Podcasts about ulva

This week's critter is the seaweed isopod, Paridotea ungulata. Seaweed isopods are true masters of camouflage. Their bright green bodies blend perfectly with their favourite habitat (and food) - sea lettuce (Ulva spp.).

Ulva Goodwillie traces her whakapapa to the earliest inhabitants of Rakiura-Stewart Island and is named after the jewel in the National Park's crown - Ulva Island.

Mark heads to Turriff to attend the 2024 opening of the River Deveron. He hears from Richie Miller of the Deveron District Salmon Fishery Board as well as John Beattie, who officially opens the salmon season.Rachel visits warden Jim Hughes who is celebrating 25 years in post at the Balgavies Loch nature reserve in Angus, to chat about the most memorable moment of his career.It has been 6 years since the community buy-out of the Isle of Ulva in the Inner Hebrides. In the first episode of her podcast, Now Where, May Robson visits the island to find out how the community is faring.Returning to the River Deveron, Mark hears from Richie Miller and Andrew MacGarvie about a historical salmon catch made on the river 100 years ago by Clementina “Tiny” Morison.Calum MacLean joins live to chat about the brand new series of the Adventure Show, which features Calum and Marie Meldrum as presenters. Mark and Rachel chat with Calum about the Adventure Show, the Strathpuffer and about plans for the show for the rest of the year. A clip from the show will also be featured.Bill Richie is a retired embryologist who was involved in the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. Nowadays, Bill finds himself engaged in an entirely different pursuit – building his own plane. Mark visits Bill in Aberlour for a chat about his self-built plane.Poet, storyteller and performer Susi Briggs has been named the Galloway Scots Scrivener. Rachel goes for a walk with Susi in Dumfries and Galloway around some of the places which have inspired her.

This episode is a talk between Seamas Carey of The Reason Why podcast and me, Alasdair Satchel, of What We Do in the Winter which explores the nature of our podcasting work. Seamas' podcast The Reason Why was released in the spring of 2022. It consists of 10 themed episodes and two live episodes which round the project off. It explores the social issues, hidden history and culture wars of contemporary Cornwall. What We Do in the Winter is an oral history podcast about the lives of the people of the Isles of Mull, Iona, Ulva, Gometra, Erraid and Little Colonsay. The conversation you're about to hear took place in An Tobar, Tobermory on the 4th of October 2023 in front of a live audience. It came about thanks to Rona Dougall and Nina Pope where were at the time of recording the curators of the visual arts programme at An Tobar Mull Theatre. Sound at the event was by Louise Gregory and Tim Olden. Episode links and more can be found on whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening!

This episode is a chat with Cressida Cowell, author of the How To Train Your Dragon books, the Wizards of Once series and Which Way to Anywhere. Cressida grew up in London where her Dad, Michael Hare, had significant roles in several well known organisations. In the 1970's Michael bought the island of Little Colonsay, which lies between Ulva and Staffa, which was to become the family's summer home. The island, it's history, topography and setting had a profound affect on young Cressida's imagination and her summers would be spent in a reverie of story making, listening to the tales her Dad would tell her of the people of these islands' past. These experiences lead to Cressida becoming an author, and not just any author. Her works have been translated into 38 languages and sold tens of millions of copies around the world. There are film and tv adaptations of her work. In our time together we talked about her childhood memories of Little Colonsay and the people who helped her family to build their home there. We talk about her father and his love of nature. We explore the impact that the island had on her imagination, and how that lead to her career. Cressida goes on to talk about her maternal Grandfather, Alan Hare, and his experiences in the 2nd World War in Albania and how that generation of people influenced her writing. We then talk about the importance of the natural world and the nature of climate change. I owe a big thank you to my dear friend Colin Morrison for putting me in contact with Cressida. Colin and his family run Turus Mara, which, departing from Ulva Ferry, to my mind, is the best way to see Staffa, Fingal's Cave and to meet the puffins on Lunga for some puffin therapy. See the links in the episode notes for more details. Most importantly of all though at the end of this episode Cressida kindly took the time to answer three questions from Lachlan, one of her young readers who lives in Dervaig, who sent me some questions to ask. Thanks for listening! Episode links and more on whatwedointhewinter.com

