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Zero Waste - Is It Possible? By Helen Nicholas

I recently set up an exhibition at Portree Library in collaboration with the staff there. It is called 'Low Impact Living' and showcases...

Women's Warm Hub Success

In many rural areas around Scotland, women are often isolated and lack access to supportive spaces where they can connect with others and...

Episode 14. Talking Landscapes Through Art

Ellis O'Connor is a contemporary landscape artist based in Scotland. Ellis is called to interpret the landscape that she immerses...

Episode 13. Connecting Mental & Physical Pain

For the start of our new podcast season we had the pleasure of talking with Manual Therapist, Kate Hathway. Kate is passionate about...

To Go Grey or Not To Go Grey...

There's been a trend for a while now to dye hair grey, in what ever way that works - fully grey, balayage or ombre, it all looks great...

Why Do We Do it?

The Simple Magic of a Wild Swim By Kirsty Watt My fingers are dead, numb. Well, almost. I can feel a slight tingling where the skin rests...

Christmas Tree Conundrum

Here at The Selkie Collective we feel that these days it's getting harder and harder to know what the best eco and sustainable choice is....

The Woman's Way

This week was our first women's gathering in nature. It felt like the perfect time to come together, as restrictions start to lift and...

Finding Our Rhythm

We're all different, every single one of us... and that's why we believe that it's so important for us to connect back to our own...

Frugal Food

Our last blog post was all about wasting less, we provided links to some great resources which have inspired us too! So we've been trying...

Food Waste

Why is it so important that we pay attention to how much we waste? The first week in March 2021 is Food Waste Action Week. We decided to...

The Selkie Collective Eco & Refill Shop - What's it all about?

Eco shops are becoming more and more a feature of our shopping physically and online. They come from a need to take care of the planet,...

Banana Bread with Chocalate Shards

Banana bread is an oldie, but very much a goodie! You can add your style to the cake/bread by adding walnuts, dried fruit or chocolate. ...

Alternative Christmas Wrapping

Here at The Selkie Collective we've decided to come up with some alternative Christmas wrapping ideas, to help you avoid the plastic...