Our story
As the owner of Rathlin Island Ferry, I joined a group of other local businesses – some from the island and some from the mainland – that are looking at new ways to reduce our collective carbon footprint. Our aim is for the island to become carbon neutral and Rathlin Island Ferry plays an important role within this group as the ferry operations are one of the bigger emitters.
Rathlin Island is a good place to pilot such a project because just 50 years ago, people lived here in a carbon-neutral way, and many of those people are still alive and are familiar with living in a low-carbon way.
Our advice
Work with what you have; for example, we will still keep all the facilities on the island, but just with alternative sources of energy. It is easier to work with a finite number of people at first, and use this as an example to model how you can have all your facilities become carbon-neutral.
Our Changeprint
Our Changeprint can be measured by the amount of carbon savings, by collaborating with other local businesses to re-establish previous low-carbon ways of living on the island, and by our contribution towards our island becoming carbon neutral.
