Scottish Ecological Design Association

Experts call for more community ownership of Scotland’s woodlands New research and fresh thinking challenge some key assumptions of the benefits of the industrial forestry sector.

Experts call for more community ownership of Scotland's woodlands. Dr Josh Doble, policy and research director at @communitylandsc.bsky.social, said the research reports’ aim is to "prompt a discussion about industrial forestry and what an alternative forestry sector could look like.”

Zoe Bestel is performing at our annual conference on 3 October. Tickets on sale now.
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Fri 3rd - Sun 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025

Join David Nugent plus our other fantastic guests at this years conference!
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025

Too hard to breathe – Ventilation, Control, and Resilient Building Design Hybrid event: Why ventilation matters for health, comfort & resilience—exploring design, control, and long-term building wellbeing.

Our next SEDA Health & Wellbeing event is in Glasgow and online! Find out more and get tickets at 🎟 tinyurl.com/SEDA-Breathe

Tickets on sale now for:
Too hard to breathe - Ventilation, Control, and Resilient Building Design - a SEDA Health and Wellbeing event.

📌 Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art and online
📆 Thursday 18th September at 5.30pm (for 6pm start)
🎟 tinyurl.com/SEDA-Breathe - find out more!

Please join us in Edinburgh for a special event with author Jonathan Watts’ Radio 4 Book of the Week! 
The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7

Not long to get tickets for ECOMAX 7 with Guardian correspondant and author Jon Watts discussing his new book. The event includes an overview, discussion, Q&A, and book signing.

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7

An Expansive Survey in Scotland Celebrates Five Decades of Land Art by Andy Goldsworthy The National Galleries of Scotland present 'Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years,' celebrating the artist's interdisciplinary practice.

Expansive survey celebrates five decades of Andy Goldsworthy’s land art. New retrospective covering five decades of the Dumfriesshire artist’s work is open at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social until 2 November.

Collective completes Scotland’s largest residential Passivhaus project Collective Architecture has completed Platform 3 Dundashill in the Port Dundas area of Glasgow for West of Scotland Housing Association

Scotland’s largest residential Passivhaus project completed by @collectivearch.bsky.social on site of the Diageo’s former Port Dundas distillery in Glasgow’s northside. @news.architectsjournal.co.uk

The visitor centre and bookshop at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) at Machynlleth in Wales, built in 1992, is a notable example of rammed earth construction.

In memoriam: Ulrich Loening 1931-2025 - Centre for Human Ecology With great sadness, and yet a sense of rich fulfilment, The Centre for Human Ecology announces the death of emeritus director, Ulrich Loening at the age

We’re sad to convey news of the death aged 94 of Ulrich Loening, emeritus director of the Centre for Human Ecology. Ulrich established the UK’s first MSc in human ecology in 1992, and was a longstanding supporter and friend of SEDA. We offer our condolences to all members of Ulrich’s family.

Heat Pump Sales Top Gas Boilers in Germany for the First Time Sales of heat pumps in Germany surpassed gas boilers for the first time as a ban on dirty heating systems forces a shift to cleaner energy.

Historic day for clean heating in Europe, as sales of new heat pumps in Germany surpass those of gas boilers. Fuelled by a ban on dirty heating systems, 139,000 heat pumps were sold in the first half of 2025, compared with 132,500 gas boilers.

We are delighted to have Nigel Linacre BEM, founder & director of WellBoring, a charity which has got safe water to 500 African schools joining us for Day 2 of our annual conference in Edinburgh this October 3-5.

seda.scot/seda-confere...

@katherinetrebeck.bsky.social
Joining us on Day 1 of the our 2025 Conference is Katherine Trebeck!

Info +Tickets are available via the link in our bio or from seda.scot/events

EcoMax 7: Discover James Lovelock (1919 – 2022) with Jon Watts (the Guardian's global environmental correspondent) new biography, The event includes an overview, discussion, Q&A + book signing.

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7

We are hosting our ANNUAL CONFERENCE in Edinburgh on October 3-5. Tickets are on sale now at seda.scot/shop

Explore your ticket options for our annual conference by heading seda.scot/shop
You'll find tickets for students/unwaged & online access as well as the full event for those of you in Edinburgh. We can't wait to see you there!

The Members Survey is now closed... thank you to everyone who responded to this, we really appreciate it.

We will email the prize winners on the 1st of August. Good luck everyone!

Sending gratitude,
from everyone at SEDA.

Tickets are on sale now for our 2025 Conference! The event will be an exploration of the wider issue of “Sufficiency.” As always, it will be full of thoughtful and insightful discussions!

📌 EDINBURGH & ONLINE
📆 3-5 OCTOBER
🎟 Visit the link in our bio or visit seda.scot/seda-confere...

Join us to honour eco-visionary James Lovelock & his Gaia theory for the 2025 ECOMAX event with author Jonathan Watts on "The Many Lives of James Lovelock." Enjoy a Q&A and get signed books.

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh
📆 9.8.25 · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7

SEDA 2030 Members Survey Dear Members, The Directors of SEDA would like to invite you, as much valued members, to give your opinions and perspectives of how SEDA could be more relevant to you; work with our collective vision…

Last Day Today!
Please fill out our survey and you might win a great prize!

Get ready! Tickets will soon be available for our Conference!
📌 Edinburgh & Online
📆 3-5 October
Expect thoughtful discussions, inspiring workshops, student awards, walks & talks plus much more. We'd love you to join us!

Join author and journalist Jonathan Watts for a book launch with a Q&A on current issues. Get signed copies!

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7

EcoMax 7: James Lovelock & the Ecology of Gaia ECO-Max 7: HOWARD LIDDELL MEMORIAL LECTURE. 2025 James Lovelock (1919 – 2022) : The Ecology of Gaia

Book tickets for this year's EcoMax event which pays tribute to eco-pioneer James Lovelock, chemist, environmentalist and inventor and author.

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7 or head to the link in our bio

SHOCKING FACT: It takes THOUSANDS of years for plastic to start breaking down, yet 40% of all plastic is used for just a few minutes before it’s thrown away…

Make it make sense.

EcoMax 7: James Lovelock & the Ecology of Gaia ECO-Max 7: HOWARD LIDDELL MEMORIAL LECTURE. 2025 James Lovelock (1919 – 2022) : The Ecology of Gaia

EcoMax 7 brings you Jonathan Watts discussing his book, "The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science Secrets and Gaia Theory," followed by a Q&A and opportunity to purchase a signed copy.
📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9 Aug · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7

Dear SEDA Members,
We invite you to share your valued opinions on we can be more relevant to you. We'd be very grateful if you could answer our survey, and if you wish to enter our prize draw, please leave your email address at the end!
Best wishes,
Glo (for & on behalf of the Directors of SEDA)

Please join us for this very special event with Sandy Liddell Halliday & author Jonathan Watts as he introduces his new book,
The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory.
📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7

EcoMax 7: James Lovelock & the Ecology of Gaia ECO-Max 7: HOWARD LIDDELL MEMORIAL LECTURE. 2025 James Lovelock (1919 – 2022) : The Ecology of Gaia

Book tickets for this year's EcoMax event which pays tribute to eco-pioneer James Lovelock, chemist, environmentalist and inventor and author.

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7 or head to the link in our bio

Book tickets forECOMAX 7 with author Jon Watts!

📌 P’s & G’s Church, 46 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HP
📆 Sat 9th August · 12 - 2pm
🎟 tinyurl.com/ECOMAX7