02 March 2011, Starts: 12:30, Ends: 13:30

Peatbogs, Plague, Potatoes and Coal

Talk by Emma Wood

Averon Centre, Alness

Organised by Workerrs' Educational Association (WEA). Cost £1. No need to book. Further information and details from WEA on inverness@weascotland.org.uk or 01463 710577

Description:

Emma's personal account of Scotland's past environments and how they interacted with their human inhabitants, includes a look at the fate of the country's first forests, the story of how the Black Death came to Scotland, and the development of industrial pollution.