Why is the sale of peat still a thing? It's pretty much the stupidest thing you can do in a climate crisis, second only to the sale of fossil fuels.

The latest nuclear renaissance is a very sinister development says ex Guardian environment writer Paul Brown. Starmer’s government has gone gung-ho on nuclear—to the utter dismay of many environmentalists, forcing the public to watch as billions of pounds of our money is poured down the drain.

“It’s about energy and time and capital and how these forces come into our lives and how we work through them.” @dominicmhinde.bsky.social was interviewed about his new book Drifting North: Finding A Sustainable Future in Scotland's Past, by @bellacaledonia.bsky.social

Looking for an interesting read? Check out this article by Colin Porteous reflecting on COP26. ♻️ 🔗 - seda.scot/cop26 #seda #cop26

Growing our homes - ♻️ upscaling biobased materials in construction webinar! Link - 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-ou... 🔗 Please reserve your spot in the webinar in the link above! #SEDA

Caochan na Creige, a self-build project on the Isle of Harris designed by Izat Arundell, has been shortlisted for RIBA’s House of the Year 2025. Jury chair David Kohn said “It isn’t a building about itself. It's a building about a way of making homes, about the island, and about craft traditions.”

It's time for our annual Show and Tell event for members! Location, Date & Time is shown on graphic, as well as on the eventbrite page linked below! Please reserve your tickets on the eventbrite website. - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seda-show-... We look forward to seeing you there!

"My mum rang me to tell me there was water coming into the house. She sounded fine... . But when I rang her back later, the telephone was dead. When we eventually got into the house the next day, I found the phone downstairs near her body." The tragic reality of a changing climate.

Edinburgh’s balancing act between decarbonisation and the preservation of cultural identity. City-wide strategies from retrofitting and adaptive reuse to promoting circular design are bringing long-term benefits. Article by Ananya Nayak in @archdaily.bsky.social

A win for people-led rewilding, as MSPs vote to create a new hutting law. The amendment to the Land Reform (Scotland) bill was introduced by @scottishgreens.org MSP @ariane-burgess.bsky.social.

Deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre has been shortlisted for the Glasgow Institute of Architects' sustainability award. The project, led by @be-stbuild.bsky.social with ScotGov support, was developed by John Gilbert Architects, Brown+Wallace, Luths Services, and Narro Associates

We need a materials revolution in the construction sector—embracing circularity, innovation and cooperation—otherwise its carbon footprint is going to double by 2050, breaching climate goals and endangering our planetary future, say the authors of new Nature paper. @lloydalter.bsky.social

Scotland's construction and built environment professionals are being urged to make the most of two new facilities — the Mass Timber Centre of Excellence and Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre — at @be-stbuild.bsky.social's innovation campus in Hamilton. projectscot.com/2025/10/new-...

Can the lessons of the past help Scotland build a more sustainable future? Dominic Hinde is launching his book, Drifting North: Finding a Sustainable Future in Scotland's Past, on Monday 3rd November at @waterstones.bsky.social, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

#UrbanismBookClub: Some great books on key, underconsidered elements of better city-making have been coming out lately — thanks to @chrisfitchchris.bsky.social, author of “Wild Cities,” and @samkbloch.bsky.social, author of “Shade,” for sending me copies. Digging into both. Anyone finished them yet?

Thanks very much to the impressive team of volunteers who guided over 600 students around the SEDA Green Careers Fair at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ensuring it was such as success.

Join us this Sunday 5th Oct for a visit to Sustainable Thinking Scotland's Walled Garden in Bo'ness. seda.scot/seda-confere...

As part of this years conference, you will have the chance to buy signed copies of some of our guests' books! Please bring your pennies, as its cash purchases only! 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Fri 3 - Sun 5 Oct 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025

Kathy Li is a founding member of Missing in Architecture, a collaborative compromising of architects and educators at Glasgow's Mackintosh School of Architecture. Find out more and book tickets here: seda.scot/seda-confere...

Join our Team! Email [email protected] to find out more.

“Sufficiency isn’t about austerity, deprivation, or resignation. Sufficiency is about knowing what is enough.” Further information about the SEDA annual conference, 3-5 October 2025; Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL @visit-scotland.bsky.social

Big shout out for @scotecodesign.bsky.social whose annual conference is on next weekend in Edinburgh. The theme this year is #Sufficiency with fantastic speakers including @katherinetrebeck.bsky.social + @lloydalter.bsky.social > tickets available for in-person + online

CIAT Scotland East Region, SEDA & Historic Environment Scotland are bringing you a free lunchtime CPD seminar series dedicated to one of the most enduring yet ever evolving materials in our built environment: Stone Online / 1pm / 1st Monday each month. Visit tinyurl.com/stonefutures to book.

