The skill & cost of stabilisation work is significant, so is the cost to the city of the road closure. @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social needs to publish its economic impact assessment, so we can understand whether demolition is the least worse option www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/princes...

Scale of task following Princes Street fire is spelled out

‘8 to 12 metres of unrestrained masonry... unstable stonework... lintels have failed’

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The Keihoku Forestry Cooperative in Ukyo ward, Kyoto, needed a materials store and garage, and built it from timber its own members had cut.

Felling trees can be an emotional topic. The Royal Forestry Society have made a short video to promote understanding of the forestry sector. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social youtu.be/SMUyqSZG6Xw?...

Branching Out: Healthy Trees Need Healthy People

YouTube video by Royal Forestry Society

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This month in Edinburgh 🌡️📈 16.5°C. This has been the warmest month ending 1st August since 2018. It was 1.6°C warmer than average. Average: 14.9°C · Trend: +0.21 ± 0.09 °C/decade #ClimateData #ClimateChange #Edinburgh #climate

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16.5°C. This has been the warmest month ending 1st August since 2018. It was 1.6°C warmer than average.

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Still no apparent assessment from the Council of the cost to the city of these closures. We need to find the right balance of the cultural value of the building, with the social and economic costs of the closure.

The City of Edinburgh Council@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · last wk.

Highly complex work to reinforce the building's façade is expected to continue on Princes Street for at least three weeks. We're doing everything we can to keep the city moving but please plan ahead and allow plenty of time for your journeys.

Move the statue ❌ Sort out the whole street ❌ Restrict cars ❌ Realign the junction ❌ Make it more dangerous for people on bikes ✅

SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · last wk.

👍 #GreyfriarsBobby footway widening 🤔 We trust #cycling safety will be included, or will be very nasty pinchpoint on busy 🚲route .. we have asked @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edoldtowncoco.bsky.social

There’s often scepticism about Ed Council decision making. Decisions often lack transparency, despite lengthy consultations & lengthier reports To keep Princes Street closed, the Council needs to have a rough idea of the overall cost to the City, it clearly doesn’t. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Edinburgh is open' plea as tram traffic dwindles in fire aftermath

A bar owner in Leith says the suspended tram line and disruption is driving customers away from the area.

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On this day in 1767 Edinburgh Town Council authorised James Craig's plan of Edinburgh's New Town - 259 years ago

🎥 How to survive a #heatwave - make your home a cool zone (without air conditioning) Full #video ▶️ youtu.be/mSSQmkH2XdM PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you! #heat #summer #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klima #ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction #adaptation #tips

We have a Dutch friend visiting for a few days … she drove up from the Hull ferry yesterday and couldn’t believe how dry everything looked …

Hartford station in rural Cheshire - an empty timber train, I assume having been to Kronsopan at Chirk 🌲

Lots of new developments in Leith …

Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sharp increase in long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action A ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’, including collapse of ice sheets, suggests up to 13 million people in UK face long-term risk of coastal flooding, say researchers at Univ Bristol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today we had the University of Edinburgh flying thermal, LiDAR and hyperspectral drones over our drought adaptation tree experiment. Really exciting to watch, and keen to see the high-resolution data! 🌳🧪

NEW ANIMATION LAUNCHES AT THE ROYAL WELSH SHOW Produced by RFS & funded by @forestrycommission.bsky.social sheds light on the experience of tree workers when the public respond negatively. 👉 https://ow.ly/ihG350ZoVIJ #BranchingOut #HealthyTreesNeedHealthyPeople #MentalHealthInForestry #BeCurious

YES to #ClimateAction 🌍 #renewables☀️🌬️ N⛔️more North Sea drilling PL RP🩷💚💙 keep manifesto pledges! #Endfossilfuels @younglabour.bsky.social @thecccuk.bsky.social @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social @alanstricklandmp.bsky.social @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social @alicemlabour.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk

This is worth 2 minutes of your time. Similar challenges and concerns for people doing new planting schemes 🌳🌲

Royal Forestry Society@royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW ANIMATION LAUNCHES AT THE ROYAL WELSH SHOW Produced by RFS & funded by @forestrycommission.bsky.social sheds light on the experience of tree workers when the public respond negatively. 👉 https://ow.ly/ihG350ZoVIJ #BranchingOut #HealthyTreesNeedHealthyPeople #MentalHealthInForestry #BeCurious

…. but can they do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke …

Fire near Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh

Good luck to everyone traveling to Builth today and setting up stands, stalls and caravans at the Royal Welsh Show. Sadly not attending this year and slightly regretting my decision !

Hi @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social I fear that 2 of the Wheatley Elms on Bellevue Place are showing classic symptoms of Dutch Elm Disease @ntbcc.bsky.social 🌳☹️

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

The report demonstrates how 2025 was the warmest year in the UK series from 1884, with the last four years in the top five warmest. The number of days over 30C has quadrupled for Greater London for the most recent decade compared to 1961-1990. 🧵2/

Report says growing Sydney's tree canopy would save $1 billion in health costs

Expanding Sydney's tree canopy could save $1b a year in health costs

A series of greenways crisscrossing Sydney's west presents an opportunity to grow the city's canopy and make more public space, a Committee for Sydney report suggests.

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The imminent closure of a Community Council is a symptom of what’s wrong with local government in Scotland - just as the state of Princes Street is, and the incompetent re-design of George St. and the failure to push ahead with the tram network and the underfunded youth services Etc etc

Jester mouse@jestermouse.bsky.social · 4w ago

Corstorphine Community Council’s future hanging by a thread (Courtesy of @edinburghminute.com ) www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2026/07/09/e...

Strong recommend for this - a forestry friend managed the planting, and it’s been fascinating to follow the progress of the site.

The Carbon Community@thecarboncom.bsky.social · 4w ago

🧵Join us for an online webinar to find out more from our recent scientific paper showing that nature-based interventions can improve carbon removal in young forests. Date: 14th July at 2 pm BST Register: bit.ly/GFCS14July #EnhancedRockWeathering #Forestry #SoilMicrobiome 🔗 to paper in thread

The woodland establishment and use of "enhanced rock weathering" at Glandwr is fascinating, and could have major implications for how we plan and plant 🌱 🌲 🌳 . Really looking forward to this webinar on the 14th. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-ca...

#heatwave #glandwrforestcarbonstudy #ggr #enhancedrockweathering #erw #soilmicrobiome #trees | The Carbon Community

Another #heatwave, another reminder that we need to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Join us on Tuesday 14th July for the #GlandwrForestCarbonStudy, in conversation 2026. Dr Bonnie Waring from Imperi...

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There are similar challenges of aggregating supply and management in family forests, for example in Finland where the average forest size is 30 Ha and timber rotations are many decades and could span 2-3 generations of a family.

Land Use development for Climate Adaptation - LUCA at IfaS@luca-at-ifas.bsky.social · last mo.

Challenge - Marketing Agroforestry Wood (Episode 3 - Agroforestry and Wood Value Chains) 🪵 🚛 Despite the huge demand for wood for industrial use, logistic challenges make it impossible for small farmers to become suppliers. New partnerships are required! 🤝 👉 youtube.com/shorts/QpbaS...

Finn-joists - I beams made from Finnish 🌲timber and OSB being used on the old bowling green site at Powderhall, Edinburgh - more info on the product via TDUK timberdevelopment.uk/member-produ...

“The case has now been rejected by two High Court judges and has occupied three full days of High Court time, with legal costs exceeding £500,000.”

Forestry Journal/essentialARB@forestryjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING NEWS: High Court dismisses challenge against one of England's largest new forests