By Simon Ross-Gill Simon Ross-Gill is a graphic designer who grew up on Arran and spent seven years living in Peru. He has worked for Woodside Arran, helped COAST set up the Octopus Centre, volunteered at Eco Savvy’s Whiting Bay shop, has been on the Think About Plastic steering committee and has volunteered at a …
A global, independent youth movement is gaining momentum – with a UK strike planned for February A report from Campaign Against Climate Change, and news from young Scottish climate activist and conservationist Holly Gillibrand. .A UK wide student strike has been called on Friday 15th February 2019 to protest against climate inaction, with a global …
By Sue Weaver Rebellion in the face of Climate Emergency was declared on 31st October 2018 in Parliament Square, by speakers including George Monbiot, Greta Thunberg and Molly Scott Cato MEP. Two open letters of support were published in the following days, each signed by 100 prominent academics, scientists and public figures, amongst them Rowan …
Eco Savvy and Visit Arran, together with Strathclyde University and analytics business Topolytics, have been successful in acquiring funding from Interface to model food waste streams on Arran. The project aims to help understand how, where and when food waste is generated and disposed of, and if it can contribute to a sustainable circular economy …
Through its research and work with organisations that are making the transition towards a circular economy the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has written a concept paper which outlines the idea of a circular economy. Parts of their research are printed below. For more information about their work see here. Also below are some examples from the Zero Waste …
A TIME OF REFLECTION ON HOW LONG MEANINGFUL CHANGE TAKES IN THE REAL WORLD A RECENT CASE STUDY, PART 2 In Part two of her article, Sally Campbell turns the focus from Chile to the developments of Marine Harvest and the salmon farming industry in British Colombia and the concerns that were raised by local …
The Isle of Arran is Scotland’s first Surfers Against Sewage accredited ‘Plastic Free Community’ as it takes action on single-use plastic. The Isle of Arran has become Scotland’s first community to join a network of communities across the UK that are leading the way on tackling throw away plastic. In recognition of the islands work …
Volunteer Days How about a few hours in the fresh air, in good company, helping to undertake useful tasks for this community enterprise? The next Volunteer Day is Saturday February 9th from 10am – 3pm or just come along for as long as you can…. The main tasks will be maintenance and cleaning of …
The MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, Patricia Gibson, gives her views on some of the events that have taken place in Westminster in the past month, highlighting that the deadlock over Brexit is still apparently no closer to resolution than it was two years ago and calls for Mrs May to look at serious …
Here MSP for Cunninghame North, Kenneth Gibson discusses how important it is to maintain our cross-cultural and creative links with Europe, at a time when our political and economic connections are subsiding. With the UK on the brink of leaving the EU, Scotland’s role as an open, connected country is more important than ever. While …