THE BRIGHT FUTURE FOR CARBON
How Jersey can make use of Bio-Char Pyrolysis – by Roderick McCafferty, a Scottish inventor with family links to both Jersey and Guernsey We are all Islanders – we all live on Earth, which is an island in space. Every resource we share is on this island. My first visit to Jersey was in September […]
ANNA LE MOINE GRAY – NEW EXHIBITION IN BRITTANY
Anna Le Moine Gray, the Breton artist who for many years lived and panted in Jersey – is holding a new exhibition of recent works in the town of Pont-Croix in western Brittany. She will be showing 30 new seascapes and landscapes, in oil or gouache, some drawings and birds in clay. A digital catalogue […]
MAJOR UPGRADE TO EVOLVE PUBLIC EV CHARGING NETWORK
Jersey Electricity (JE) has announced a £600,000 upgrade to its public electric vehicle (EV) charging network to significantly improve the charging experience for Jersey’s EV drivers and support the growing local demand for low-carbon electric transportation. This market leading platform will provide Islanders with access to an innovative public EV charging technology that will future […]
A WALK IN THE PARK
Lace up and get active, with ‘Walk in the Park’ this May Prepare to stretch your legs and put a spring in your step with the return of Walk in the Park. The Jersey National Park invites you to get active and immerse yourself in the great outdoors during May, National Walking Month. After last […]
FAITH IN THE SOIL
SHARE FARMING by James Odgers James and his family moved to Somerset in 2002 to establish nine traditional farming businesses upon which to train up new entrants into farming. They had first to learn how to farm themselves, having no background in farming. They have seen more than 25 families come and go since then and […]
REPRESENTING THE KING
By Charles A. Coulombe RURAL magazine is grateful to Mr Coulombe for providing for this website this thoughtful essay on the development and history of the viceregal – or gubernatorial – functions of the Royal representative in the various areas of His dominions. It is of particular interest to Jersey, where H.E. The Lieutenant-Governor is […]
THE GREEN CANOPY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
A solution to deliver the UK promise, by Robin Waymouth In order to work towards Carbon Neutrality and slow global warming, the UK pledged, in 2019, to plant 60 million broadleaf saplings annually for 30 years. However, due to adverse weather conditions in 2022, there was a loss of 50% of planted young saplings, while […]
RE-BERTH AND RE-BIRTH FOR THE HARBOUR GALLERY
The ‘re-berth’ of the Harbour Gallery at another harbourside location takes place tomorrow (Tuesday): it is re-opening at 19, The Quay Commercial Buildings , St Helier., after completing its move from The Bulwarks, St Aubin. An opening celebration is being held there on Tuesday 25 April, from 6pm to 8pm. The first exhibition there at […]
MAKE AMERICA GAUDY AGAIN
Everything about and around Trump is just that, gaudy. Though born to money, he comes across as a truck driver who has just won the lottery. His language, dress, mannerisms, reliance on rabble rousing, tastes in everything including women suggest an ideological commitment to tawdry vulgarity. Now, and I hope Shakespeare won’t mind, some people […]
SPAWN SPOTTING
Spring weather has truly arrived and marks the start of the season for new life. Pondwatch.je are asking for your help to spot toads, frogs, and newt eggs in ponds this Easter holiday. Spend 30minutes visually looking for these eggs before sharing what you spotted or didn’t see at https://www.jerseybiodiversitycentre.org.je/pondwatch/level-1-form It’s just as important to […]