“Being a small island nation has been an advantage” to be able to “think innovatively and be more flexible”. The Faroes used what they had and responded quickly taking their own independent decisions for their islands.
50% of the GDP of The Falklands is linked to trade with the EU through Fisheries and Agriculture.
“Maybe we will save this world after all.” Halfdan Ambrahamsen, Aeroe, Denmark
An exhibition featuring the work of artists in the Between The Islands project has opened with limited viewing at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall.
How can it be that Scotland is considered to be too small to be an independent country when Nauru is considered viable?
“In a strange way, the constraints of lockdown have encouraged us to think innovatively about education and public engagement” Professor Frank Rennie, Lews Castle UHI
““Crofting is a way of life. Once it goes, there is no going back.”
Are islands on the Edge? What is the Edge on a spherical planet ? And in the digital world is there an Edge?
A taste of island life from Stronsay’s Bruce Fletcher
Bruce Fletcher from Stronsay recounts what it was like for him in this article from The Stronsay Limpet
