by Peggy Semler From 9 - 11 May, a successful collaborative effort took place to remove marine litter and debris from seven beaches around Loch Bracadale. Volunteers, along with partner organisations, focused on cleaning remote and inaccessible areas along the...
by Anne MacLennan Plastic is a problem and there is a lot of it about. Invented (as Bakelite) in 1907, production had reached 2.3m tons annually by 1950, 448 tons in 2015, and is set to at least double by mid-century. The plastic lifecycle aggravates climate change...
by Peggy Semler We have been slowly ramping up activities during April, with beach cleans at Harlosh (5th), survey and clean at Ostaig by Sleat Nature Group (6th), clean at Ullinish/Eabost (12th) and Uig (26th) – which means we have now removed in excess of 2.5 tonnes...
by Anne MacLennan Skye's Scottish Salmon Think-Tank (SST-T) recently joined the Coastal Communities Network, a community-led network of local groups ‘committed to the preservation and safeguarding of Scotland’s coastal and marine environments’. Formed in 2017 with...
by Peggy Semler Our main objective for this year is to get the group properly set up and constituted as a SCIO, so that we can (a) consolidate the odd pots of money we already have squirrelled away, and (b) become eligible to apply for future funding opportunities, as...
by Anne MacLennan In November, the ReRoot film club watched Until the end of the World, a disturbing look at fish farming and its impacts in Europe, Africa and Antarctica. The film maker visited farms, feed-processing facilities and local communities. He discovered...
by Peggy Semler A brief note on what has been going on in May, and what is currently planned over the summer! Scottish Coastal Clean Up came to Heaste again 17-19th May, and with the help of their new beach cleaning boat and a number of local residents, removed an...
by Anne MacLennan Plastic pollution is a serious global problem. The planet is littered with plastic from mountain tops to the deep ocean. Plastic production, from fossil fuels, aggravates climate change; Big Oil’s current plans to ramp up production could be...
by Shona Cameron CLIMAVORE is a social enterprise which designs community-led, circular food systems that are ecologically restorative and socially reparative. Established in 2019, in Skye and Raasay, CLIMAVORE collaborates with local residents, schools and...
by Peggy Semler Neil Hembrow from Keep Britain Tidy was up here last week collecting rope, netting and hard plastic for recycling. He managed to collect bags of marine litter from Uig, Ullinish, Eynort, Ardtreck, Talisker and Kyleakin before heading south with a very...