Posted by Eco Savvy on 25th June Yesterday the Savvy Film Club successfully screened the mini-documentary ‘Explained: World’s Water Crisis’ This 18min documentary from Netflix has been shared to Youtube to allow the public to access educational resources during the pandemic. The film posed the question, how do we price our most valuable resource, while …
The following article (below) was linked on the Eco Savvy Food Forum Facebook page a wonderful resource with lots of information and ideas for sustainable food, growing and eating practices. As part of Eco Savvy’s Sustainable Food Programme, Jess is looking to put together an inventory of seeds that people have had success growing and …
Eco Savvy have recorded their first podcast answering the questions residents had about growing on Arran! Jess at Eco Savvy writes, “Since the lockdown began we have been running a series on growing your own food on Arran and sharing content about how to get started in the garden. We also asked whether people in …
Sustainable Island Life 2019/2020 2019/2020 has marked a significant year for Arran residents’ improving their home energy efficiency. This roundup will outline the successes of the past year and how they contributed towards reducing the carbon emissions from domestic properties on the island. This is the main aim of the energy strand, which is funded …
Join Eco Savvy’s 30 Day Earth Challenge! April 22nd was EARTH DAY and to mark it Eco Savvy have put together a 30 day challenge On April 22, 1970, thousands of people gathered to raise awareness and demonstrate support for environmental protection. And the movement has continued since then. To mark this important day Eco …
Eco Savvy invites folks on Arran (and further afield) to join them every Tuesday night for the Savvy Film Club which offers free online film screenings to be enjoyed from the comfort of your own sofa! The film club has been running for 6 weeks now and has shown a variety of films ranging from …
In the wake of the Corona lockdown, Eco Savvy have launched a new online film club, which will take place each week on Tuesday evenings. Here they are to tell us a bit more about it, and further on below is an update on some of the other eco activities that the team are organising. Also …
ARRAN ECO SAVVY SPRING FEST We are delighted to announce ARRAN SPRING FEST, celebrating and inspiring sustainability on Arran with focus on local: • FOOD | local food producers’ market | food growing & planting activity | Chai Caddy & Mon’s Thai Kitchen • TRAVEL | eBike obstacle course | free Bike MOTs | Tesla …
This event was hosted by the Arran Horticultural Society, with Eco Savvy, at the Arran Community Land Initiative. By Jess Wallace, sustainable food coordinator at Eco Savvy On Saturday the 4th of January the Arran Horticultural Society hosted a ‘Get Growing’ workshop organised in conjunction with Eco Savvy at the Arran Community Land Initiative. An …
For local readers who haven’t heard about Eco Savvy’s new community lift share scheme yet read on to find out more, and also visit the lift share facebook page to start organising collective car journeys around the island and beyond…. Arran Community Lift Share In December Eco Savvy launched the Arran Lift Share, and last …