Alex Walker
@tulliallan2274.bsky.social
Chair of Ekopia Social Investments, a community benefit co-operative based at the Park Ecovillage, Findhorn, Scotland and a director of Community Energy Moray. Views are my own.
The remarkably well-preserved Kildonan Dun, on the Kintyre coast north of Campbeltown. Roughly D-shaped, it would have served as a fortified farmstead when first built, the better part of two thousand years ago. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #KildonanDun #Kintyre #Argyll
part of my extended discussion with raj shamani centered on india’s role today my take - india is in strongest overall geopolitical position of all the middle powers what that means for indians, and the world: youtu.be/zSkxqtTbEGU?...
Top Geopolitical Expert: Why America Is No Longer The World's Leader | Ian Bremmer|FO545 Raj Shamani
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GENERAL Licence restrictions imposed on two Scottish shooting estates after evidence of raptor persecution crimes: Milton of Drimmie Estate (Perthshire) & Invermark Estate (in the notorious Angus Glens). New blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/08/07/g...
General Licence restrictions imposed on two Scottish shooting estates after evidence of raptor persecution – Milton of Drimmie (Perthshire) & Invermark Estate (Angus Glens)
NatureScot has today announced a three-year General Licence restriction on two shooting estates: Milton of Drimmie Estate, near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, and Invermark Estate in the Angus Glens. MIL…
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The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add your name to the petition to help save 'The Mack': you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’
The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add...
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I really miss the old DSA and Canmore websites. Their replacements are either unusable or constantly down.
Never thought I’d see my name listed amongst the likes of Lloyd Cole, James and The Human League. Check out this line-up! See you very soon @Belladrum festival … can’t wait!
I will be giving a talk in Helensburgh on 30 July 2026 about the history and relevance of burgh commons or common good land in light of proposals to build a supermarket on part of Helensburgh's common good lands. destinationhelensburgh.org/events/publi...
Public Meeting about the Waterfront - Destination Helensburgh
Public meeting about the sale of common good land on Helensburgh's waterfront with guest speaker Andy Wightman
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When you're in the Garnethill area of Glasgow, keep an eye out for the small bird sculptures on the top of the lamp posts. There's over 150 of them and they are part of an art installation called Chookie Burdies created by Shona Kinloch in 1993. #glasgow #sculpture #garnethill #publicart
NEW ANALYSIS: One of the most consequential discoveries of the 20th century is marked by a small blue plaque near my office. The lithium-ion cathode, Oxford, 1980. Grid batteries have since gone from one 5 MW project to 267 GW worldwide. New Bright Spots 👇 open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...
Batteries are quietly rewiring the grid
From a plaque in Oxford to a third of California's electricity peak: how batteries revolutionise the grid.
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✨ COMPETITION ✨ Happy 8-month birthday to my album! 🥳 Here’s a competition to celebrate - how many plants on the album cover can you name? They’re all Scottish native plants. The first person to name at least 10 plants will get a free CD 💿 Thank you to Elly Lucas for this artwork!
However, there's something about it that always makes me think of the early 1960s version of the Beatles, and more specifically their 1964 appearance the Ed Sullivan show in the US when they sang I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Cont./ #glasgow #sculpture #thebeatles #queenspark #architecture
14/ There's two ways to read this. One: we have less room for manoeuvre than we'd hoped. The other, & this matters, every link in the chain is also a link we can act on. Cutting emissions does more work than we thought. So does protecting carbon sinks. So does building resilience
Morning all, if you know any GPs looking for a new job the practice in Drumnadrochit on the banks of Loch Ness, half an hour from Inverness are looking for 2 salaried GP,s 👍 Please share
Yesnaby all my troubles seemed so far eday…
Orkney Library & Archive@orkneylibrary.bsky.social · last mo.Happy 86th Birthday to Sir Ringo Starr, who was born on the 7th July 1940! 🥳 We don't know if Ringo ever visited #Orkney (though Paul McCartney has) but #FunFact DID YOU KNOW that Ringo's great-grandfather was a merchant seaman from #Shetland who moved to Liverpool around 1870?
Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it. EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this. Please Sign to demand products that last! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05...
Longer life, lower costs!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Longer life, lower costs!
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Partnering with nature, cheers to that 🌳 We’re delighted to be #partnering with @blackisle.bsky.social, a local certified B Corp producing organic beer. Funds from sales of their Treehouse Pale Ale are supporting woodland creation, helping to restore nature across the #ScottishHighlands.
Free UK Shipping from now until midnight Sunday, 5th July. No code needed. All profits go to Northern Picts research
Over 11 million rare tree seeds collected by hand 🌰🌳 Thanks to the dedication of around 100 incredible volunteers, our Tree Seed Collection Project with @wtscotsocial.bsky.social has collected seeds from remote #woodlands and Scotland's rainforest. Read more 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/volunteers-c...
Volunteers collect over 11m rare seeds by hand from remote areas to restore Scotland’s native woodlands and rainforest - Trees for Life
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More than 60,000 oysters returned to the Firth of Forth! 🦪 @naturescot.bsky.social's latest blog, featuring our very own Lyndsey Dodds, explores why this milestone matters for #MarineRestoration. Read how Restoration Forth is working with communities to restore seagrass meadows and oyster reefs. ⬇️
More than 60,000 oysters return to the Firth of Forth
In today’s guest blog, WWF Scotland’s Dr Lyndsey Dodds shares the successes of Restoration Forth – an award-winning project working to restore European flat oysters to their natural home. There are…
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The Most Demanding Idea in the World 'together, we will make moral ambition contagious again – ....as real commitment and real action. Thank you @rutgerbregman.com open.substack.com/pub/rutgerbr...
The Most Demanding Idea in the World
A speech I gave at our Fellowship Summit in March. This is what we are fighting for at The School for Moral Ambition.
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NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...
the uk left the european union. a decade later, the question isn’t who else is leaving. it’s who wants to join. @gzeromedia.com
Why Europe isn’t falling apart despite political turmoil | ask ian
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It's rare indeed that you find a detailed economic analysis in a Sunday newspaper. But when a "Bold new economic theory" gets this kind of coverage (double centre spread running to 4000 words), we can only describe it as an exceptional occurrence. 1/5
