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This word is often bandied around without much thought for what it really means. To try and understand what biodiversity is, let's look at what it isn't.

Modern farming has devolved into growing one variety of grass recommended by MAF. We used to have ‘meadows’, now it is all controlled ‘pasture’.

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Cisgender – a term we are seeing more than ever as the internet becomes saturated with the ongoing gender debate. The term has become emotively weaponised as its original meaning is twisted through bias and misinformation.

So what does ‘cisgender’ actually mean and why are we seeing so much recoil from it?

‘Cisgender’ is relatively new in terms of the evolution of our language.

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With his Smokefree Rockquest winning band, the free breakfast initiative he kickstarted at his school, and his first place essay in a recent writing competition, 17-year-old Sage Garrett’s gender identity is the least interesting thing about him.

Sage is a transgender man who transitioned fairly early in his life...

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I’m a professional rugby player here in Scotland. We travel to play games across Ireland, Wales, Italy and South Africa in the United Rugby Championship, as well as Europe games in the Champions Cup.

What about the culture where you are do you like the most?

Edinburgh is great, there is always lots happening, and it has such a rich history. 

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Common Ground is a space dedicated to expression.

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In my never-ending pursuit to eradicate ‘621’ from my diet, my awareness of its use is acute as I currently travel Indonesia; Monosodium Glutamate is everywhere, and my body can feel it! That’s MSG to the lay-person, and it’s labelled number 621 on ingredients lists.

There are others too that appear pretty consistently on ingredients lists, so...

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My first experience refereeing was at a young age when I helped my father, who was coaching my brother’s rugby team, to referee a game. I kept playing rugby after that, but at the age of 14, I realised I was over rep rugby/touch and having to train all the time. so I decided I wanted to referee more. I went back to playing, but at 17, I decided just to be a referee. 

After more than ten years of playing rugby, being the man in the middle

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I recently lost my sister Mina who took her own life, she was only 21 years old. She was my best friend and the only person I could truly talk to. I still have so many things to say, share, and ask … and now I can't. 

She was a very smart, colourful...

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Over the last 30 years I have worked as a leadership developer in organisations of all sizes, and I’ve concluded that the principles of leadership are remarkably similar in all of them. This summary of my observations and experiences is subjective, no doubt incomplete and possibly even wrong, but I hope it throws some light on the topic of leadership, how we exercise it within our society and most importantly, your style of leadership. How do you lead? 

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An ‘environmentalist’ is a person who advocates for or who is concerned about protecting the environment, not a council, a business or any entity with the power to make political decisions.

An 'environmentalist' wouldn't agree to the ...

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