Alison Strange

Wealthy use loophole to conceal value of £300m in Scottish land sales Prices paid for large estates not being disclosed on official register, land reform advocates say

Who would have thought it? 🙄
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Skye’s Revolting Crofters New cultural infrastructure is vital to stop Skye being hollowed out by holiday lets and seasonal blow-ins, writes Catherine MacPhee.

An excellent article :
@auntiesyzygy.bsky.social @claireboardman.bsky.social
scottishleftreview.scot/skyes-revolt...

Valid point and the leveraging of such in maintaining existing structures of e.g. land ownership or the commodification of nature.

Thanks for this, I'll have a look 👍

‘We cannot say for sure these wolves come from Russia’: Finns try to fathom cause of record reindeer deaths Wolves killed more than 2,100 reindeer in Finland last year, and herders are blaming the Ukraine war

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A healthy ecosystem requires a wide range of species interactions

Focussing only on, eg, pollination or predation, will not hep ecosystem-level conservation

Superb 👌

Brilliant!

Well said

Christmas wreath and manuscript drafts... whoa, hot stuff!

Land is power – Scotland’s people have none Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation

"Scotland’s aristocratic families do not cling to their massive estates only because of income but because of the influence it confers – to them, and their children, and their children’s children. It is about controlling Scotland’s future in the way they control so much of its present."

I went to a place, can't remember the name, possibly National Trust, in the north-east of England and in the walled veg garden it had 14 compost boxes! The 14th was the finished article, my word, it was stupendous!

The snow looks beautiful from a heated room 😉 Himself has dug the track out 3 times so far and has managed to get his car out today, thankfully, as we're in need of food supplies! If ever you are up this way again I can pass on fleece, with dags if required.

Any snow? Do you want any fleece for it?

14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Happy New Year Eddie, looking forward to more of your beautiful photos. All the best for 2026 🫶

Hope I get my letter soon 😇

Yes thanks, nice and quiet just us two 🙂 and we had a BBQ 😄 Hope you are having a good one too 👍

Not..... Lassie???

December Bylines Network Gazette now available - and a Monbiot-shaped Boxing Day gift As 2025 draws to an end, we're focusing on the future of our planet in a Gazette packed with fantastic citizen writing on climate change – and free access to our most popular podcast of the year.

The new Bylines Network gazette is out!

Theme is Environment - with a hefty dose of George Monbiot.

Have a quick look! 👇👀

🤬 appalling !

Looks amazing!

Very much my sort of thing!

What are the perils vs possibilities in working with business & finance to achieve nature recovery?

Come to our workshop next week (Tuesday, 13:15) at #BES2025 to explore these issues & share your thoughts
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Starmer: “Going for a walk on your own and clearing your head, being out there with nature, is something I really enjoy. The peace, quiet, taking in a wider world – I've always loved it,”

Also Starmer: "The new common-sense approach doesn’t allow newts or bats to be more important than the homes"

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The donation window is open until midday next Tuesday 9th December and any amount you can spare will be so gratefully received and doubled through match funding.

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Land reform is the pathway to building true people power It is telling that within weeks of the Land Reform Bill passing in our Parliament, we are discussing the future of land reform in Scotland with…

Josh Doble of Community Land Scotland: “This is not a fringe issue. Land reform touches upon all of our lives as we face housing shortages, rising food prices, growing inequality and ecosystem collapse.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2566814...

Stunning photo Eddie 🥰

COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.

Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.