We are an eco-friendly B&B operating on the following principles:
This blog shows some of the things we do, or have done, to live a more eco-friendly life.
15 November 2021 By Helen One book which has had a great impact on me is Island on the Edge: A Life on Soay by Anne Cholawo. In 2018, while touring the Outer Hebrides looking for a house to buy, I started questioning my decision to make such a bold move. I kept asking myself:
31 March 2021 By Helen Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Farhana Yamin, the international environmental lawyer credited with getting the term “Net-zero by 2050” into the Paris Climate Agreement. I first encountered Farhana in the summer of 2020 when I took part in a webinar on climate change in which she’d been invited
28 February 2021 by Helen What if we lived in a time when human imagination flourishes and anything feels possible? This is the question asked and answered in the book From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want by Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Movement. We
15 January 2021 We have some very exciting news! Helen, together with her friend Maribel, has launched a new podcast. It’s called AudaciousNess and its purpose is to showcase individuals who have set themselves bold, audacious goals, for example, giving up a corporate lifestyle in Germany and moving to the Outer Hebrides to open a
15 October 2020 by Helen No, this is not a trick question. It’s the name of a new podcast launched just last week on BBC Radio 5, hosted by environmental broadcaster Liz Bonnin. It was the strapline that caught my attention – this promises not to be simply another podcast about the way humans are
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