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Letters to the Voice
Dear Editor It was good to see the thought provoking piece in last month’s Voice about the problems associated with plastic in our oceans. The Arran Coastal Way team are doing an…
Fyne Futures at Eco Savvy
Fyne Futures provides a range of community projects to improve the environment and promote sustainability in and around Argyll and Bute. It currently operates a fortnightly recycling kerbside collection, collecting a range…
Eas Mor Hydroelectric Scheme
The Eas Mor hydroelectric scheme at Kildonan is now up and running! The photograph below shows the green-roofed turbine house, designed to fit in with its surroundings. The scheme is a high…
Report reveals UK will not meet climate change targets with new runways
A Green Party report (Airport Expansion Doesn’t Make Climate Sense) has revealed that the UK will not meet its climate change targets if David Cameron goes ahead with a new runway at…
Arran students help COAST keep track of invasive Japanese Knotweed
23/10/2015, Lamlash Alyssa Colwell, Katie Mowatt and Charlie Weir are pupils from Arran High School. They have joined the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) team for a week of work experience.…
Arran Coastal Way Team Tackle Plastic Pollution
Our seas are filling up with plastic rubbish and chemical sludge. It has recently been estimated that 8 million tons of plastic waste are dumped in the ocean each year and it…
Shell announces that they will stop drilling for oil in the Arctic
This is from Greenpeace: The Guardian reported on Monday that on top of rising costs, “Shell has privately made clear it is taken aback by the public protests against the drilling which…
A Plastic Bag Story
On a recent trip to Rwanda, a Guardian reporter found that their luggage was searched at the border, and the authorities confiscated some belongings. No, they were not trying to smuggle drugs…
Neonicotinoids – Worrying News from SumofUs
Despite the fact that bee-endangering pesticides are banned in the EU, the UK government just gave the go-ahead to farmers to sow these toxic-coated seeds anyway. Any day now, toxic bee-hurting seeds…
Arran Eco Savvy Community SCIO Status awarded
Just a few days ago in early July, the many people who volunteer for Arran Eco Savvy Community heard the long-awaited news that SCIO (Scottish Charity Incorporated Organisation) status had been awarded,…
Forestry extraction working group
At the Arran Community Council meeting on April 28th there was a proposal to set up a working group on Arran forestry activities. This was agreed, and The Voice has been asked…
One in six species faces extinction as a result of climate change
In a disturbing article in The Conversation, James Dyke, Lecturer in Complex Systems Simulation at University of Southampton, reports that Earth is on course to lose up to one in six of…