It will have been hard to miss if you are on social media, but particularly for Voice readers on Arran!… Monday 2nd March is the start of Arran Environment Week, a festival organised by Arran Eco Savvy in conjunction with many of the island’s community groups and organisations. Running from the 2nd to 7th of …
A news report by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies published on 6th February 2026 The Institute of Commonwealth Studies has welcomed a landmark vote yesterday (5rh February 2026) by the Scottish Parliament to advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, placing Scotland on track to become the first nation in the UK to criminalise severe environmental destruction. …
With the support of new funding from the Scottish Government’s Climate Engagement Fund, Arran Eco Savvy are planning an 8 month programme of climate literacy events and activities across Arran, including the Arran Climate Detectives initiative in the island’s schools. Research shows (see ‘How we lost touch with nature’ in this issue) that connection with …
By Sally Campbell The Election is done; we have, we hope a more “grown up” Prime Minister and Cabinet whose horizons are longer than a day, but who cautions us all about the time needed to get the UK back to a less divided society, with realistic goals over periods of time. In a society …