Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bioregioning: A Catalyst for Renewal in an Age of Interconnected Risk - The Bioregions of the Atlantic Isles in conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Shandell Houlden of the @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social bioregioningtayside.scot/news/bioregi...

“Low levels of nature connectedness ..one of three major underlying causes of biodiversity loss” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“ We are all walking ecosystems, picking up and shedding material as we move through life. “ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're calling on the Scottish National Investment Bank to rethink investment in the Gresham House fund. Using @andywightman.scot's research, we raise key concerns around public expenditure, transparency & local economies. Scotsman article 👉 tinyurl.com/4re6ps6r Full article 👉 tinyurl.com/mt38ax9f

“We’ve created a food system that’s poisoning our population and bankrupting the state. “This report shows that poor diet now costs the UK a shocking £126bn a year. That’s not a crisis. That’s a collapse.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“..in the past five years, 78% of farmers had been hit by drought and more than half had suffered the consequences of heatwaves. In stark contrast, just 2% of farmers had not experienced extreme weather in some form.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New paper on the nature of plant life and its relationship to human life during the Mesolithic! Thanks to @ojth.bsky.social, Amy Gray Jones and @graemewarren.bsky.social for comments and advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We’re delighted to share that we will be supported by the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s Regional Food Fund for our project 'From Tree to Glass – promoting craft Cider and Perry production in Tayside and North Fife' Learn more below 👇 foodanddrink.scot/helping-busi... #ScotFoodTourism

Please share widely, a fantastic #ArtArchaeology pilot on the amazing Isle of Arran #Scotland #Art #Archaeology #IsleofArran @eoghannmaccolla.bsky.social @lesleymcf.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @antoniathomas.bsky.social @bioregiontayside.bsky.social

Interested in finding out more about Bioregioning? Bioregional Learning Centre in South Devon is running their first Bioregional Summer School, 18th-25th July. Designed for both newcomers and bioregioning practitioners working in a wide range of related fields. www.bioregion.org.uk/summer-school

Delighted to announce Bioregioning Tayside's first Makar - Jim Mackintosh: tinyurl.com/7mksa22n

How my parents brought back Britain’s beavers: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-magic-...

This is not just a policy debate or an economic shift. It’s a fight for the future of life on Earth. www.linkedin.com/pulse/battle...

"Global carbon emissions are still rising & current policies will result in a rise in global temperature between 2.2C and 3.4C above pre-industrial levels. At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to.." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"A short history of bioregional cartography" (in French). PIC: "Nous sommes Orne!" by Collectif Hydromondes topophile.net/savoir/petit...

What is bioregioning all about? How can I bring my bioregion alive? The new Bioregional Learning Alliance & Gaia Education practitioner course starts 22 April. (My session: Where are the Jobs and Livelihoods in Bioregioning?) www.gaiaeducation.org/bioregioning...

This film is beautifully scripted, shot and very moving… do watch. emergencemagazine.org/film/the-las...

Announcing the Launch of the Planetary Civics Inquiry! We are thrilled to introduce the Planetary Civics Inquiry(PCI) an alliance of researchers, educators, policymakers, designers, and practitioners committed to transforming the structures and processes that shape how we govern our entangled planet

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) appoints the Ocean as a Trustee on their board www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Invasive non-native species drive #biodiversity loss, contributing to 60% of global species extinctions 🌿🐟.
 🌍 Meet Professor Helen Roy, a leading expert in tackling this global challenge 🔗 Our Agents for Change: campaigns.ceh.ac.uk/agentsforcha... @ukladybirds.bsky.social @ipbes.bsky.social

The ‘Transformative Change Assessment’ from the IPBES, makes it clear that we need to rapidly transform pretty much everything about our societies and economies in industrialised countries if we are to “safeguard life on Earth”. A great piece of work for the world: www.sei.org/publications...

🌍 Call for Nominations! 🧪 IPBES invites experts & practitioners to apply to join a May 2025 in-person workshop in the Philippines on scenarios & models integrating Indigenous, local, & Mother Earth-centric knowledge systems 🗓️Deadline: 9 Feb 2025 🔗Details: www.ipbes.net/scenarios-mo...

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. ~ Carl Sagan

I’m pleased to have been appointed as a Scottish Land Commissioner and looking forward to contributing to Scotland’s land reform agenda in that role.

