Scottish Ecological Design Association
@scotecodesign.bsky.social
SEDA shares knowledge, skills and experience of ecological design and promotes sustainable thinking and behaviour.
https://seda.scot
https://seda.scot
Looking for an interesting read? Check out this article by Colin Porteous reflecting on COP26. ♻️
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November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking for an interesting read? Check out this article by Colin Porteous reflecting on COP26. ♻️
🔗 - seda.scot/cop26
#seda #cop26
🔗 - seda.scot/cop26
#seda #cop26
Growing our homes - ♻️ upscaling biobased materials in construction webinar!
Link - 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-ou... 🔗
Please reserve your spot in the webinar in the link above!
#SEDA
Link - 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-ou... 🔗
Please reserve your spot in the webinar in the link above!
#SEDA
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Growing our homes - ♻️ upscaling biobased materials in construction webinar!
Link - 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-ou... 🔗
Please reserve your spot in the webinar in the link above!
#SEDA
Link - 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-ou... 🔗
Please reserve your spot in the webinar in the link above!
#SEDA
Caochan na Creige, a self-build project on the Isle of Harris designed by Izat Arundell, has been shortlisted for RIBA’s House of the Year 2025. Jury chair David Kohn said “It isn’t a building about itself. It's a building about a way of making homes, about the island, and about craft traditions.”
Inside the tiny stone house just shortlisted for House of the Year
The first two homes on this year’s RIBA House of the Year shortlist have been revealed on Grand Designs
www.standard.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Caochan na Creige, a self-build project on the Isle of Harris designed by Izat Arundell, has been shortlisted for RIBA’s House of the Year 2025. Jury chair David Kohn said “It isn’t a building about itself. It's a building about a way of making homes, about the island, and about craft traditions.”
It's time for our annual Show and Tell event for members!
Location, Date & Time is shown on graphic, as well as on the eventbrite page linked below!
Please reserve your tickets on the eventbrite website. - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seda-show-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
Location, Date & Time is shown on graphic, as well as on the eventbrite page linked below!
Please reserve your tickets on the eventbrite website. - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seda-show-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's time for our annual Show and Tell event for members!
Location, Date & Time is shown on graphic, as well as on the eventbrite page linked below!
Please reserve your tickets on the eventbrite website. - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seda-show-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
Location, Date & Time is shown on graphic, as well as on the eventbrite page linked below!
Please reserve your tickets on the eventbrite website. - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seda-show-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
"My mum rang me to tell me there was water coming into the house. She sounded fine... . But when I rang her back later, the telephone was dead. When we eventually got into the house the next day, I found the phone downstairs near her body."
The tragic reality of a changing climate.
The tragic reality of a changing climate.
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"My mum rang me to tell me there was water coming into the house. She sounded fine... . But when I rang her back later, the telephone was dead. When we eventually got into the house the next day, I found the phone downstairs near her body."
The tragic reality of a changing climate.
The tragic reality of a changing climate.
Edinburgh’s balancing act between decarbonisation and the preservation of cultural identity. City-wide strategies from retrofitting and adaptive reuse to promoting circular design are bringing long-term benefits.
Article by Ananya Nayak in @archdaily.bsky.social
Article by Ananya Nayak in @archdaily.bsky.social
Balancing Liveability and Climate Goals: Edinburgh’s Path to Sustainable Building
Discover how Edinburgh balances its rich heritage with sustainable architecture amid climate challenges.
www.archdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Edinburgh’s balancing act between decarbonisation and the preservation of cultural identity. City-wide strategies from retrofitting and adaptive reuse to promoting circular design are bringing long-term benefits.
Article by Ananya Nayak in @archdaily.bsky.social
Article by Ananya Nayak in @archdaily.bsky.social
A win for people-led rewilding, as MSPs vote to create a new hutting law. The amendment to the Land Reform (Scotland) bill was introduced by @scottishgreens.org MSP @ariane-burgess.bsky.social.
‘A win for people-led rewilding’ – new hutting law in Scotland to unlock public land to connect people and nature - Inside Ecology
Last night (4 November) MSPs in the Scottish Parliament voted to create a new hutting law compelling the Scottish Government to publish a model lease for hutting on public land. The change to the law ...
insideecology.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A win for people-led rewilding, as MSPs vote to create a new hutting law. The amendment to the Land Reform (Scotland) bill was introduced by @scottishgreens.org MSP @ariane-burgess.bsky.social.
Deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre has been shortlisted for the Glasgow Institute of Architects' sustainability award.
The project, led by @be-stbuild.bsky.social with ScotGov support, was developed by John Gilbert Architects, Brown+Wallace, Luths Services, and Narro Associates
The project, led by @be-stbuild.bsky.social with ScotGov support, was developed by John Gilbert Architects, Brown+Wallace, Luths Services, and Narro Associates
Deep retrofit of SNRC shortlisted for GIA sustainability accolade | Project Scotland
Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre THE deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre has been shortlisted for The Glasgow Institute of Architects (G ...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre has been shortlisted for the Glasgow Institute of Architects' sustainability award.
