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The sounds of the Isle of Eigg are calming—sheep bleat, waves crash, and in the distance, a bagpipe wails. But it's the views that steal a visitor's attention. Craggy rocks rise above unencumbered ...

A tiny Hebridean island is growing tens of thousands of trees to create a sustainable supply of wood for fuel and to support natural habitats. Eigg has no mains power and its population of about 80 ...

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Our modern lives depend heavily on electricity, from PCs and smartphones to home appliances. However, it is also true that electricity can go out due to disasters. Yamazen 's inverter generator ' EIGG ...

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Johnny Lynch’s new album celebrates the wild beauty of his adopted Hebridean home, 25 years after its people bought the island – and freed it from lairds, frauds and fossil fuels Twenty-five years ago ...

It is one thing to complain about the owner of an island and insist you could run it better, but quite another to actually buy that island and run it yourself. That is exactly what the community of ...

A new book exploring the histories and legends of Scotland's Small Isles has been published. Muck, Rum, Eigg and Canna lie between Ardnamurchan on the west Highland coast and the Isle of Skye. In The ...

The great unofficial census of Eigg is taking place in a sitting room offering the UK’s finest seascape. The waters of the Sound of Rum carry your gaze from beyond a spotless beach on the north-west ...

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