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Silvia Muras

Highlands, Scotland

The Editor of KYLE CHRONICLE, with over two decades of experience in journalism, now living in the area, sharing stories, reporting, and giving a platform to the Kyle of Sutherland communities.

Communities’ struggle for green energy infrastructure ownership

Communities’ struggle for green energy infrastructure ownership

With political parties placing community ownership of renewable energy at the heart of their election agendas, the question remains: why is it so difficult for local groups to secure a meaningful stake? As reported by Rhiannon Davies for the Power Shift, just one community-owned wind turbine, Tilley, in the Hebridean

Fairies and malicious spirits

Fairies and malicious spirits

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history  and origins of place names in and around our area In Inveran, An Sìthean or ‘place of the fairies’, was recorded as being a small enclosure of pasture situated over a mile north of Inveran farm. Nearby we find Sìthean Mòr, ‘the

Can Sutherland feed Sutherland?

Can Sutherland feed Sutherland?

How can we produce more food locally? How easy is it to access locally grown and reared food? These were some of the questions at the heart of the Convention on Local Food Production hosted by the Kyle Feeds Project at Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust and Planet Sutherland. The

Push for greater planning democracy in Highlands

Push for greater planning democracy in Highlands

At the 2nd CC convention in August, MSPs and MPs across the political spectrum agreed to push for a “much-needed” debate in Holyrood and Westminster about renewable energy in the Highlands. The second Community Councils Convention, held in Inverness, attracted more than 250 delegates, representing 60 community councils and about

Faces and facial features

Faces and facial features

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history  and origins of place names in and around our area Often Scottish Gaelic place names incorporate human body parts to describe landforms. Tòrr na Teangaidh situated a short distance east from Easter Achnachanat means ‘knoll of the tongue’. In the 1848-1852 OS

Kyle Chronicle #24

Kyle Chronicle #24

Is the current planning system for renewables sidelining communities?

Is the current planning system for renewables sidelining communities?

The growing amount, complexity, increasing fast pace of the process, and the way decisions on applications are reached - with some given the green light despite widespread local opposition - are some of the challenges faced by the local communities around the Kyle of Sutherland. “It seems [Scottish Ministers Alastair