If farmers can learn such ways from nature what about the rest of us? An article by Patrick M. Lydon, May 2020, first published in Yes! Magazine. Featured image: Heron #5 – Sumiyoshi Koen, Osaka, Japan. Credit Patrick M. Lydon It’s afternoon in the middle of the work week, and our local park is filled …
A few people have been quietly collecting tools over the last few months with a view to making Arran’s first Repair Café. The main ideas behind the Arran Repair Café are to keep items in use longer through repair, reducing waste, upcycling items (reusing items for a different purpose), lending equipment, preventing excess produce as …
By Sandra Murphy, published on the Arran Arts Heritage Trail website May 2021 Joan Eardley – Formative years on Arran How did her time in Corrie on the Isle of Arran influence her later work? In the early 1940s, a small boy of about five years old noticed a young woman standing by the tiny, picturesque …
A report by Kenneth Gibson, MSP Electric vehicles have become a cornerstone of the strategy to move to net-zero carbon emissions, both in Scotland and globally. In December 2020, Scottish Ministers announced that the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans will be banned from 2030, two years earlier than previously planned. …
By Sally Campbell. Featured image credit: Greenpeace International THE GOOD NEWS: The Power of the Consumer and Shareholders by using the Law History was made in the Hague district court this week. Judge Larisa Alwin ruled that Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil companies, must cut its emissions by 45% by 2030 relative to …
Arran Eco Savvy is working with North Ayrshire Council to look at access to affordable and healthy food. We have created a survey to better understand what barriers people are currently facing in accessing affordable, healthy food. This information will be used to inform a strategy to provide support to people in our community. Please …
This month COAST has been focusing on kelp and other seaweeds in their series which looks at the habitats and species that are found under the waves in the South Arran Marine Protected area. In some of their posts on social media they have highlighted The Big Seaweed Search , a citizen science project that …
An Arran resident and Voice reader contacted us recently with a question for the Scottish Forestry – I want to ask a question, as a beekeeper, to the Forestry Commission whether they have used or are using any neonicotinoids anywhere on their land and to ask them to explain how and why they use them? …
Arran Geopark is holding a series of guided walks in June… Our guided walks are back! We’ve got a range of geology and wildlife walks coming up around the island – to find out more about each walk and to book your tickets click here Exploring deep time Learn about James Hutton, the ‘father of …