LINK Thinks

LINK Thinks is a space for members and others to express their views about Scotland’s environment. If you would like to contribute a blog please contact information@scotlink.org. The opinions expressed in this blog are the author's and not necessarily those of the wider LINK membership.

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Days to go before crucial vote to protect Scotland’s environment post-Brexit

18 Dec 2020

Scottish Environment LINK has warned Scotland’s natural environment and wildlife remain at grave risk unless major gaps in new Scottish nature laws are closed before Brexit.

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Scotland’s Nature Network

02 Dec 2020

One of the best ways to deliver transformational change is not only powerful, it can be easily delivered. A Scottish Nature Network helps focus effort and resources toward improving the ecological health of Scotland’s natural assets and helping tackle the climate and nature emergency.

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Are repairs making a comeback?

01 Dec 2020

If you’re anything like me, you have at least one electrical item gathering dust deep in a forgotten cupboard at home – perhaps it suddenly gave out on you, or maybe you decided to upgrade. The issue of upgrades is being partly tackled by company buy-back/trade-in schemes. But that’s of no use if an item just stops working. When faced with this, what is stopping you from trying to repair it?

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Species Champions back Declaration of a Nature Emergency

27 Nov 2020

Last week, the Scottish Parliament was asked to vote on a motion, tabled by Mark Ruskell MSP, to declare a nature emergency. Disappointingly, the opportunity was missed to take this bold step, with SNP and Conservative MSPs voting instead for an amendment removing the words ‘nature emergency’ altogether and congratulating current efforts. Scotland would have […]

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Welcome improvements to Scotland’s EU exit laws, but bill must go further for nature

25 Nov 2020

Scottish Environment LINK, a coalition of Scotland’s leading environmental charities, has today welcomed initial improvements to the Scottish Government’s EU Continuity Bill, which delivers crucial post-Brexit environmental protections, including an environment watchdog.

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Scotland’s new environment watchdog must provide real recourse to justice

16 Nov 2020

When a local beauty spot – a beach, a wood, a hillside – comes under threat, local people are very often its most passionate defenders. Meetings are held, alliances formed, knowledge rapidly acquired and shared, and politicians lobbied in a quest to save a much-loved piece of nature.

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Nature Recovery Targets Letter from MSP Species Champions to Cabinet Secretary

05 Nov 2020

30 MSP Species Champions signed a letter to the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform calling on the Scottish Government to deliver an ambitious, legally binding set of targets and milestones to secure nature recovery. The letter, organised by Scottish Environment LINK, calls on the Scottish Government to champion nature. Real […]

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Scotland must step up action for nature’s recovery

28 Oct 2020

‘Today nature is vanishing at rates never seen before in human history,’ warned David Attenborough in his recent documentary about our planet. Scotland is no exception to the global trend of biodiversity decline. But it’s not too late for Scotland to act swiftly to reverse nature’s decline, says LINK Advocacy Manager Vhairi Tollan.

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Why repair is a key part of a circular economy and a green recovery

15 Oct 2020

"With new goods hard to find, we reused, repaired and repurposed everything we owned and found. In a year our household of six created just one dustbin of rubbish." Repair Network's Sophie Unwin describes her repair journey, from rural Nepal to Brixton, Leith and Govanhill.

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