Reforesting Scotland journal

This is a list of back issues of the Reforesting Scotland Journal before 2013. For current and more recent issues, see our current website at www.reforestingscotland.org/publications/journal

Back issues

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Issue	Date	Contents	Cover
45	Spring/Summer 2012 Co-operative living - a low impact choice?	Forty years at Laurieston Hall Acorn, a new crofting co-op for Argyll A simple woodland life at Tinker's Bubble Together on the land at Talamh Thousand Huts campaign report and news of Big Tent Festival 2012 Food for thought: The Nourish network
44	Autumn/Winter 2011-12 Reforestation, regeneration and renewal	Renewing the Kelvin Valley Aspen apothecary - using aspen for remediation Greening the Central Belt Revitalising a neighbourhood in Aberdeen To tree or not to tree... - natural regeneration of oil-shale bings Gardening from the ground up - community gardening in Govan Glasgow wasteland to woodland Forest Schools for families Thousand Huts campaign update
43	Spring/Summer 2011 Woodland shelter	First shoots: Scotland's missing huts From one to a thousand - a personal perspective Hut life - the stories of three communities - Carbeth, Lunga and Soonhope from the perspective of a hutter, a landowner and a visitor RS members' debate... hutting Me and my hut - woodsman Ben Law, social entrepreneur Nigel Lowthrop and student Alec Farmer talk about their huts Building a hut - the beginners' guide Inhabiting forests - the rules and regulations Instant huts - ready-made options on the market Round the world in a hut on wheels Last word: The campaign for a Thousand Huts - Ninian Stuart introduces Reforesting Scotland's campaign for a Thousand Huts
42	Autumn/Winter 2010 Woodlands and water	First Shoots: A fish swam through it - Les Bates, forest gardener and long-term Reforesting Scotland member, introducing this year's Annual Gathering Restoring riparian woodland Aliens land in Loch Ness - invasive plants in riparian woodlands Refertilising Scotland - Peter Cunningham, biologist at Wester Ross Fisheries Trust Blarbuie grows from strength to strength Space to grow - the Secret Garden outdoor nursery A taste for greys... And food from the water - Emma Chapman of the Scottish Wild Harvests Association, and Fi Martynoga, museum researcher and writer Show your support for renewable heat Last word: Plant trees...for a thousand good reasons - Hugh Chalmers, Collaborative Action Co-ordinator with Tweed Forum
41	Spring/Summer 2010 Biodiversity	First Shoots: Learning to adapt to a changing environment Carrifran Wildwood and ecological restoration in the Southern Uplands - Philip Ashmole, founder member of the Wildwood Group and co-author of The Carrifran Wildwood Story Return of the wetland engineer - Paul Ramsay of Bamff, where beavers have lived for the last eight years Restoring biodiversity in the native pinewoods of the Caledonian Forest - Alan Watson Featherstone, founder and Executive Director of Trees for Life Under bracken's gold Artist in wood: Charles Poulsen: Growing sculpture Invasive plant, desirable wood Have your say on the Renewable Heat Incentive
40	Autumn/Winter 2009-10 Scotland in Transition	First Shoots: Embracing a new vision for the future Practical action for Transition Transition to rural resilience Deep into soil soul Orchards for the 21st century Willie Rodger: Artist in wood Tree feast Wood - fuel for the future!
39	Spring/Summer 2009 The future of forests	First Shoots: Planting for climate change by Roseanna Cunningham Buying the Devil's Beef Tub Forests to save the world... or at least Scotland Building a sustainable woodfuel industry Time for a change? Alternative forestry Lever and mulch - a different approach to rhodie-bashing Heat your home, help save the world
38	Autumn 2008 Learning to reconnect	First Shoots: Forest School - re-connecting children with the outdoors Seeing the stars - from Govan to Dalriada The 'Powerpod' - a peer education project Gardens of inspiration - by creating we think School days at Barnluasgan The changing climate of education - learning from children Coping with deer - adding value to a woodland smallholding Who owns Scotland's natural products?
37	Spring 2008 Forest arts	First Shoots: We are all nature by Giles Sutherland Organic arts - the art farm project Saami soundscapes - politics and environment in Arctic Europe Source and presence - Dalziel + Scullion Thinking big - overcoming barriers to ecological restoration The Woodland Orchestra The Walking Theatre Company Art & poetry by Caroline Dear, Anna King, Richard Brockbank, Alison Swinfen, Roger Hall & The Scottish Furniture Makers
