Glenartney and Beautiful Arran
Arran is such a wonderful place with amazing history, scenery and wildlife. We need to help conserve it .
Environmental friendly practises are part of Glenartney's everyday life. We achieved gold GTBS accreditation and but we decided instead to pass the membership fee to the Arran Trust . The money would benefit the environment more than a plaque ever could .
In 2011 Glenartney became a supporter of the Arran Trust- a registered charity and each year we continue to do so.
Last year Glenartney donated contributions of over £1000, this was partly from Glenartney contribution and our guests.
It was an incredible amount- thank you!
There are now many businesses on Arran that contribute.
Exmaples of projects supported by Arran Trust funding are;
- Arran Access to upgrade the Glen Sannox path,
- Roots of Arran - Path Construction on the Mayish track at Fairy Glen
- Restoration and mainentance of the Clearances monument at Lamlash
- Black Bee Group
- Share Arran Roads Safely (SARS) scheme for cycling safety interpretation areas and boards
- Machrie Moor Standing stones car park
- Coastal way
The Arran Trust website has more details.
There are opportunities for our guests to contribute a few coins during their stay .
What do we do to reduce Glenartney footprint?
We continually source and test products and services that will help reduce the impact.
Some we do adopt, others will have to wait until a more viable product is found.
Most of the things we have introduced to reduce our environmental impact you should not notice, others will only enhance your stay
- Double glazing units have been fitted in all of the windows, unfortunately the old windows were beyond repair
- Our cleaning and laundering products are all environmentally friendly
- Locally produced guest shower and hand gels ( Arran Aromatics) in dispensers.
- Appropriate litter is recycled
- All food cooked and raw waste is composted, we use a green cone to compost cooked food.
- Water inhibitors are in all toilet cisterns
- Water restrictors on all plumbing
- We recycle old towels and linen into dusters and cloths. Other items given to charity
- Full loft and pipe insulation, new efficient boiler system was installed when renovations where made
- Low energy bulbs are used and push button timers are used in hallways
- We buy locally produced food and products , we buy fair trade products as the next alternative where possible
- Where ever possible recycled stationary is used and reused
- All radiators are fitted with individual thermostats
- All staff are committed to our green credentials
- Our grounds and vegetable plots are organically gardened
We try first to
Reduce
then
Re-use
finally
Recycle
