Thank you for reading this week’s Island Innovation newsletter! Every week we compile stories from islands around the world and highlight our favourites and the most important.
- Brazil art exhibition showcases an Indigenous worldview and poses questions.
- Caribbean nations explore new ideas, directions to recover from the pandemic.
- The Covid-19 effect is pricing out locals from Scotland’s rugged Western Isles.
- Island Voices: Salmon farming central to Port Hardy's future.
- Deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi destroys the habitat of endemic primates.
“A Partner In Sustainability: Building A Clean And Resilient Cayman In A Post-COVID World” At CTEC 2020
The Caribbean Transitional Energy Conference 2020 brings the best of regional and international clean energy experience and expertise together. At this year’s event, James Ellsmoor, Director of Island Innovation, offered his knowledge in a talk on how partnerships, across industries, within communities and between countries can be used to build back cleaner and more resilient small island nations, such as the Cayman Islands in a post-COVID world.
WEBINAR: Floating Solar: Part of the Solution for Island Nations?
Join Island Innovation and the Clinton Climate Initiative for a webinar on floating solar for islands, covering FPV technology, markets, and floating solar’s potential for islands’ renewable energy transition.
Remote Island Living: the island of Saint Helena
Remote and far-flung, the island of Saint Helena is partially trapped in a time-warp and largely untouched by the outside world. The ‘Saints’ who live here lead a life that is very different from those of us who have grown up in big cities. But we’ve discovered that the best way to learn about the world is by listening to how other people experience it.
Interesting stories about energy from the world’s islands:
- Irish Isles look to implement green ferry services
- Bardsey is about to make history as it could be powered entirely by tidal wave energy.
- Hawaiian Electric proposes solar projects on Molokai and Lanai.
- Island Institute joins effort to bridge gaps in energy resilience.
- Aquidneck Island confronts plan to add natural gas.
A Malagasy Community Wins Global Recognition For Saving Its Lake
Anchoring the future hasn’t been easy. When the association was formed in 2004, Lake Andranobe was in dire straits. Fish stocks were falling, the lake’s watershed had shrunk dramatically, and vanishing green cover meant water levels never recovered
Virtual Island Summit Giveaway Winners Announced!
Island Innovation announces the winners of our prizes for our 2020 Virtual Island Summit Giveaway. We have 13 island-related books that were won, featuring an incredible diversity of topics from around the world.
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