36	Spring/Summer 2007 Reclaiming our food supply	First Shoots: Fair play from farm to fork Peak oil, compost and attitude! The good old Scots diet Permaculture Apples in Glasgow Newburgh orchards Food from the forest Berry scoops
35	Autumn/Winter 2006 Rethinking energy	First Shoots: Scotland's future as the Saudi Arabia of renewables Balancing the energy equation: people power and land-based projects The end of cheap oil Permaculture and energy Climate chaos and community campaigning - Portobello Energy Descent and Land Reform Group Isle of Eigg - getting power to the people Paper making - a report on the paper industry Alyth - Climate Action Town
34	Spring/Summer 2006 The Land Issue - where are we now?	First Shoots: Half of Scotland is missing Community land ownership in Scotland - the story so far Land reform Isle of Eigg revisited Poachers turned gamekeepers - the Assynt buyout Land - paying for your living room Control of land through community woodlands - a Community Woodlands Association perspective Umnas and Ammarnas - mountain village communities in Sweden
33	Summer 2005 A place to live	First Shoots: Honesty takes time in housing... The roundhouse at DunBeag - getting planners on board Sustainable and affordable building - is it really asking too much? Rural housing - far from idyllic Forest Crofts Heartland Chalets Earthships in Scotland Tree Planters Guide to Lime (Tilia spp.)
32	Autumn/Winter 2004 Access for all	First Shoots: tree planting - no morning-after pill for fossil fuel excesses Feeling safe and being free Middlefield Community Garden Highland Disabled Ramblers RS interview: making woods work Tree Planters Guide to Douglas Fir Scottish hardwoods: the future is bright
31	Spring 2004 Forests: the benefits they bring us	When is an Eco-house more harmful than a giant holiday complex? First Shoots - Review of the national Forest Estate" Living with Nature - Rubha Phoil Forest Gardens Ken Patterson - Artist in Wood Woodlands - The Health Benefits Tree Planters Guide to Whitebean Laggan - The way forward in the 21st Century
30	Autumn 2003 Forest economics	Tree houses - the ultimate buildings of the forest The goose that lays the golden egg - revisiting how "our ancestors stole their future from us" The Flow Country, Stramash - have we learned the lessons? The tree planter's guide to dog rose Biocultural heritage in European forests My life in an urban woodland - a story of unexpected tranquility in the centre of London Ancient woodland - PAWS for thought Artists in wood - two at Sunart
29	Spring 2003 Non-timber forest products	Sourcing and marketing non-timber forest products Who says money doesn't grow on trees? No fence planting - a lesson from Wales Native woodland restoration - can it improve soils in the Highlands? An interview with Chris Nixon, district manager of Forest Enterprise in Dornoch
28	Autumn 2002 Warmth from wood	Developing fuelwood From wet wood to dry fuel Choosing your fuel - logs or chips? Making fuelwood work - Kinlochleven Community and Sports Centre Fuelwood successes in Sweden
27	Winter 2001 Do we want genetically modified trees?	The truth about Christmas trees Think local, but don't forget to act globally Genetically modified trees - the cases for and against Norwegian wood
26	Summer 2001 A world of wood	A world of wood Articles on forestry in Spain, Portugal, Cameroon, Kenya, Estonia, Canada, Poland, Russia and Papua New Guinea Should wolves be reintroduced to the Highlands of Scotland? Locating seed sources for Scottish native trees
25	Winter 2000 A sustainable future for Scotland?	Visions of a reforested Scotland Recycled versus FSC - building a market for environmentally friendly paper Target organic! - the campaign for an Organic Food and Farming Targets Bill for Scotland Working together - hill sheep and native woodland Building for sustainability
24	Summer 2000 Who cares about trees?	Repopulating deserts - Talamh Housing and the Green Dome Fayre Woodlands for butterflies The deer debate An interview with Dick Balharry A growing store of wealth
23	Spring 2000 How to reforest Scotland	Why natural regeneration? Ecological restoration of natural forests - the two main approaches Expanding native woodlands - await colonisation or plant? Rethinking the economics of natural regeneration Deer as a resource Glen Finglas - the return of the forest
