There will be a Public meeting on Thursday the 11^th of March in Innerwick Church, Glen Lyon at 7pm. This is the first real chance for the community to get together and discuss the study and plans for the future. We will also be handing out surveys in order to gather information on how residents are currently heating their homes and to assess the potential for people to take up locally sourced wood fuel.

 I’m really excited about the evening, and in-particular our guest speaker Bernd Pilamonti of Thermotech Ecosystems Ltd. Bernd grew up in the Alps and has vast experience of wood burning, from a culture where heating with wood is the norm. He will be talking about wood burning cultures around the world and will introduce us to some of the state of the art wood burning stoves that are currently on the market.

 I’ll also be talking about the renewable heating incentive - a government proposal to pay people to burn wood that could transform how we all heat our homes. Hope to see you at the meeting on Thursday but if you can’t make it I’ll keep you updated on this blog.