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On a tiny Scottish island, residents have just been given the power over local regeneration. Has your community taken on a challenge? Solutions don’t have to come from the top down. Has your community taken on a challenge? We’d love to hear from you
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First published on Fri 29 Dec 2017 15.54 GMTFirst published on Fri 29 Dec 2017 15.54 GMT
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There is a lot of strength in communities, as evident by a recent decision to give residents on a small Scottish island the power to control their own destiny. When a small town in Devon banned plastic bags a decade ago, it started a global movement. When a county in Oregon found itself a wildfire risk, it took action to mitigate it.
The 15 people living on one of the smallest inhabited islands in the Scottish Hebrides, Canna, have been handed control of efforts to bring new people in. Where efforts of the National Trust have so far been unsuccessful, the hope is that through support, the local community will develop itself and boost population numbers. When a small Welsh town pulled together to find a home for Syrian refugees, the outcome was heart-warming and uplifting. When Mumbai residents sickened of the sight of trash on their beach, they rolled up their sleeves.
Solutions don’t have to be top-down. More often than not they come from local people who want to take matters into their own hands. Like the Scottish islanders who recently took control of efforts to bring new inhabitants in to their community.
There is a lot of strength in communities - and the world has never needed that strength more.
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