22	Autumn 1999 The people and the trees	Land reform and civil society Land reform - a view from the city Forests for Scotland - forests for people? Timber landscape and the importance of design The Reforesting Scotland guide to Scottish native tree nurseries
21	Summer 1999 The art of wood	Environmental art - medium or movement? Lothian Trees and Timber - promoting the use of local hardwood timbers and sustainable forest management Tree music Environmental Arts Theatre Company
20	Spring 1999 What future for forests?	The future of rural communities The past and future forest Report from a future forest Re-storying Scotland A voice in the wilderness
19	Winter 1998 Working woods	The rough guide to marketing your timber The people's land - the appraisal of Rural Development Forestry in the UK Fruits of the forest - developing markets for timber products What is rural sustainability? Leckmelm - a wood of our own Woven wonders - basketry at its best
18	Spring 1998 Greening our cities	The importance of urban forestry Glasgow's urban and community forests Urban orchards Bringing nature back into the city
17	Autumn 1997 We are the community!	Land rights - a call to arms What is a Community Woodland? An interview with Maggie Fyffe of the Isle of Eigg Residents Association Living with the land The Sacred Run
16	Spring 1997 Whose party line is it anyway?	Why is the environment so low down the political agenda? Whose party line is it anyway? - putting the land question to politicians Glenfeshie betrayed Smoothing the way for low impact development - a view from south of the border Highland Renewal - reforestation on Mull
15	Autumn 1996 Wild land - would we be lost without it?	The Borders Wildwood project Return of the animal spirits Will ye no come back again? - reinstating the European beaver in Britain Building for the future - Gledhow Bank eco-houses project
14	Spring 1996 The land issue	Who owns Scotland? The progress of Scottish land reform Eigg - the continuing saga Our Borders wood - the story so far... Hut culture Stirling without sterling - a rough guide to LETS
13	Winter 1995	Coed Eryri - wild Wales The Scottish Millennium Forest Centre - building a sustainable future Echoes down the Glen of Landed Power Trees, kings and cosmology
12	Spring 1995 A revolution in forestry?	Ask the people - do communities know how they want the land around them managed? Bioregionalism - born in Scotland? The last jewel - the ancient forest of Bialowieza A wood for South Uist
11	Autumn 1994	The Forest of Caledon - a lottery? Will the Wildwood come again? Seeking a better life for the children - Irish rural resettlement
10	Spring 1994	Lowland crofting Red deer - what's the big problem? Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve - the re-birth of a native woodland The Rio Forest Principles and sustainable forestry in Scotland - would things not be better left UNCED?
9	Autumn 1993	Snapshots from Norway Fruits of the Highland forest - Moniack Wineries The "History of the Scottish Forests" revisited A city in the forest - Oslo
8	Spring 1993	Alba Trees A log house in the Highlands Swedish forestry Sowing tree and shrub seed Woodburning stoves
7	Autumn 1992	The Trees for Life Project Working horses in Norwegian woods Duartbeg tree nursery Vorsprung Durch Waldtechnik - forestry in Germany The Scottish Tree Trust

Back issues of The Tree Planter's Guide to the Galaxy

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Issue	Date	Contents	Cover
6	Spring 1992	The Highland Deeside Forest Paradise logged - the deforestation of British Columbia The Isle Martin project Seed treatment and storage Siberia - a future for the Taiga? Organic trees
5	Autumn 1991	Montane willow scrub - gone today, gone forever? Burning the baobabs - the deforestation of Ghana The caddis and the carpenter - Tim Stead Scottish tree nursery survey "Beware the stag" - a visit to Glen Tanar
4	Spring 1991	The Woodland Trust in Scotland Cell-grown nursery stock Tree and shrub seed collecting Our ancestors stole their future from us - the implications of sustainable forestry
3	Autumn 1990	Crann - the Irish word for tree Trees Company Reforesting Niger - a visit by the sponsors The tree in Western art
2	Spring 1990	An interview with Peter Wormell Tree temples Tree shelters - a growing phenomenon Growing up with trees - a Scottish Community Woods Campaign initiative
1	Summer 1989	Reforesting Scotland - reforesting the Earth Working from within - a better future for Scotland's native woodlands The Isle of Rhum - the Nature Conservancy Council's long-running woodland restoration project The Loch Garry Project

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