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Photos from March
Photos courtesy of Jim, Robert and John. Thanks!
Arran Island Plan meetings in April
Environmental Strand Working Group Arran Island Plan Update Meeting
Beyond the Paradigm of Separation: The Foundations for World Peace
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People on the move
The Refugee Community Kitchen in Calais produces around 500 meals a day for migrants living outdoors in Calais and Dunkirk. There is now no permanent camp – once known as le jungle…
Deep Sea Mining: the quandary for us all
authorize and control development of mineral related operations in the international seabed considered the "common heritage of all mankind" and also protect the ecosystem of the seabed, ocean floor and subsoil in…
Nature’s Calendar
The Woodland Trust and British Science Week (8th-17th March) seek new volunteer phenologists to update Nature’s Calendar, an almost 300-year-old tradition to track nature’s changing events. Phenology is the study of seasonal…
Arran Strategic 10 year plan
Older population below average income. A STRONG sense of community Used to big tides and tidal surges…Joe showed a picture of tidal water in the High Street the picture outside their Coop…
The Arran Naturalist revisited
Notes from The Arran Naturalist, the Journal of the Arran Natural History Society. Issue 8. 1985. Featured image shows original artwork from the front cover, by Lesley Williamson.
Events in April
Events Outdoors Arts and Arran Heritage
Arran’s aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark
Arran is a special place to live, and we want to look after it. It has internationally important geological heritage, but it is not just about the rocks. Global Geoparks are where…
Good Friday and Easter in a 19th Century Opera
What follows are not exactly the most recent thoughts on Good Friday and Easter you could find. They date from the second half of the 19th Century after all! Yet they are…
A Lamlash Golf Club commemoration
Voice for Arran readers may know that Jim Henderson of Lamlash acts as secretary for the Voice and has done for many years, but Jim has also been secretary for many years…