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Outdoor learning: helping to heal our young people
It has long been recognised that outdoor learning can be beneficial for health and wellbeing. NatureScot recently published the evaluation of a large collaborative outdoor learning project – the Learning in Local Greenspace project – which ran between 2015 and … Continue reading
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Tagged green health, Green infrastructure, greenspaces, outdoor education, Outdoor learning
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Living Roofs for People, Place and Nature
Ivan Clark, our Placemaking Team Manager at SNH, tells us about a partnership project exploring the contribution that green roofs can make to successful, climate-resilient places. He found that by applying the right kind of roof to the right building … Continue reading
Building with Nature – Greener Social Housing by Design
Scotland’s urban green spaces provide many benefits for people and nature – from opportunities to exercise; spaces to grow food; refuges for wildlife; and valuable services, such as managing flood water and mitigating the effects of air and noise pollution. … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, climate change, Community engagement, Flood management, Flooding, Flowers, gardens, green health, Green infrastructure, Natural Health Service, Planning, Projects, Research, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Sustainable Drainage Systems, Uncategorized, urban nature
Tagged climate change, design and nature, green design, green health, Green infrastructure, greenspaces, housing associations, nature, Research, urban greenspace, urban nature
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Future planning: designing places in a climate emergency
As urban areas grow and the realities of the climate emergency become clearer, there is a need to look at the way we design and build the places where we live and work. Today, Abi Gardner, a graduate placement working with … Continue reading
Posted in Access, active travel, biodiversity, climate change, Community engagement, conference, graduate placement, meadow, Natural Health Service, Planning, SNH, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged communityy, future planning, Green infrastructure, Place-making, placemaking, places, Planning, Scotland, ScotNature, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, well-being, wellbeing
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Buffering climate change with wetlands
We were delighted to host 18 colleagues from across Europe on a recent study tour by the Eurosite Wetlands and Climate Change working group, visiting sites across central Scotland to find out how we are using wetlands to help buffer … Continue reading
Biodiversity Beyond 2020 – Scotland’s Contribution
So what’s next for Scotland’s biodiversity? Our CEO, Francesca Osowska took centre-stage to discuss Scotland’s contributions to biodiversity beyond 2020. Here is her speech, in full, from the Business Breakfast at Scotland House, Brussels, 6 Nov 2018 as part of … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, climate change, coastal erosion, Community engagement, conservation, Green infrastructure, Habitat Map of Scotland, Marine Protected Areas, MPAs, National Nature Reserves, peatland restoration, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, The Flow Country, urban nature, wildlife management
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, europe, Francesca Osowska, Green infrastructure, Scotland
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A Certain Buzz!
You’ve got to admire community activists and social entrepreneurs who bring about change and make good things happen, and it’s a real buzz when our work gives us a chance to work alongside such folk. Andy Dorin, Forth Area Manager, … Continue reading
Social Housing and Green Infrastructure – Connecting people and nature
Ivan Clark, our Plan & Place-making Team Manager, is working with our partners to explore how we can deliver better quality greenspace in social housing developments. Scotland’s urban green spaces provide a range of benefits for people and nature. They … Continue reading
Our seven Green Infrastructure Fund projects
This year SNH awarded £5.8 million from its Green Infrastructure Fund to seven projects that will improve local green space in some of the most deprived, urban areas in Scotland. Match funding from other sources will result in a total … Continue reading
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Tagged Green infrastructure, greenspaces, Scottish Natural Heritage
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What is green infrastructure?
We only have to be stuck in a traffic jam, be waiting for a delayed train or not getting a mobile phone signal to realise how vital infrastructure is to us. But all of that is part of the grey, … Continue reading
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Tagged Green infrastructure, greenspaces, Scottish Natural Heritage
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