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Conference to be held on energy challenges for New England islands

10/23/2014 - PORTLAND, ME—The Island Institute will host the Fifth Annual Island Energy Conference  on November 7th in Portland, Maine. The event will bring together energy experts and island leaders from New England’s year-round island communities and beyond to discuss common energy challenges and to learn more about resources that exist to address those challenges. SEE MORE
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Island Journal

What Scotland’s Islands Taught Me

Sally, our 17-year-old Scottish waitress, shyly replies to a question about the logistics of island education. “It takes an hour and a half on the school bus to get from my house to my school,” she says, taking a moment between customers at this tiny inn in a remote part of the Isle of Lewis.… Read more » SEE MORE