Eco Savvy is looking forward to a very busy 2017

As an island wide organisation, with our hub in Whiting Bay at our re-use community shop, our members travel from all the villages around the island. We are delighted they do this, but many have wished we were nearer to their village. We try hard to respond to our members’ requests, so Eco has found a solution.

We have just submitted our first funding application and if successful, we will be creating an Eco Savvy micro-hub in each village. Each hub will be located in an existing community space, providing a useful income. We hope to collaborate with established Arran groups and identify a local person to be employed part-time to act as a hub coordinator. Hub coordinators will be supported by local volunteers. Micro-hubs will deliver skill sharing workshops and operate in the same way that the Whiting Bay Eco Savvy hub works, but at a micro level, evolving to suit each specific location and village needs. If we are not successful with funding, we will continue to work towards our goals.

Eco’s big plan has not changed and an application to purchase forestry land for Green Waste Composting and the first phase of our eco park will be made in February.

Finally all our usual Zero Waste Arran activities will continue and grow, with a series of workshops beginning early in the year for all those looking to learn a new skill.