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100 Days of the Green Transition

Illustration by giacinta frisillo

Plant Grow Share: Don’t let it go to waste

It is an event, each weekend in the long days of summer, to see two ...

By James McAleer

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Wrapped: 100 Days of the Green Transition

Recently, we reached the end of our 100 Days of the Green Transition project, which ...

By Clare Harris

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Penny Armstrong (left) and Alan Robertson (right)

Organic veg producers in Shetland say climate crisis still not taken seriously

FOOD producers Transition Turriefield say they are “tired of fighting to get enough” funding from ...
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Photo: Inside retrofitted tenement on Daisy St Source: Angus Brodnax

How can tenement owners retrofit their homes?

Unlike many European countries, Scotland lacks mandatory owners’ associations, leaving tenants and flat owners to ...
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Photo: Volunteers posing for a group photo. Source: The Lochside Press

Volunteers made a difference at Loch Lomond

Volunteers joined in a session organised by the Friends of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, ...
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Photo of a tree by Breeze

Stories of our native trees

Clydesider Magazine contributor, Breeze, shares where and why we can all enjoy some of Scotland’s ...
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Sign indicating biodiversity area by Jim Duncan

Where are all the butterflies?

Butterfly populations in Scotland have noticeably dropped, writes Jim Duncan. But what does this mean ...
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Rare Pine Marten in Balloch Castle Country Park by Jim Duncan

Rare pine marten spotted in Scottish national park is good news for the native red squirrel population

Pine martens, the most elusive mammal found in the UK, has been spotted in Balloch ...
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Photo: Govanhill Litterpick Group Credit: All photos by Iiain McLellan

How to build a community litter picking group in your community

This isn’t an article about the council, nor is it entirely about rubbish. This is ...

By Aoife Hutton, Greater Govanhill

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Photo: Volunteers mount kIngarth Lane gate Credit: All photos by Laura Vroomen

How a community group in the Southside of Glasgow transformed Kingarth Lane using the Lane Improvement Fund

If you had told me a year ago that one day I would be sat ...

By Katie Macmillan

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Photo: young child engaged in planting using pots and soil, learning gardening basics. Source: Anna Shvets (Pexels)

A Focus on Food: sustainable gardening projects for young people in the Glenkens

The Glenkens has traditionally been a farming area, so a focus on and understanding of ...
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Baked Bread With Raisins on White Plate

New Galloway community larder launch

From the community, for the community,’ is Local Initiatives in New Galloway’s (LING) focus on ...

By Ann Glaister, Glenkens Gazette

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