Can you imagine a Scotland where commercial banks are redundant, companies are owned by workers and land is held in ‘the commons’? Yanis Varoufakis’ new book, Another Now, envisages what a post-capitalist present could look like. The former Greek Finance Minister has written a number of best-sellers since his dramatic, albeit short-lived, battle with ‘The Troika’ in 2015. … [Read more...] about Another now, another Scotland
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Time tae think again
When a recent poll found support for Scottish independence had reached a record high of 58%, a wave of panic swept through Westminster. Senior Conservatives, anxious about the UK falling apart on their watch, responded by ordering the creation of a new government unit to “to turn the tide of Scottish nationalism”. The fact that the poll arrived as such a shock indicates just … [Read more...] about Time tae think again
Scotland’s first vertical farm grows hope for the future
‘We don’t have the land’. With the aid of a rosy-red apple, Professor Colin Campbell demonstrates the challenge of feeding the 8.3 billion people likely to inhabit planet Earth within the next 12 years.It’s a moment of theatre in a morning of cutting edge science. One apple. Two men: Campbell, the CEO of James Hutton Institute, and David Farquhar, CEO of Intelligent Growth … [Read more...] about Scotland’s first vertical farm grows hope for the future
Vertical farming: sustainable future made in Scotland?
In my job I sometimes feel overwhelmed by the challenges connected with how to build a sustainable future. Most of the time the solutions which many well-meaning people bring to my door just don’t add up or they are insufficiently ambitious. More often than not they create a new way of doing things which just moves the problem of a sustainable future elsewhere. They are not … [Read more...] about Vertical farming: sustainable future made in Scotland?