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"Renewable energy saves the EU over €51 billion, Green jobs secure over 100,000 jobs in Scotland"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Scotland

Renewable energy saves the EU over €51 billion
Thanks to solar and wind power, the EU saved around €51 billion on fossil fuel imports in 2025.

Question specifically for people in #Scotland who have bought a property there: is it normal not to be allowed further visits of the property, once your offer has been accepted, and until missives are concluded? Can you push back against that?
#Glasgow

300th Birthday of James Hutton!
Special Exhibition at Blair Castle, #Scotland, "part of a nation wide celebration of the tercentenary of James #Hutton (1726-1797), the polymath and founder of modern #geology

"Scotland’s ‘green datacentres’ policy ignores emissions impact of AI, analysis shows"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Scotland

Granny pines outside Stirling #Scotland at Easter.
#ThickTrunkTuesday

If I could change one thing about #Scotland it wouldn't be the weather (what would this place be like if it were warm?!) or independence (we'll get there, I'm sure). It's the religion. From the very first weeks I was here, I, and later my children and students, have confronted horrible prejudice at every turn. Colleagues have threatened to resign rather than "working with a Buddhi…

Rum’s Dazzling Dark Skies, funded by a grant from the Royal Astronomical Society, reveals the journey of how the #IsleOfRum became the first place in #Scotland to achieve #DarkSky Sanctuary status: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5uXMnVKhvY - see also https://darksky.org/places/isle-of-rum/ and https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/watch-new-film-explores-how-rum-became-uks-second-dark-sky-sanctuary and https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/oct/24/stargazing-isle-of-rum-scotland-hebrides-dark-sky-sanctuary

"Scotland legalizes water cremation, giving families a greener third option"
#Scotland #Environment

Scotland legalizes water cremation, giving families a greener third option | The Optimist Daily
Scotland is now the first country in the UK to offer alkaline hydrolysis as a legal alternative to burial or traditional cremation.

How it started / how it's going
(Climbed Ben Ledi, a Scottish mountain that is not a Monro, fortunately the top was above the fog and clouds!)
#Scotland #BenLedi #Hiking

"Scotland in bloom: wildflowers turn the Outer Hebrides into a Technicolor dream"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #Environment

Ahhhw today three years ago in #scotland : a view over #LochLomond
I even blogged about it back then: https://www.…

Wildfire risk is now spreading to cool climates like the Scottish Highlands and Irish uplands #Scotland

Wildfire risk is now spreading to cool climates like the Scottish Highlands and Irish uplands
The most destructive wildfire season on record in Europe was in 2025, with more than 1 million hectares burned and tens of thousands of people displaced by fires across the continent.

Schlösser und Burgen' #FotoVorschlag "Castles and Fortresses"
We visited #Scotland twice and both times were excellent visits! All kinds of weather but mostly really good. I loved the people and the landscape - well and also the castles.
Sorry for not being so presen…

#ThickTrunkTuesday
Mossy, rainforesty oaks above Loch Tay #Scotland

TIL both the Scottish National Party and the Green Party of Scotland are pro-independence from the UK.
They have a majority (73 of 129 seats with 58 to the SNP) in the Scottish Parliament
#independence #scotland #UK #referendum

...das Distelmotiv hat jetzt in ein paar unterschiedlichen handgemalten #wandklexschmuck- Varianten auch in den Klexshop gefunden; dort ist es ab sofort auf #miniaturepainting #thistle #scotland #art #artShop #bloomscrolling

"Scottish medical schools receive £100k for sustainable healthcare training"
#Scotland #Sustainability #Healthcare

Scottish medical schools receive £100k for sustainable healthcare training
A collaboration between Scotland’s five medical schools has received £100,000 from the Scottish Government to support the integration of sustainable healthcare into undergraduate medical degrees.

Solid ash by the remains of a drystone wall, above Stirling, #Scotland.
Seen a lot, will it see off ash dieback? It might well.
#ThickTrunkTuesday

"MSPs not told about collapse of funding deal for Scottish nature restoration"
#Scotland #Environment #Nature

"Scotland’s Plastic Wet Wipes Ban is a Win for Beaches, Sewers, and Wildlife"
#Scotland #Plastics #Environment

Scotland's Plastic Wet Wipes Ban is a Win for Beaches, Sewers, and Wildlife | Happy Eco News
Scotland’s plastic wet wipes ban takes effect on August 11, 2027, outlawing the sale of wipes containing plastic fibers. The law targets marine litter, sewer blockages, and microplastic pollution, with exemptions for medical and industrial use.

"Report: Net-zero brings £10bn a year to Scottish economy"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #NetZero…

Report: Net-zero brings £10bn a year to Scottish economy
In addition to the £10.2bn in Gross Value Added (GVA) to the Scottish economy, net-zero industries also support over 105,000 jobs in the country.

RE: #Scotland becomes Nova Scotia?
Often represented here on fedi by @…, also now covered in this article 👇
Yes AMOC is the big picture but we might feel the SPG much sooner.

"Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #Environment

Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area
Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has found. Scientists surveying the area found three times more seabed organisms and twice as many species compared to nearby unprotected waters.           “What looks like […]

Lost a bit in the hubbub about Labour losing massively to the Reform UK is this little tidbit:
Wales is using a new proportional representation model!
There are 96 seats in the devolved parliament (Senedd).
There are 16 new constituencies created with six members each.
The 96 seats are allocated by share of the votes for a party, or by votes for an independent candidate.
Scotland already uses a mixed Constituency and Regional member system to get proportional representation in their parliament.
In England these votes are purely municipal/council/mayoral races. I'm not sure if they're proportional, ranked FPTP, or what.
And yet here we are in Canada, too afraid to change to a more democratic system.
#CanPoli #Canada #UK #CouncilElections #CdnPoli #ProportionalRepresentation #Wales #Scotland #England #Democracy

Still rooted.
Oaks in Roslin glen above the gunpowder mill, at the #GoldenHour.
Zoom in and crop? Feel free.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Scotland #Trees

"Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #ReWilding