Kintyre

View from Sandaig of proposed Argyll Array.

We have been sent this image by a campaigner... this is an example of how the proposed "offshore" wind farm will look from the beach in the photo.

Here also is a link to a video about the proposal, on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/v/-NlSI2lLh9Q?hl=en&fs=1low

Fallago Rig Wind Farm in the beautiful Lammermuir Hills

After 2 public inquiries and strong local opposition, energy minister Jim Mather has announced the the 48 turbine wind farm will go ahead. You can read more in this article in the New Scotsman and also in this Express article, which highlights the fact that this is a loss not only for local campaigners but for all who love Scotland's magnificent landscapes.

Opposition group "Say No to Fallago" also has a Facebook page.

"The genius of Fenbeagle"

Go to James Delingpole's blog at this link for some brilliant art of a more humorous kind!

Diana Armfield RA

Sheep in the snow, Llwynhir, by Diana Armfield RA

Diana Armfield, who has kindly allowed us to show some of her work on the artistsagainstwindfarms website, at this page, has an Exhibition of Recent work in London which closes shortly. Images of the work in the Exhibition can be seen at this page on the Browse and Derby website.

The Crosses of Aiolos

More to follow on this book, but for now here is a link:

http://www.bookcase.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=159&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=95

Windfall - trailer for film

More information at this link:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/09/09/windfall-documentary-explores-perils-of-wind-power/

Save our Forests

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/save-our-forests#petition

Please sign this petition if you care about the future of our forests.

John Muir, the founder of the National Parks movement, wrote:

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken over-civilised people are beginning to find that wilderness is a necessity and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life."

He could have been talking too about our forests and woodlands.