Did you know on the Isle of Eigg, a traffic light at the pier tells residents when renewable power is running low. Red means cut back. Green means carry on. The system has kept the island running off its own wind, water and solar since 2008. Home to just over 100 residents, Eigg sits around 10 miles off Scotland’s west coast and welcomes roughly 10,000 visitors each year. Despite its small size, the island operates entirely off grid, with electricity shared carefully across homes and businesses,

The very special Singing Sands on Eigg looking across to Rum. | Hope Blamire Artist