From the17th May Scottish Community Alliance briefing, Director Angus Hardie writes: Including our islands, Scotland’s coastline measures a whopping 11,602 miles and that constitutes a very large target for the mountains of marine pollution to wash up onto. Beach clean ups are nothing new and for years, island groups have been feeling like King Canute …
Saving the Oceans – the next two and a half years COP 25 Puerto Rica 2025 Ocean Treaty 30X30 (protect 30% of Oceans by 2030) Just how important all this is the straight forward fact that oceans occupy two thirds of the Earth’s surface with greater diversity of living organisms than are found on land. …
From Sally Campbell – Roger Pearman and I worked together in training and development with a focus on leadership. This was here in the UK, in Europe and America. I recently received this from Roger and it reminded me how polarized much of the British media, politics and organisations have also become in the last …
A Little Fable “Alas,” said the mouse, “the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly …
Isle of Arran Horticultural Society is holding a spring social event next Tuesday for the island’s growers to hear how to get ready for this year’s summer show in August. Whether you’re a seasoned perennial or a budding new grower, the Get Ready for the Summer Show evening will be a chance to share your …
Being Mindfully Present in Nature at Baron’s Haugh 24th June 2023, 9.30 am – 12. 30 pm Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve, Manse Road, near Motherwell About Nature is wonderful for our wellbeing. Spending time outdoors in natural spaces and gaining a greater understanding of local wildlife can help us remain grounded and ease the stresses …
Waking the Wind; Finding the Folklore of a Fragile Ecology By Raghnaid Sandilands, published on 26th May 2023 in Bella Caledonia The exhibition A Fragile Correspondence opened last weekend in Venice, one of the eight collateral events for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia at the Arsenale Docks, S. Pietro di …
Quilter, artist, Voice reader – Sandy Small Proudfoot Sandy, who lives in Canada, recently got in touch with us at the Voice, sharing her connection to Arran. She first came to the island in the 1990s, through the late Jean Holmes and her sisters, Jessie and Mary, who grew up on Arran when their minister …
Article accessed at www.un.org This World Environment Day join us in the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution June 5th is the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day. Held annually since 1973, it is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. This year Côte d’Ivoire is the designated host. The …
Friday 19th and Saturday 20th May saw the launch of the COAST Explorer Following the designation of the No Take Zone in Lamlash Bay in 2008 the RV COAST Explorer began as a wish list some 13 years ago. With the subsequent community campaign and designation of the wider South Arran Marine Protected Area in …