HIGP Press Releases
Cracking Result for Eigg
— 13 January 2010
The Green Party in the Highlands and Islands has congratulated the islanders of Eigg for their success in the Big Green Challenge.
The islanders shared in the million-pound first prize in the competition run by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
Party spokesperson Eleanor Scott, who took part in last year’s Big Green Footsteps event, said: “The islanders of Eigg have shown what a small community can do to reduce its carbon footprint while maintaining an excellent quality of life.
“The energy supply on Eigg today is now much greener, but also much more resilient as it comes from various sources, while the community’s move to have better insulation and more locally produced food is a winner in both environmental and quality of life terms.
“Nobody on Eigg takes their energy supply for granted — the community there knows more about electricity use and generation than any other in Scotland.
“Eigg has a lot to teach us all”
