Archives for 2014

  The stark limestone landscape of Cyprus I was recently given the opportunity to visit Cyprus to study climate change and see how it could relate to Scotland. Looking at climate change from another country's point ...
Continue reading Climate change in Cyprus – what can we learn?

Some of the creative and interactive workshops I have been running in the past month or so have revolved around the theme of 'bug homes' or 'bug hotels'. Alongside the organisation Green Routes, near Aberfoyle, we made a ...
Continue reading Bug real estate

One of my tasks over the last few months has been to help organise one of TCVs Feva Forum events. These events are all about sharing good practice and highlighting work that is being done in various areas of environmental ...
Continue reading Talking about ‘Green Health in Later Life’

As summer rolls into Autumn, the sky takes on a certain subtle shade of blue, the leaves turn yellow and orange, and the bushes around Mortonhall are heavy with blackberries. It’s hard to believe, firstly, that I’ve used up ...
Continue reading Autumn beginnings

Thursday saw the second major piece of work carried out in our creation of the meadow at Toryglen. I went along with the Urban Roots volunteer group and we really got stuck in to converting the thick coarse grasses into the ...
Continue reading Meadow creation continues…