The author is a part time student at Heriot Watt University, studying the Economics of Renewable Energy as well as project manager for the North Highland Way project. Her favourite environmentalist is Rachel Carson.

Carson’s “Silent Spring”, but we can, with political will and education go even further. In Northern Ireland, for example, the kids don’t even do an A Level in environmental science. Sure, they study biology and there are some excellent field studies for the kids, and adults for that matter. The leaders are experts in their field, but in general don’t know how to market them. Some people just want to go for a nice walk and not think about what the soil contains or how climate change affects this species of bird or that species of bird. Or the plants for that matter.”

You can get on to our research platform here ( subscription required) or on our Green Academy here.

Get the main book on Net Zero

We are now looking for a coordinator to be based in Lincolnshire – advertised on LinkedIn.

ECWID list of books in stock. All plus postage and packing.

We created a course with the University of the Highlands and Islands, and consulted with the Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework. The SCQF regularly contribute to our magazine.

CADEMY

The content is the same, but the modules are shorter.

UDEMY

Course on how to become a green advisor. 5% off for Friends of the North Highland Way. You must have read the relevant materials first. Module 1 relates to peat

Module 2 relates to trees.

Module 3 – relates to soil. We are in the process of writing the book, but you can get some tips here.

Module 4 – there are courses for Primary and Secondary School Teachers. Renewable Energy…. the author’s dissertation for her MSc in Environmental Economics Policy and Risk was about the feasibility of a hypothetical windfarm on Dunnet Head. These two modules are sponsored as from Autumn 2025.

She also ran a solar energy company in Spain in the late 1980s. The company was the agent for BP Solar in Barcelona.

Module 5 – A research project based around database creation and logging information. We look at app development with Chris.

“Tina Irving also carried out an environmental control exercise of the underlying databases which hold the data for the public bodies   It is not possible for this data to be so distributed and still control the state of the environment.  She has recommended to the Highland Council that they join the Global Sustainable Tourism Council and get a baseline assessment.  She also helped bring the Scottish Outdoor Access Code and the Land Reform Act to the table, and of course the multi-use route of the North Highland Way.  None of this with any public cash.  There is an ongoing requirement for updating Core Path Networks and the money would be used for consultations regarding this and the consultative document on the EU Directives.

All of this supports the green economy, and in particular the Highland Council’s ambition to become a green destination.”

Reference from the University of Highlands and Islands Centre for Research and Tourism Research.

Module 6 – How community brings economic development this will link with Module 7 – How public services work to bring economic development. From Highlands and Islands Enterprise to the hundreds of community development projects in the far north, this module will bring it all together as an example. Current research is being undertaken with the Forsinard Hotel and Geisefarm near Halkirk. Modules 6 and 7 will be encompassed in the Route to NetZero to be published in December 2024.

Module 8 – relates to sustainable tourism.

Modules 9 and 10 are in the Teachers Manual. We were advised by SCVQ to write this before the outstanding modules, so teachers could see what we are aiming at.

Here is the full course description.

Databases – we are working on rationalising database in GIS. However, this is only visible to paid up Friends of the North Highland Way at a corporate level.

This is what we aspire to as a benefit of Friends of the North Highland Way, you will be able to get this database.

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Developing the tourism product in Scotland

When the developer of this web site worked in Libya, she was the editor of magazines. They are in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. She donated a significant number of books to BILNAS for their library. There was also a donation of Spanish technical books to the Belfast Central Library.

We already use graphic designers and basic admin from Fivvr.com, but this may be suitable for someone wanting to take things forward, either on a contractual basis or as an apprentice. Check back for details, meanwhile, take the Learning Preferences Survey, if the latter.