This week (13-19 March) is Neurodiversity Celebration Week – a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurodiversity.

Katie Bilbrough is a Qualifying member of CIEEM who was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was 18, in this blog piece she speaks about her experiences of masking dyslexia, some common phrases the neurodiverse often hear to ‘explain’ their different minds, and the personal importance of her diagnosis.

What words springs to mind when you think of blanket bogs? Wet, wild, bleak, boggy, peaty, wonderful or expanse? Well for Fiona Hyslop MSP who is Scotland’s Nature Champion for blanket bogs its ‘extraordinary’ and Scotland’s blanket bogs really are extraordinary.  Standing on a blanket bog in Scotland, looking out over the gently undulating moss hummocks and pools, you could be standing on several metres of peat, that has formed over thousands of years (as little as 1mm of peat is formed in a year) and represents a globally rare habitat.

The UK Government yesterday published its response to the Biodiversity Net Gain consultation that was open in early 2022.