Hope emerges

Mountain ecosystems across the world are under threat – but the people who love them are fighting back. Hanna Lindon meets the hillwalking heroes using their outdoor skills for positive change

Ancient rural skills in a modern world

The coconut scent of bright-yellow gorse flowers wafts around me as the gravel path crunches beneath my feet. Darting in and out of my peripheral vision, damselflies and dragonflies dance and dive, ba

MANY people mistakenly assume that the windswept islands of the Scottish Hebrides are mostly treeless. That’s a misconception – and if you don’t believe me, just ask the inhabitants of the small islan

Drive on country roads at the moment and you’ll see a lot of signs saying ‘no!’. “NO to the Family Farm Tax!” “NO Farmers, NO Food!” There’s anger in the shires at the Labour Government, who swept to

Even our most beautiful mountain environments bear the ...