The project, led by @be-stbuild.bsky.social with ScotGov support, was developed by John Gilbert Architects, Brown+Wallace, Luths Services, and Narro Associates
The project, led by @be-stbuild.bsky.social with ScotGov support, was developed by John Gilbert Architects, Brown+Wallace, Luths Services, and Narro Associates
We need a materials revolution in the construction sector—embracing circularity, innovation and cooperation—otherwise its carbon footprint is going to double by 2050, breaching climate goals and endangering our planetary future, say the authors of new Nature paper. @lloydalter.bsky.social
The carbon footprint of construction will double by 2050 and blow the carbon budget.
A new study advocates for a material revolution, but we are held back by structural inertia.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We need a materials revolution in the construction sector—embracing circularity, innovation and cooperation—otherwise its carbon footprint is going to double by 2050, breaching climate goals and endangering our planetary future, say the authors of new Nature paper. @lloydalter.bsky.social
Scotland's construction and built environment professionals are being urged to make the most of two new facilities — the Mass Timber Centre of Excellence and Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre — at @be-stbuild.bsky.social's innovation campus in Hamilton.
projectscot.com/2025/10/new-...
projectscot.com/2025/10/new-...
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Scotland's construction and built environment professionals are being urged to make the most of two new facilities — the Mass Timber Centre of Excellence and Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre — at @be-stbuild.bsky.social's innovation campus in Hamilton.
projectscot.com/2025/10/new-...
projectscot.com/2025/10/new-...
Can the lessons of the past help Scotland build a more sustainable future? Dominic Hinde is launching his book, Drifting North: Finding a Sustainable Future in Scotland's Past, on Monday 3rd November at @waterstones.bsky.social, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
Climate Change - finding a sustainable future in Scotland's past | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Climate Change - finding a sustainable future in Scotland's past today.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Can the lessons of the past help Scotland build a more sustainable future? Dominic Hinde is launching his book, Drifting North: Finding a Sustainable Future in Scotland's Past, on Monday 3rd November at @waterstones.bsky.social, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
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#UrbanismBookClub: Some great books on key, underconsidered elements of better city-making have been coming out lately — thanks to @chrisfitchchris.bsky.social, author of “Wild Cities,” and @samkbloch.bsky.social, author of “Shade,” for sending me copies. Digging into both. Anyone finished them yet?
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#UrbanismBookClub: Some great books on key, underconsidered elements of better city-making have been coming out lately — thanks to @chrisfitchchris.bsky.social, author of “Wild Cities,” and @samkbloch.bsky.social, author of “Shade,” for sending me copies. Digging into both. Anyone finished them yet?
Thanks very much to the impressive team of volunteers who guided over 600 students around the SEDA Green Careers Fair at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ensuring it was such as success.
October 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Thanks very much to the impressive team of volunteers who guided over 600 students around the SEDA Green Careers Fair at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ensuring it was such as success.
Join us this Sunday 5th Oct for a visit to Sustainable Thinking Scotland's Walled Garden in Bo'ness.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Join us this Sunday 5th Oct for a visit to Sustainable Thinking Scotland's Walled Garden in Bo'ness.
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As part of this years conference, you will have the chance to buy signed copies of some of our guests' books! Please bring your pennies, as its cash purchases only!
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Fri 3 - Sun 5 Oct
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Fri 3 - Sun 5 Oct
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As part of this years conference, you will have the chance to buy signed copies of some of our guests' books! Please bring your pennies, as its cash purchases only!
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Fri 3 - Sun 5 Oct
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Fri 3 - Sun 5 Oct
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
Kathy Li is a founding member of Missing in Architecture, a collaborative compromising of architects and educators at Glasgow's Mackintosh School of Architecture.
Find out more and book tickets here:
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Find out more and book tickets here:
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September 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Kathy Li is a founding member of Missing in Architecture, a collaborative compromising of architects and educators at Glasgow's Mackintosh School of Architecture.
Find out more and book tickets here:
seda.scot/seda-confere...
Find out more and book tickets here:
seda.scot/seda-confere...
September 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“Sufficiency isn’t about austerity, deprivation, or resignation. Sufficiency is about knowing what is enough.”
Further information about the SEDA annual conference, 3-5 October 2025; Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
Further information about the SEDA annual conference, 3-5 October 2025; Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
SEDA Conference: Sufficiency, Edinburgh – Other Arts & Culture
Discover more details about SEDA Conference: Sufficiency in Edinburgh including contact details, dates and times as well as ticket information.
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September 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Sufficiency isn’t about austerity, deprivation, or resignation. Sufficiency is about knowing what is enough.”
