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Environment – What You Can Do

Treshnish, Mull, biodiversity, environment, what you can do

With your help, Treshnish & Haunn Cottages can become more eco-friendly

Every little thing helps!

Mull is a beautiful, wild landscape – and a world class wildlife destination. We hope staying at Treshnish will enable you to enjoy the magic of what Mull has to offer, with the satisfaction that you are staying somewhere eco-friendly, somewhere where your help can make a difference.

Below are some ideas of how to be more eco-friendly on holiday!

 

Dervaig Post Office & Store


Our local shop is the best! …Read more…

A growing selection of whole foods, fruit and veg, eco friendly cleaning products, local produce (meat, ready meals and fish) means we hardly ever go to a supermarket ourselves.
The shop is open until 6pm Mondays to Saturdays, so if you are catching the 4pm ferry from Oban you should get here in time to shop! Please have a look at their website.
Supporting this shop helps the village and those in surrounding area who depend on it.
Shop in our local island shops


Please shop in our local island shops…Read more…

By using local suppliers and shops, the whole island community is supported.
If you don’t think you will arrive on Mull in time to shop in Dervaig on your first night, why not bring just enough food to tide you over for the first day, and then do your food shopping here on Mull.
This is a great way of contributing to the local economy.
Buy and support local produce


There are some fantastic food producers on the island …Read more…

and we helped set up the Mull and Iona Food Trail in 2015, to promote island produce and make it easier for visitors to source the fabulous local produce available.
Dervaig Shop sells local pork and island venison, as well as Mull Cheese and Tobermory Fish Co. smoked fish.
There are Producers Markets around the island from Easter until the autumn – a great way of meeting producers and sourcing delicious produce!  Tobermory hosts one every Monday in the spring and summer.
Take a tour – not the car


There are several very good wildlife tour operators locally…Read more…

Why not take a tour, learn about the awesome wildlife on the island and reduce your own car use at the same time.
Take the bus from Calgary if you are taking one of the boat trips leaving from Tobermory or on a Friday use the Community Bus to get to Ulva Ferry.
Drive carefully


Driving carefully and slowly can reduce your fuel use. …Read more…

Always check you are not holding up someone behind you!
Walk locally


And save fuel! Why not enjoy some of the walks on the farm …Read more…

instead of driving to walk somewhere else?
See the leaflets in the cottage about local walks.
Please ask us for more walk suggestions!
Think bike!


Mull has plenty of opportunity for cycling…Read more…

There is room in the Recycling Shed to keep your bikes under cover.
Mull Electric Bikes are available for hire locally. You can charge electric bikes here free of charge!
Turn the heating down


Please don’t leave windows open when the heating is on…Read more…

Please turn radiators off in unoccupied bedrooms.
Please ask for advice about energy saving during your stay.
Use appliances carefully


Stack/fill dishwasher & washing machine carefully…Read more…

Only use when fully loaded.
Only half a tab required for dishwashers.
Using 30 degrees rather than 40 degrees will save energy.
Turn lights off when you can


Please make sure your outside light is switched off…Read more…

Please turn lights off in empty rooms and don’t leave lights on when you go out.
Share your wildlife sightings


It is wonderful to share information about where and what …Read more…

everyone has been seeing, so please do let us know what you have seen.

Visit Prasad’s wildlife Blog at http://treshnishbirdlog.blogspot.com

Relax and pamper yourself


Catriona’s Salon in Tobermory offers a variety of treatments…Read more…

including Indian Head Massage 01688 302234.
Here at Treshnish you can have Cranio Sacral Balancing – see leaflet in cottage for details.
Michael Shilson offers Shiatsu in Tobermory.
Give us feedback


Improving what we offer here in terms of accommodation…Read more…

and reducing our environmental impact is an ongoing project.

We welcome your feedback so please let us know if you feel we could be doing things better than we are – environmentally or otherwise!

Recycle


Help us to reduce landfill: recycle!…Read more…

Once the Glengorm landfill site is full, island waste will have to go to the mainland for disposal.
Please help by recycling as much as you can using the facilities we have created in the Recycling Shed.
Conserve Water


Our natural rain or spring fed supplies are monitored …Read more…

and checked in accordance with regulations.
When the burns (streams) look dry, it means the water supplies are running lower than usual, so responsible use at these times helps the water supply remain sustainable.
At other times, surplus water (that we don’t use) finds its way to the sea, but it is still important not to waste water.
Use a glass of water when you brush your teeth, rather than running the tap.
Only boil the water you need each time – saves water and electricity!
What we do


Find out more about what we are doing …Read more…

to protect and preserve the wonderful environment we live and work in.

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