Innovation

Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland Conference

Following last year’s successful conference, the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Scotland Partnership is looking to build on the UNESCO ratification to raise awareness of the richness and diversity of Scotland’s intangible cultural heritage and explore how we might move forward with shared actions across Scotland.

Projects to increase farming skills, tackle environmental impacts and enhance competitiveness in food production will share more than £300,000 in newly-announced grant support. 

A new Scottish tax aimed at encouraging the use of recycled materials in construction has been approved unanimously by the Scottish Parliament.

The annual Countryside Alliance Awards are now open to public nomination, and Scottish Rural Network (SRN) is urging local rural and island communities to get nominating.

SAOS has welcomed Vicky Warcup, of Farm Stock Scotland, and Murray Forsyth, of Aberdeen Grain, to the Board of Directors following the recent AGM of the organisation, whose focus is on co-operation in food and farming supply chains.

Walking and Talking: Exploring the Benefits of Trees for Big and Wee Beasts with Andy & Debbie Duffus

Join Scottish Forestry and Andy and Debbie Duffus as they introduce us to Mains of Auchriachan, their 1540 hectare tenanted hill farm in Tomintoul.

A framework committing partners (councils, consenting bodies, statutory consultees, developers, and Scottish Government) to work together to facilitate planning and consenting processes in Green Freeport sites has been published by Scottish Government.

A company that grows nutrient-rich algae from whisky waste to help preserve wild fish populations has been announced as a finalist for the prestigious Earthshot Prize 2024.

MiAlgae, which started at the University of Edinburgh in 2016, farms its own algae to produce Omega 3 - an essential mineral for human and animal health - that is naturally accumulated by the likes of sardines and anchovies.

VisitScotland Connect 2025 supplier registration launches

Join us at VisitScotland Connect 2025

VisitScotland Connect, our flagship travel-trade event, will return to P&J Live in Aberdeen on Wednesday 9 – Thursday 10 April 2025 and registration for eligible businesses opens today.  

Hopeful Futures, Inverness

There is a growing wave of people across the country - and around the world - who are actively building more hopeful futures. Community gardens, mutual aid groups, cooperatives of all kinds, solidarity networks, creative collectives, repair cafés, tool libraries, nature restoration projects—these are just a few examples. We can cultivate a root system of alternatives - both big and small - and reclaim a sense of possibility.

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