Further information about the SEDA annual conference, 3-5 October 2025; Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
Further information about the SEDA annual conference, 3-5 October 2025; Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
Reposted by Scottish Ecological Design Association
Big shout out for @scotecodesign.bsky.social whose annual conference is on next weekend in Edinburgh. The theme this year is #Sufficiency with fantastic speakers including @katherinetrebeck.bsky.social + @lloydalter.bsky.social
> tickets available for in-person + online
> tickets available for in-person + online
Seda Conference 2025 — Scottish Ecological Design Association
seda.scot
September 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Big shout out for @scotecodesign.bsky.social whose annual conference is on next weekend in Edinburgh. The theme this year is #Sufficiency with fantastic speakers including @katherinetrebeck.bsky.social + @lloydalter.bsky.social
> tickets available for in-person + online
> tickets available for in-person + online
CIAT Scotland East Region, SEDA & Historic Environment Scotland are bringing you a free lunchtime CPD seminar series dedicated to one of the most enduring yet ever evolving materials in our built environment: Stone
Online / 1pm / 1st Monday each month.
Visit tinyurl.com/stonefutures to book.
Online / 1pm / 1st Monday each month.
Visit tinyurl.com/stonefutures to book.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
CIAT Scotland East Region, SEDA & Historic Environment Scotland are bringing you a free lunchtime CPD seminar series dedicated to one of the most enduring yet ever evolving materials in our built environment: Stone
Online / 1pm / 1st Monday each month.
Visit tinyurl.com/stonefutures to book.
Online / 1pm / 1st Monday each month.
Visit tinyurl.com/stonefutures to book.
Obituary: Nicholas Grimshaw, pioneer of high-tech architecture behind the Eden Project in Cornwall and Waterloo International has died aged 85. The terminal's skeletal, serpentine roof illustrates Grimshaw’s fascination with gothic cathedrals and the Victorian daring of Joseph Paxton and I.K.Brunel.
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw obituary
Architect known for the exposed structures of his buildings and the geodesic domes of the Eden Project
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September 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Obituary: Nicholas Grimshaw, pioneer of high-tech architecture behind the Eden Project in Cornwall and Waterloo International has died aged 85. The terminal's skeletal, serpentine roof illustrates Grimshaw’s fascination with gothic cathedrals and the Victorian daring of Joseph Paxton and I.K.Brunel.
UK sustainability finance rules must go further, says Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. ICAS's Fiona Donnelly said “More comprehensive & holistic reporting would be achieved by expanding these standards to include reporting on the impact of organisations on the environment and society”
UK sustainable finance rules must ‘go further’, says ICAS - Accountancy Today
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has called for the government’s sustainabl
www.accountancytoday.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
UK sustainability finance rules must go further, says Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. ICAS's Fiona Donnelly said “More comprehensive & holistic reporting would be achieved by expanding these standards to include reporting on the impact of organisations on the environment and society”
MASS CLIMATE LOBBY: On Friday, Scotland’s biggest-ever lobby of politicians on climate issues took place in Holyrood.
The event was organised by @sccscot.bsky.social, which we've now joined.
@gailhalvorsen.bsky.social attended on behalf of SEDA, lobbying MSPs including @lornaslater.bsky.social
The event was organised by @sccscot.bsky.social, which we've now joined.
@gailhalvorsen.bsky.social attended on behalf of SEDA, lobbying MSPs including @lornaslater.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
MASS CLIMATE LOBBY: On Friday, Scotland’s biggest-ever lobby of politicians on climate issues took place in Holyrood.
The event was organised by @sccscot.bsky.social, which we've now joined.
@gailhalvorsen.bsky.social attended on behalf of SEDA, lobbying MSPs including @lornaslater.bsky.social
The event was organised by @sccscot.bsky.social, which we've now joined.
@gailhalvorsen.bsky.social attended on behalf of SEDA, lobbying MSPs including @lornaslater.bsky.social
Look at this lineup! There's a shift in the sustainability world, and we are excited about it.
Are you ready to move beyond "sustainable" to "regenerative"?
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
Thanks to sponsors @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject
Are you ready to move beyond "sustainable" to "regenerative"?
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
Thanks to sponsors @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject
September 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Look at this lineup! There's a shift in the sustainability world, and we are excited about it.
Are you ready to move beyond "sustainable" to "regenerative"?
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
Thanks to sponsors @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject
Are you ready to move beyond "sustainable" to "regenerative"?
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
Thanks to sponsors @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject
We are delighted to have Prof Lorna Dawson, CBE, FRSE, FRSA, FRSB, FRSGS
attending on Day 1 of this year's conference.
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
attending on Day 1 of this year's conference.
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
September 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We are delighted to have Prof Lorna Dawson, CBE, FRSE, FRSA, FRSB, FRSGS
attending on Day 1 of this year's conference.
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025
attending on Day 1 of this year's conference.
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025