Category: The world about us
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Living with renewable energy farms: Upsides
As government bodies develop their strategies on renewable energy in the UK, large scale renewable energy projects are being implemented all over the country. These projects include wind and solar farms, BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems), and all the electrical infrastructures required. The ideal siting for many of these projects are in rural highland areas.…
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Living with renewable energy farms: Downsides
As government bodies develop their strategies on renewable energy in the UK, large scale renewable energy projects are being implemented all over the country. These projects include wind and solar farms, BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems), and all the electrical infrastructures required. The ideal siting for many of these projects are in rural highland areas.…
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Living with retrofit
Retrofitting homes throughout the UK is part of all nations’ government policy. Whilst the overall benefits are recognised, the top-down approach has meant that a number of eco-architects feel that the experience of people, especially working women with families, living through the retrofitting process is not adequately recognised, especially with a view to health and…
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Being a Farmer in the Heart of Scotland
This is the recorded conversation of three friends and neighbours who work on farms in a particular area in the heart of Scotland that is a mix of valleys and hills reaching over 2000 feet. The farms are mainly livestock farms but they are each different in their own way. In the conversation, the farmers…
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Being an Upland Hill Farmer
Another contribution to Encouraged Conversations from three farmers who have long experience of farming in the uplands of the south of Scotland. They are discussing questions from residents of a small village in the rural region of the Scottish Borders.
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Being Vegan
After years of revolution, the big question remains: why aren’t there more women in leadership? Sarah and Olivia get deep into the subject.
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