A recent ⁦MAKAR⁩ 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 Neil Sutherland joins SEDA'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 James Hutton Institute Abertay University TRUE Project, developed Nàdar, the world’s first climate positive gin.

⁦MAKAR⁩ 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 Scottish Government will be voting through sweeping reforms to driven grouse shooting - snares banned , licenses for moors , burning and wildlife traps and increased investigatory powers for Scottish SPCA 🐾 . . . 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 ⁦MAKAR⁩ 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 ⁦MAKAR⁩ 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 ⁦SEDA⁩ 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 Miriam Brett on today’s Climate Change Committee report, which says Scotland's 2030 emissions reduction goals are now ‘no longer credible’

First forage in March

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 Neil Sutherland 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.”

⁦MAKAR⁩ 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

If you work for ⁦MAKAR⁩ long enough we will even extend your cottage as we don’t normally take on such projects, all assembled in a week, many happy years ahead for a growing family

Andrew Heald indeed Neil Sutherland uses West Fraser Engineered Wood OSB in his houses which have a design like of 200yrs! OSB is derived from the 'mince-meat' section of a tree & from early thinnings. If we want lovely forests/plantations to recreate in that are great for nature we need to thin, thin, thin.