Islay Slate Company: setting pace and style

Posted on December 14, 2009 by

Only a year old, steady on its feet and running away with enterprising initiatives, the Islay Slate Company Continue reading →

Mull earthquake Sunday 13th

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Just as well it wasn’t Friday 13th or it might have been worse. Continue reading →

Chill out on Chilcot, leave Blair to karma

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Of course the Chilcot Inquiry was never going to Continue reading →

Renewable energy: capacity and technology is there but…

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Pelamis Wave Energy Converters at Peniche, Portugal. Copyright Eigene Arbeit GNU Free Documentation

(updated below on 17th December) … where is the infrastructure – the investment in the infrastructure? Continue reading →

Lochaber man’s daughter to be Australia’s first saint

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Mary Mackillop, who died in 1909, was the daughter Continue reading →

National Parks combine to draw children outdoors

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Scotland’s two National Parks, Loch Lomond and Continue reading →

Oban joins candlelit vigil for Copenhagen

Posted on December 13, 2009 by

Snapshot of Oban AVAAZ candlelit vigil for copenhagen

Sustainable Oban led a candlelit vigil at the North Pier yesterday evening – Continue reading →

Talk on Fully Protected Marine Reserves, Seil

Posted on December 13, 2009 by

Seil Natural History Group is hosting a talk by David Ainslie of Sea Life Adventures at 7.30pm on Tuesday 12th January at the Seil Island Community Hall in Ellenabeich.

Mr Ainslie will be looking at the issue of F’ully Protected Marine Reserves’ – a very hot topic at the moment with the Marine (Scotland) Bill the talking point just now amongst naturalists, marine environmentalists and commercial fishermen alike.

The Isle of Seil Natural History Group has a large membership, a high level of expertise and is particularly active.

It holds monthly talks on a wide variety of natural history topics and organises monthly field trips and mid-week walks.

Anyone is welcome to come to the talks whether a member of the group or not. Anyone interested in joining it should email Richard Wesley – richardwesley@btinternet.com – for details.