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Remembering the Tuath

Forms of traditional ecological knowledge that have been enacted since antiquity in Scotland are ripe for re-imagining. Col Gordon explores ways in which a renewed application of these methods can help transition to sustainable, locally-appropriateforms of agriculture in the post fossil-fuel era. Art by Megan Chapman. From #4 of LESS a journal of degrowth,...

Betwixt and Between: a Conversation with Hanna Tuulikki

Dougie Strang interviews Hanna Tuulikki about her new project Seals’kin, and much more. This interview was published in #4 of LESS a journal of degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. You can pick up a free hard copy from our hubs here.“Neither one thing nor another thing,” sings Hanna Tuulikki, over and over, providing the...

Farmer to Farmer – Transitions to Regenerative Farming in South West Scotland

Nowhere are the ideas of perpetual growth more embedded and more destructive than in our food economy, in which the only metric for ‘success’ is endless growth, export sales, and a ‘productivity’ without recourse to any meaningful sense of quality. The alternative to this is explored here by Diana Garduño Jiménez and Abi Mordin...

On-the-ground activism in Galloway

In their focus on mining in Galloway, Annie Morgan and Nayab Khalid look from the particular to the global to talk of Martin Arboleda’s “planetary mine”. This thread is a recurring one of rooting action in place and time but drawing back to see a wider and deeper picture. For Morgan and Khalid, Arboleda’s...

Scotland’s Top 20 Polluters

As the shambles and scandal of Drax tumbles out in to the open 'UK power station owner cuts down primary forests in Canada' - we have our own problems here in Scotland. For issue 4 of LESS - Scotland's journal of degrowth and radical abundance - we partnered with The Ferret (Scotland's award winning...

Somersaulting out of a Cave of Gold: thoughts on the current and future condition of the Gàidhealtachd

Words by Iain Mackinnon. Illustration by Pearse O' Halloran.“Let me begin by stating something that might seem obvious: isolation is an important tool, and a devastating result, of colonization. …the colonized society as a whole is made to think of itself as entirely alone in the universe – completely vulnerable and unprotected. At...

Re-Membering the Tuath

Forms of traditional ecological knowledge that have been erected since antiquity in Scotland are ripe for re-imagining. Col Gordon explores ways in which a renewed application of these methods can help transition to sustainable, locally-appropriate forms of agriculture in the post fossil-fuel era.“I hear the storm. They talk to me about progress, about ‘achievements’;...

Other Worlds

Degrowth and Ecology: a Silent PlantingLast night we launched our new issue with the magnificent Stove Network in Dumfries. You can pick up a copy from there, and in the coming weeks across Scotland- check the list of our Hubs here for updates, or order a bundle to help share and distribute by contacting...

LESS #4 – Call for Contributions

LESS is a journal on degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. Issue 4: the ecology issue.With Glasgow's COP26 fading into history as another milestone in industrial civilisations' failure to reckon seriously with the root causes of climate change, the limitations of our ability to handle diffuse, complex risk becomes clearer. Our national and global...

Freedom is an Attitude: Land, Craft, and Rebellion in The Highlands

Affordable access to secure, decent housing was difficult enough for many before the pandemic. Afterwards, it’s even worse. Buyers fleeing urban environments for an ‘improved quality of life’ have created a particularly overheated property market in the Highlands and Islands. Rural areas already suffering from depopulation and chronic housing shortages for locals, especially young...