Neil Sutherland @makarneil
Timber obsessive, Housing entrepreneur, Business founder MAKAR, p-time farmer, Bee steward, Forest Gardener, Biker, Runner, Father & husband. Highland, Scotland makar.co.uk Inverness, Scotland Joined August 2014-
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A timber-based off-site construction system—Natural Structural Insulated Panels (Nat-SIPs)—allows for homes to be delivered to site as a series of Nat-SIP panels, with cladding, roofing & natural insulations already installed.🎥Progress footage of a recent home raising in Tain
"To many in rural Scotland, such policies seem a blunt and unfair imposition of a new standard that wilfully ignores the distinctive needs of much of rural Scotland." @andywightman on the row over wood-burning stoves holyrood.com/comment/view,w…
A recent @MAKARhomes assembly in the Highlands. We are currently recruiting due to a surge in orders, if you are passionate about MMC, local timber utilisation and climate action, are practical, driven and keen to learn ~ [email protected] youtu.be/oucnuFMpXR4
If we are serious about reaching net-zero by 2045 in Scotland we need to embrace advances both with local timber supply chains and with advanced manufacture & assembly - beyond climate action, comfort & healthy homes - example A5 in the Scottish Borders youtu.be/wj3kR3n907k
MAKAR Homes founder @makarneil joins @ScotEcoDesign's panel tomorrow to imagine a fossil-fuel-free future bioeconomy - Friday, 5th April, 1:30pm. Register for this free event on sustainable alternative materials and paths to net zero seda.uk.net/imagining-a-fo… #NetZero #bioeconomy
At our IMAGINING A FOSSIL-FUEL-FREE FUTURE bioproducts event on 5 April, @kirsty_black will outline how pioneering distillery @Arbikie, alongside partners @JamesHuttonInst @AbertayUni @TrueLegumes, developed Nàdar, the world’s first climate positive gin.
@MAKARhomes Loch Lomond home all but complete externally, roof finish being fitting in the coming week, assembly team moving into our next net-zero home in the Borders. For those interested in our commercial work check out makartimberengineering.co.uk
This Thursday @scotgov will be voting through sweeping reforms to driven grouse shooting - snares banned , licenses for moors , burning and wildlife traps and increased investigatory powers for @ScottishSPCA . . . they just couldn’t behave but now they will have to !
Land ownership in rural areas more concentrated despite reforms, latest study by Andy Wightman finds theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…
Looking back to day 1 @MAKARhomes Loch Lomond home, we now have a new lexicon for post oil-age homes; modelled not designed, manufactured not constructed, assembled not built - the net-zero future is already here, made in and for Scotland 2030
Second full week into @MAKARhomes assembly near Loch Lomond, new home close to wind & watertight, fully insulated and timber clad, all timber materials sourced and processed from Scottish forests and by local sawmills
Terrific @ScotEcoDesign Which trees for Homes gathering today, inspiring forest establishment followed by diverse presentations and provocations, many solutions are apparent, next stage is mainstreaming them to take Scotland positively towards 2030 climate targets
“Today’s Climate Change Committee report should act as a rallying cry for action.” – our co-director @MiriamBrett on today’s @theCCCuk report, which says Scotland's 2030 emissions reduction goals are now ‘no longer credible’
Science and community engagement are crucial to the success of Highlands Rewilding. As we approach #WorldRewildingDay, CEO, Dr. Jeremy Leggett describes his extraordinary journey from fossil fuels to #rewilding in #Scotland via solar energy. #business #repeopling #community…
IMAGINING A FOSSIL-FUEL-FREE FUTURE On 5 April SEDA Land will be addressing Scotland’s bioeconomy: the bioproduct firms which are creating highly-skilled jobs across rural Scotland; the hurdles faced by startups, and how these hurdles might be overcome. 🎟️eventbrite.co.uk/e/seda-land-im…
Neil Sutherland @makarneil showing how it’s done. He will be telling all at our “Which Trees For Homes?” event on on 22 March. #PostOilAgeHomes Event details and 🎟️seda.uk.net/which-trees-fo…
Neil Sutherland @makarneil showing how it’s done. He will be telling all at our “Which Trees For Homes?” event on on 22 March. #PostOilAgeHomes Event details and 🎟️seda.uk.net/which-trees-fo…
“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
@MAKARhomes a team of five, a crane and a week of mixed weather
Assembly team busy this week near Loch Lomond with this close to net-zero family home, all timber from Scotland all regeneratively sourced, from foundations to roof on in a week
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Important thread. Worth also reminding people that the SNP like all other parties allows conscience votes on matters such as abortion etc. So really the attacks on Kate Forbes for her personal religious views need to stop.
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Hard day for Humza & his family. Re any contest, it has to be the new generation & Kate Forbes. The SNP must speak up for all in Scotland. From a personal perspective, I and so many want to live to see the day. As my Mum Winnie said: Stop the world: Scotland wants to get on. 🏴
I am vegan, I drive an electric car, I don’t fly, I live much of the time off grid with solar power & wood fuel. I am pretty green, but obviously not the right kind of green. This blanket ban is really silly. 6/7
After a tumultuous week, here are my observations on how we should move forward thenational.scot/politics/24282…
As First Minister @HumzaYousaf cared passionately about Scotland. Few of us will forget his statesmanship and compassion on Gaza. He is an honourable man, who displayed dignity and humility today. I wish him and Nadia well with their impending new arrival in the summer.
When Stephen Flynn took over as leader of the SNP Westminster group he worked hard to heal some of the division that had grown up under the previous leadership & to change the tone at PMQs & in media appearances. We need that sort of approach at Holyrood.
I am so bloody angry with the SNP just now I'm really tempted to join the party. 🤬
@joannaccherry The red yellow and Blue Tory’s will never work together with the SNP … unless you fully unite for independence then Scotland will forever by a colony of England … stop just taking the money and sort it out
As Humza, who should be thanked for his service, will remain FM until we have a new leader there is no need for an unseemly rush by the (old) boys club to stitch up the succession. The leader of the SNP should be chosen by our members not by men in grey suits
A Palestinian couple, engaged before the war, got married today at a displacement center in Rafah, where fellow Palestinians throw them a celebration despite the Israeli genocide.
Your party imposed a new, unelected First Minister on Wales 38 days ago. x.com/ScottishLabour…
The SNP cannot impose another unelected First Minister on Scotland. We need an election now.
Saddens me that so many political journalists think that wanky wee jokes on social media make them look like big thinkers.
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Politically, Scotland isn’t a normal. Holyrood was set up to a run coalition Govts. That’s completely normal throughout Europe. Unfortunately, Half of our elected officials in Holyrood, do not prioritise Scotland. They prioritise the UK, first and foremost. That isn’t normal
No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 – 70% of whom are women and children. You will not distract us from this immoral war.
"Can you call the Philosophy Department office and tell them I've been arrested?...I'm Noelle McAfee, I'm Chair of the Philosophy Department"
WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University. I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet. This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. @ATLNewsFirst
FASCIST JOE ON A ROLL You can't make this up. The head of Emory's philosophy department arrested. #fascism
WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University. I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet. This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. @ATLNewsFirst
Let's see what actual Russians think of their leaders, Putin is doing absolutely nothing to help his people. All the money and resources have gone towards killing Ukrainians. #RussiaIsCollapsing