracking. It comes as the Scottish Government prepares to make a decision on whether or not to allow the gas drilling process. Fracking has been condemned as “dangerous and unnecessary” by the Scottish Greens.
CAMPAIGNERS Surfers Against Sewage have called on the UK government to follow Scotland’s lead and introduce a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles. They presented a 38 Degrees petition a quarter of a million names strong to the Prime Minister Theresa May with the backing of a cross-party delegation of MPs and leading charities. The …
THE ‘Great British Beach Clean’ is just nine days away but organisers say just 122 people have so far signed-up to take part in Scotland. That’s despite the Marine Conservation Society running 40 beach cleans and surveys across Scotland.
GORGEOUS and stunning. A new film shot from the air capturing stunning Scottish scenery produced by @johnduncanfilm See more beautiful examples of John’s work at his website.
[youtube https://youtu.be/UPwA6p1r9uY; w=560&h=315] THIS from mountaineering instructor Rob Johnston shot using his Phantom 2 drone up Ben Nevis is stunning. Ben Nevis cover image CC SupportITNI; Video by filmuphigh.com
DANNY Macaskill pays homage to his home of Skye in a way perhaps only he could. Art on a bike? Maybe. Whatever it is, it’s Skye like you’ve maybe never seen it before. Props to him, Cut Media and the Red Bull team behind it. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA&w=560&h=315] It really is something special. Video by Cut …
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