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Beach Cleans
We started beach cleans in December 2023, and have been out on most Sundays, weather permitting. There is a lot of plastic on the beach and we even found an old creel. We note the phenomal amount of rubbish on all beaches on the north coast, and reported to the MCS. We have a beach…
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Peat monitoring at Killiminster
National Plant Monitoring at Killiminster will commence in April 2024. Meanwhile, you can read my book – the Elements of the Environment – Peat – it is part of a series. You can learn about how we are developing the North Highland Way through Elements of the Environment here. On 28th March 2024, I went…
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Soil
ELEMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT – SOIL In 2018, a project around soil was started, and the book Elements of the Environment – Peat was published in ……. followed by Elements of the Environment – Trees in May 2023. Soil is fundamental to our well being and the state of the environment. It can be an…
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Learning zone
We start, as most courses,with a video Then get some feedback Discounts available for Friends of the North Highland Way.
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Environmental classes
You can sign up to our environmental classes here www.friendsofthenorthhighlandway.com
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Join Friends of the NorthHighlandWay
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Olive Oil
“When you drink olive oil daily, something extraordinary happens to you.” That’s according to Europe’s leading nutrition expert, Dr Sarah Brewer. “Olive oil is without doubt the perfect superfood,” she told me in an interview last month. “It’s packed with remarkable compounds called polyphenols, which are phenomenal for your skin, hair, joints, weight…”
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Food Waste
We have been dealing with Food Waste at home for some time now. We are about to “bury” the third case of rotting food in the garden and test it. This one will be in a different part of the garden, so could be interesting. In April 2024, we joined the Keep Scotland Beautiful Food Waste project,…
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Bird Watch and others
From 26 to 28 January 2024, the RSPB have their Big Garden Bird watch. In our efforts to look at the big picture with respect to NetZero, we decided that we will do it, and put the results in our Environmental News Magazine in March 2024, along with our ongoing agricultural research. We also put the results…
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Substack
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Protected: Scottish Outdoor Access Code
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Protected: A year on
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