Kate Wimpress – Innovation in Edinburgh
Read our latest blog by Kate Wimpress. She writes about her experience of community landownership at North Edinburgh Arts in Edinburgh.
Community Land Blog
Transparency, Options to Develop Land and Community Empowerment: Time for Action
We were asked to write a blog for the Scottish Land Commission on their research into transparency and legal options to development land ‘Transparency of Options Agreements’ (Diffley Partnership 2023).
Green Lairds and Urban Scotland
Scottish land markets are changing quickly due in part to global demand for low and zero carbon investments. Investors and the super-rich, the so-called “Green Lairds”, are buying up large landholdings for “rewilding” and other carbon offset projects.
Community Landowners – A Distinctive Contribution to Addressing the Climate Emergency
Community Land Scotland has published research on the distinctive contribution that community landowners are making to addressing the climate emergency.
Community Ownership – Shaping the Future of Our Towns
Following our January 2021 event, Pippa Coutts, Policy and Development Manager, Carnegie UK Trust wrote a blog highlighting the key messages from the conversation.
Rural Community-led Housing Delivery: Small Scale, Big Impact
Case studies of community-led initiatives which have successfully delivered housing projects with support from the Rural Housing Fund.
Kick-starting Community Led Housing – Social Value and Land Disposal in Bristol
A Blog by Tom Beale of Ecomotive, Bristol
Alastair McIntosh blog on Riders on the Storm
In his new book, Riders on the Storm: Climate Change and the Survival of Being, the Isle of Lewis raised author, Alastair McIntosh, sums up… Read More »Alastair McIntosh blog on Riders on the Storm
Changes at Community Land Scotland
News release 9th January 2018 New Policy Director for Community Land Scotland Some changes will be taking place at Community Land Scotland this month. Following… Read More »Changes at Community Land Scotland