Obituary: Nicholas Grimshaw, pioneer of high-tech architecture behind the Eden Project in Cornwall and Waterloo International has died aged 85. The terminal's skeletal, serpentine roof illustrates Grimshaw’s fascination with gothic cathedrals and the Victorian daring of Joseph Paxton and I.K.Brunel.

UK sustainability finance rules must go further, says Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. ICAS's Fiona Donnelly said “More comprehensive & holistic reporting would be achieved by expanding these standards to include reporting on the impact of organisations on the environment and society”

MASS CLIMATE LOBBY: On Friday, Scotland’s biggest-ever lobby of politicians on climate issues took place in Holyrood. The event was organised by @sccscot.bsky.social, which we've now joined. @gailhalvorsen.bsky.social attended on behalf of SEDA, lobbying MSPs including @lornaslater.bsky.social

Look at this lineup! There's a shift in the sustainability world, and we are excited about it. Are you ready to move beyond "sustainable" to "regenerative"? 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025 Thanks to sponsors @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject

We are delighted to have Prof Lorna Dawson, CBE, FRSE, FRSA, FRSB, FRSGS attending on Day 1 of this year's conference. 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025

Register now for the SEDA 2025 Conference as we ask: What if the problem isn't how we do things, but how much we think we need to do? 🌱 Sufficiency ≠ austerity 🌱 Sufficiency = knowing what is enough 🌱 Sufficiency = the foundation of regeneration seda.scot/seda-confere...

Shaping discussions AND bringing their own expertise to this years conference are Panel Chairs: Florian Urban & Jessica Noel-Smith. 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025 Thanks to @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject for sponsoring this years event

Calling all SEDA members! We have ticket prices especially for you. Find out more here: seda.scot/shop

We are looking forward to this evening's SEDA Health & Wellbeing event in Glasgow and online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/too-hard-t...

Are you ready to challenge the consumption mindset? 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025 Thanks to @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject for sponsoring this years event.

Final call out for those of you interested in becoming a director at SEDA. Email [email protected] to find out more

SEDA Members! There are special discounted conference rates for you in our emails. Just add the correct codes in the checkout pages to get members rates. If you're reading this on your phone and want to use the QR, simply take a screenshot, then press and hold the QR to open it! seda.scot/shop

🌱 What does "enough" mean to you? Join us in Edinburgh for SUFFICIENCY: the SEDA 2025 Conference. 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025 Thanks to our sponsors EcoCocon and Wikihouse.

With the conference coming up, this is a great time to become a SEDA member. Find out more here seda.scot/become-a-mem...

Volunteer Callout. Our magazine needs your help! If you have experience in design and layout, even some experience in publishing, we would love to hear from you! Email [email protected] to find out more.

The most impactful sustainability solutions often emerge from community collaboration, not corporate boardrooms. Join us for the SEDA 2025 Conference. 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025 Thanks to sponsors Eco Cocon & Wikihouse

What happens when we bridge the gap between what people truly value and how our economy actually works? 📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025 Thanks to our sponsors EcoCocon and Wikihouse.

🏘️ Empty homes vs "build build build". 🌊 Ocean rights & global water sufficiency ♿ Disability & climate justice. 🔬 How nature does sufficiency This years annual Conference tackles the big questions with hands-on learning & site visits Join us online & inperson - tickets on sale now seda.scot/shop

📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October Dr Martin Quirke is joining our fantastic lineup for this years conference. Find out more and get your tickets here 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025

The Conference lineup is looking fantastic! Find out more at seda.scot/seda-confere... Thanks to our sponsors, EcoCocon and Wikihouse.

Students & Unwaged, join us and online for this years conference. seda.scot/shop

Jessica Noel Smith & Kathy Li will discuss equity and disability in the sufficiency equation, ensuring inclusive approaches to sustainability. Tickets on sale now!

Less than two weeks to go until the @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @scotecodesign.bsky.social green careers fair. The careers fair will showcase jobs that operate along ecological principles to highlight the wide range that is available. 📅 Wed, 24 Sept 2025 ⏰ 10am—4pm 📌 Glasgow University Union

📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE 📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025 We are also being joined by musician Zoe Bestel and poet Samuel Tongue for this years Conference!

Poll of over 7,000 people reveals strong support for clean energy, nature restoration, and climate action. A large majority made up of people who think they are in a small minority, thanks to relentless misinformation online and in the mainstream media.

Not in Edinburgh? Join us online for Day 1 & 2 of the Conference this year! seda.scot/shop

Early feedback from residents at Dundashill Platform 3, Scotland’s largest Passivhaus-certified residential project to date, illustrates why Scotland needs a true Passivhaus equivalent, says Collective Architecture’s Emily Ong. @alexrowley.bsky.social @passivhaustrust.bsky.social