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Grid constraints, new proposals, and rising opposition: mapping the North Central Highland’s energy future
A surge of wind farm proposals In June 2025, Kyle Chronicle mapped all wind farm ...
The Power Shift: democratising energy, seizing power
As the chokehold of over-extended supply chains for shipping massive amounts of fossil fuels is ...
Telling better stories
What happens when no one is watching? When local stories go untold, communities lose more ...
New environmental journalism network and magazine launched to tell better stories of Scotland’s energy boom
“We’re here because we want to tell better, richer stories about our communities; not ignoring ...
The Power Shift LIVE: launch of new magazine and environmental journalism network
The Power Shift Live is a one day event happening in Glasgow on 10 April, ...
Community media sector highlights need for greater support at Holyrood event
Community media organisations from across Scotland have highlighted the need for stronger support for independent ...
Opinion: Energy acceleration in rural Scotland
Last week, representatives of community councils from across Scotland travelled to Holyrood for a roundtable ...
No Time to Lose – on Scotland’s Just Transition
‘The stakes are extremely high’ Anne Thomas, 63, lives on the Black Isle and has ...
Reclaiming the narrative: building community wealth with community media
By Lucas Batt, in partnership with The Scottish Community Alliance The door to the shop ...
Invest in, don’t reinvent, Scotland’s community wealth building movement
At the end of last year the Scottish Parliament took a historic step by agreeing ...
The art of ownership: how North Edinburgh Arts is building community wealth
Edinburgh is known as a global capital of culture. But three miles north of the ...
The Power Shift: Lessons from communities already making renewables work for them
Co-published with The Herald On the windswept island of Tiree, a four-hour ferry ride from ...
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