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Scotland Makes World’s First Urban Green Space Map

September 14, 2011

Holyrood Palace, the royal residence in Scotland, is surrounded by green space. Photo: Bernt Rostad / Creative Commons.

Finding a place to hike or picnic in Scotland’s cities just got easier with the introduction of what is thought to be the world’s …

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Nuclear Weapons Testing Concerns Halt 1 Gigawatt of Wind Power in UK

August 19, 2011

Time to time military objections to wind power projects seem to pop up, but here’s one with some seriously big impact: The Guardian reports that the UK Ministry of Defence is blocking plans for a total of 1 gigawatt of wind power in north-west Englan…

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Gorgeous Composting Shed Woven From Re-Bar By Groves-Raines Architects

August 1, 2011

Photos: Groves-Raines Architects

Who said composting bins have to be unimaginative, boring boxes? Taking composting to fancier heights is Scottish architecture firm Groves-Raines Architects (GRA), which designed this free-flowing composting and storag…

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Volunteers Prevent Over 100 Whales From Beaching

May 22, 2011

Photo: ahisgett / cc

Late last week, after more than a hundred whales threatening to beach themselves were spotted off the coast of an island in Scotland, dozens of locals worked together to save them — and their efforts seem to have worked. Thanks …

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Wind Farms Paid Not To Produce – A Lesson In Energy Transmission & Storage

May 5, 2011

photo: Brain Forbes/Creative Commons

It may seem like stupidity embodied on the face of it, but six Scottish wind farms have been paid the equivalent of $1.46 million to not operate last month, EarthTimes reports. The reason is only going to become m…

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Scottish Wind Power Output Claims Slightly Deflated by New Report

April 7, 2011

photo: David Shand/Creative Commons

A new study supported by Scotland’s John Muir Trust, examines the potential electricity generation from wind power there and comes to the conclusion that a number of popular pro-wind talking points overstate the ca…

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Islamic Cycling, Space Tourism, Norway by Bike & Ski? Wend Magazine Has It All

January 25, 2011

Photos credit: Brian Mohr, Ember Photography, for Wend Magazine

Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world. In the current issue, they inform us that in 2010 officials in Isfahan,…

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Scotland Plans to Use 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2025

October 22, 2010

First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, recently announced that, with new goals set into motion, the country may be running off “at least” 100 percent renewable energy by the year 2025. “Scotland has unrivalled green energy resources and our new national target to generate 80 percent of electricity needs from renewables by 2020 will be exceeded by delivering current plans for wind, wave and tidal generation,” Salmond said this week at the Scottish…

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Public Lecture – Green Roofs and Ecosystems – Dublin

October 20, 2010

Looking forward to going back to Ireland to do a talk on behalf of the Irish Landscape Institute tomorrow evening.The talk will be at Conference Room, Pearse Street Library, Dublin, Eire .
Prio to the talk I will do doing a seminar at the University Co…

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Wool & Seaweed Makes Sustainable Brick Stronger

October 6, 2010

Photo: Carmen Galán and Carlos Rivera

Could wool be the new future for a more sustainable brick? It may very well be, as researchers from Spain’s University of Seville and Glasgow’s University of Strathclyde have found by creating a stronger, unfired…

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