“Blended finance, often heralded as a silver bullet, has fallen short: public resources dominate blended deals, often de-risking private initiative in lower-risk, lower-impact projects.”

Our article in the Conversation - reveals that only half of ecological features required on new housing estates are actually there. It's a systemic problem of housebuilders not putting them in, management companies not maintaining them and a lack of enforcement theconversation.com/property-dev...

Health Impact Assessment of #CommunityWealthbuilding in Scotland has found that given the many health benefits, community wealth building should be recognised as a public health intervention as well as an approach to economic development. publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202...

Well done to those who managed to recapture the lynx spotted in the Cairngorms. I would like to see lynx back in Scotland. But work is already underway to do this legally and with local support. It's a conversation that Scotland has to have in the open. treesforlife.org.uk/lynx-could-r...

Banks need to radically rethink how they support farmers in the shift to systems that prioritise ecological resilience, according to new research from @thesoilassociation.bsky.social Exchange: tinyurl.com/2z9nyxu4 Couldld the dev. of Bioregional Financing Facilities help? tinyurl.com/ychwtxfj

We are very excited to begin 2025 by advancing our plans to build a new Bioregional Financing Facility here in Tayside, led by Leon Seefeld of @darkmatterlabs.org. Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/ychwtxfj

This. But also.... The UK Govt needs to take immediate action to remove Twitter/X from the public realm, while its owner continues to promote/incite violence against democratically elected politicians.

@tgspodcast.bsky.social is an excellent resource for those interested in hearing the voices of many of our planet’s great thinkers & doers working on understanding & coming up with potential solutions to navigating the #metacrisis. This podcast with Luke Kemp is one of many worth listening to …

Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sobering but essential reading for anyone involved in an environmental campaign. Shows what we are up against @milesking.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social aprs.scot/news/environ...

“Scotland would be the first part of the UK to have such a law which could impose harsh penalties on executives responsible for major environmental damage.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Nov 2024 update to Who Owns Scotland is now published. No new properties this month but all 3600 landholdings covering 73.97% of rural Scotland updated. The project is financed solely by subscription income. Please subscribe at whoownsscotland.org.uk

🌿 We need to raise the profile of #bryophyte ecological research 🌿 (and also a bryophyte emoji!) In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines. doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

We love the language that the Salmon Nation Bioregion is using: a 'nature state' rather than a 'nation state'! www.salmonnation.net

What a fantastic resource! www.ffungi.org

“Today, as the planet hurtles towards environmental and societal breakdown … it is becoming ever more evident that modernity was founded on a profoundly mistaken understanding of the world …” erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...

"“By prioritising agriculture as a land use, planners and residents together can work to reconfigure peri-urban spaces marked for residential development into vibrant, multifunctional areas that advance ecological, social, and economic goals” tinyurl.com/2z6329d6

“This easy-to-flip-through guide—published by Drawdown Labs—will help the climate-concerned employee assess whether or not their company is taking adequate steps to address the climate crisis, and how they can utilize their power to push their company well beyond ‘net zero’”

“At the end of the day, what happens in politics is shaped by social movements … by our capacity to create living examples of what we want to see locally, in bioregions, and beyond.” medium.com/presencing-i...

We are excited to be working with @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social on the potential for developing a Bioregional Financing Facility for the Tay Bioregion! We need to reimagine finance to regenerate our planet. darkmatterlabs.org/feed/bioregi...

Very interesting approach to land use and climate action being taken in Denmark - led by a Green Tripartite comprised of the government, the Danish Nature Conservation Association, the Danish Food Federation NNF, Dansk Metal, Danish Industry and wider stakeholders.

Here's a starter pack of people on here who I've found and who I know are excellent Science Communicators. Give them a follow: go.bsky.app/4SAvt2B

Climate colonialism already is costing lives and immense misery. Journalists have a duty to report with understanding and analysis. As an audience, we need to be better critical thinkers. Our planet, countless peoples, and billions upon billions of other life forms depend upon it.

Learn more about the agroecological practices that take place at Sitio Caminhos da Floresta agroecologymap.org/locations/si... #agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #comida #floresta #brasil #comidadeverdade #organicos #saude