Varje dag använder vi namn på orter utan att tänka på vad de betyder. Men den som vill veta kommer att upptäcka en värld av hemligheter och fascinerande historia. Nils Markus Karlsson guidar oss dit. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Karesuando, Nattavaara, Duortnisjávri, Morjärv, Bastusund, Ljusträsk, Kåtaliden, Blattniksele, Nattlägertjärnen, Jormvattnet, Vindeln, Handöl, Frösön, Skärsjövålen, Korskrogen, Njutånger, Vasselbodarna, Svabensverk, Torsåker, Stöllet, Nopikoski, Ena, Öna, Byn, Gustav Adolf, Skinnskatteberg, Rabbatsbenning, Morgongåva, Harg, Svartlöga, Bagarmossen, Himmerfjärden, Frändesta, Zinkgruvan, Kolmården, Roma, Smiss, Mathem, Vättern, Hedekas, Island, Pater Noster, Naum, Sötåsa, Intäkt, Småland, Byxelkrok, Kristianopel, Utlängan, Tattamåla, Immeln, Glädjelida, Frillesås, Derome, Abild, Mölle, Kvärk, Ålabodarna, Tittente, Skanör.Ortsnamnen beskriver en rörelse, som om vi åkt – låt säga bil – för här är många småorter, knappt byar ens, som passerats längs vägen, ringlande från norr till söder.Den som har en känsla för detta avlånga lands sätt att uttrycka sig vet att Nattavaara är främmande för Skanör, att Njutånger inte är granne med Glädjelida. Vissa ortsnamnselement finns bara i vissa trakter – och det är så det är.Den som bekantar sig med ortnamnsforskningen finner svar, finner att en karta full av ortsnamn är en episk berättelse om hur markerna i det här landet en gång mötte människorna, då dessa sökte sig fram efter den smältande isens tillbakadragande. Det är en oslagbart rik, allomfattande, och omväxlande journal. Emellanåt en smula enahanda med sina omkväden. Som ”red”, ”röd” och ”ryd”. Älvsered, Studseröd, Målryd. Götalands alla -red, -röd och -ryd skvallrar om hur någon någongång arbetat hårt och länge, och röjt i en obrukbar, stenig, risig skog. Fornsvenskans rydh kommer från ett ännu äldre ord – och det betyder just röjning. Orter med denna ändelse är än idag ofta små, lite avsides.Av namnen går att dra slutsatser om hur gammal en plats är, hur länge sen det är som den namngavs. Efterled som ”-arve”, ”-böle”, ”-lösa” och ”-måla” kommer från olika och överlappande epoker. Ställen med ”tuna” i namnet har varit centralorter i en förhistorisk samhällsordning. De med ”vi”, ”ve” och ”vä” avslöjar en förkristen helig plats.Jag finner det outsägligt rörande att folk idag går omkring och använder dessa namn – utan att veta vad de väcker. Och att man på en digital karta kan zooma in och ut, svepa i alla väderstreck och läsa, smaka, undra: Vad? Vad är nu detta för en plats? Med detta namn.Namnen har alltid ett ursprung, om än svårfunnet. En ortsnamnstolkare hämtar sina verktyg från så olika fält som lingvistik, geografi, växtlära, zoologi, ekonomisk historia, geologi, människohistoria, arkitektur, lantbrukshistoria, sjöfart, fortskaffningshistoria, kultur, etymologi, estetik. Lokalkännedom är en nyckel, likaså en känsla för dialekten.För den som söker sig in i ortsnamnen blir de till kapslar kvarlämnade av människor, individer, folk, tillhörande en viss kultur, en viss erfarenhetssfär, med vissa avsikter, och de berättar om hur dessa en gång kom till en viss trakt, många gånger aldrig formad av mänskliga präglare, av hålla-påare – och de gav platsen namn. Ibland fanns en viss avsikt men oftare blev det vad det blev, utan annat uppsåt än att med ord märka ut en plats, som ett sätt att orientera sig, att upprätta punkter i landskapet. Ska du till Snögrinde? Nej, jag ska längre, till Loggarve. Namnen kultiverar obygden, gör den brukbar för den mänskliga tungan.Ortsnamn röjer vad forna tiders människor sökt och tittat efter. Som att ta sig över en å. Hästar finner lämpliga platser för vadande, alltså: Hästevadet och Horsvad – men även Kedevad, killingarnas vadställe. Ulva i Uppland hette en gång Ulvavadh. Det var där vargar tog sig över Fyris – ett ortsnamn som fungerar som en varning. Andra talar om jakt, och fångstmetod, som