Love the Island

Isle of Wight AONB is encouraging Islanders to take part in this major review by the Government and help shape the vision for the Island's landscapes.

Figures show that thousands of households on the Isle of Wight have benefitted from a soon-to-be scrapped green energy scheme.

There are several free screenings across the Isle of Wight of David George's documentary about the Eco Island vision and how it ultimately ended in tragedy.

Next year's Mardi Gras Carnival will be supporting the Isle of Wight's bid for the Island to become a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

The Isle of Wight Climate Coalition are raising awareness of the catastrophic consequences for our planet from the damaging effects of global warming. See them in Newport on Saturday.

Driven by a government initiative for sustainable transport. a feasibility study into the introduction of an ‘e-cargo’ bikes scheme, which could replace van delivery for smaller goods, has been commissioned by the Isle of Wight council.

If you happen to be driving through Hampshire in the early hours of the morning and wonder why residential street lights are turned off, here's the explanation and what will happen.

Southampton will be the home port for the first LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) powered British cruise ship, Iona. In preparation for that, £12m is being invested to accommodate it.

Meeting fellow Green Party councillors from the Isle of Man at the party Conference, Vix Lowthion said they discussed the distinct Island identities and why Green policies really speak to the respective communities.

Pro-link campaigners say they have exhausted all other options of funding the viability study to build a fixed link tunnel to the mainland. They're now asking members of the public to contribute to a £130,000 fundraising appeal.

Jonathan Dodd returns with his Sunday column and this week talks about one of his new heroes, Professor John McGeehan, Director of the Institute of Biological and Biomedical Sciences in the School of Biological Sciences at Portsmouth University. Find out why.