Scottish Ecological Design Association

SEDA aims to help members keep informed about developments in eological design, and to enable contact and the sharing of information amongst its members. It also has a public role, responding to government initiatives, and encouraging the public to make informed ecological choices.

Activities include:

• Seminars, lectures and workshops - including visits to projects which have an ecological approach to design and living.
• A magazine which comes out 3 times a year, and monthly e-mail bulletins giving updates on events and items of topical interest.
• Responses to government initiatives.
• An annual travel award for students of design who are studying in Scotland.
• The Association forms a network, and so can link those who are seeking information and services with those who can provide them.
  

Rowardennan Visitors' Centre

Designed for the Loch Lomond and Trossachs Interim Committee by Simpson and Brown Architects in association with Richard Shorter. The visitors' centre, on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, provides shelter, toilets and locker accommodation for walkers, and a wardens' room.

The building was designed to make use of local materials, sourced as near the site as possible. It has a green oak frame with mud and straw walls which are protected by lime harling, a slate roof and locally quarried stone foundations. Composting toilets have also been used.