How ’bout a nice cup of Scottish tea! It was Clare Haworth’s dream to one day live on an island. In 2011, that dream came true when Clare and her husband, Mike, purchased a 40-acre (16 hectare) croft on the Scottish island of Lismore. Ten years on, the once neglected croft has become an abundant …
Three hundred years on from the collapse of the island kelp industry, marine scientist, Dr Kyla Orr, and her two colleagues, Alex Glasgow and Martin Welch, are bringing KelpCrofting back to the west coast with a proposal for a 11.5 hectare kelp farm in the waters south of Pabay, Isle of Skye. (Photos courtesy of …
How one couple saved their community. Donald and Lyn Forbes are a remarkable but unassuming couple who have dedicated themselves to saving and contributing to their community. The picturesque village of Foyers, situated on the stunning eastern shore of Loch Ness, was once famous for producing one third of the world’s aluminium. In 1967, the …
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