Björnbåset i Östergötland, eller Rävgrav i Gästrikland. Ålkistan i Solna. I Agnsjön togs bete att agna med. För en biolog kan namnen ge upplysningar om vilka arter som funnits i vilka trakter. Laxsjön, Gäddsjön, Abborrvattnet, Mörttjärn. Sjöar har som regel uppkallats efter den bästa fisken som fanns i sjön. Alltså går det att genom namnen dra slutsatser om både vad som levt – och inte levt – i ett visst vattendrag.Och så uroxen! Den sista uroxen lär ha dött i den polska Jaktorów-skogen 1627. Men i trakterna kring Uranäs, Uren och i Urshult, strövar den ännu fritt – till namnet.Som inom alla fält finns utmarker, apokryfer, vilda spekulationer och vita fläckar. Trakter som vissa av oss bara måste uppsöka. Ta detta med noa-namn – noa: ett ord från Söderhavet, så långt bort på planeten man kan komma. Ett noa-namn används istället för det riktiga namnet då uttalandet av detta antas kunna frammana olycka, kanske en viss guds vrede. Ett typiskt exempel är ordet ”ulv” som ingen människa, rädd om sitt skinn, tordes uttala förr i tiden. Istället alltså ”varg”. Eller ”gråben” eller ”gullfot”. Det skulle gärna vara smickrande, som ”gull”. Gränsälven mellan Västergötland och Värmland hette en gång Amn – idag finns namnet bevarat i sockennamnet Amnehärad. Men älven heter numer Gullspång, och gullspång betyder guldspännet. Ett namn som använts för att fjäska och lugna älvens farliga och heliga vatten. Det som förr hette Blåkulla döptes redan på 1500-talet om till Jungfrun – för säkerhets skull. (Namnen har sedan sammanblandats till dagens Blå Jungfrun.) Till och med ett namn som ”Vänern” är omtvistat. Det kan också vara ett noa-namn. Tänk om Sveriges största sjös egentliga namn är dolt för oss!?Det finns mer, men ja, de mest laddade, de mest förborgade namnen, vågar jag förstås inte nämna i ett sammanhang som detta. Och dessutom: Det händer att forskarna går bet. De når inte fram till orten, kommer inte inunder dess ljud. Många namn på åar vet man inte vad de betyder. De är för gamla. Men då vet man ändå, att genom att bruka detta namn – jag är själv uppvuxen vid Viskan, vars namn ingen lyckats tolka – så ingår man i en mångtusenårig gemenskap. Jag tar över ett namn, ett ljud, som de före mig tog över av de före dem som tog över det av de före dem, som...För hur många tusen år sen gick namnets innebörd förlorad för människorna vid åns lopp?Så är somliga av dessa ortnamn tomma kapslar, namn som blivit till ljud allena. Några av dem bär antagligen bortglömda gudars namn, som Ludgo och Göteve. Namnen öppnar gruvgångar in i historiens tysta berg, in i övergivna tempel med omkullslagna urnor, fallna fallosar. Mjärdevi, Nalavi, Närby – belägg för att gudinnan Nerthus, eller Njärd, har dyrkats i detta land. Eller? I de obegripliga ortsnamnens undervegetation surrar och viskar det alltjämt, av något, något. Kanske kan de brukas till åkallan. Viskan, Ätran, Nissan, Lagan. Viskan, Ätran, Nissan, Lagan...Nils Markus Karlsson, kulturarbetare Länkar och boktipsLantmäteriets karta: https://minkarta.lantmateriet.se/Institutet för språk och folkminnen – på hemsidan finns mycket om ortsnamn och länkar till ännu mer https://www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/kunskapsbanker/lar-dig-mer-om-ortnamn-i-sverigeInstitutet för språk och folkminnen, Isof, bjuder också på ett ortsnamnskviss https://www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/kviss/kviss-om-ortnamnJöran Sahlgren: Vad våra ortnamn berätta, Albert Bonniers boktryckeri, 1944.Staffan Nyström: Smånamn och andra ortnamn, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 2003.

I dette afsnit smager vi på Ulva fra det Nykøbing Sjællandske bryggeri Deeper Roots Brewing. En pilsner der med sin tilførelse af tang smager som Bertel Haarders berømte interview hvor han går glip af risengrød og mobilspillet Fruitninja!Spørgsmålet er om det er godt eller skidt?!Afsnittet er lavet i samarbejde med Wika MenySKÅL!Husk at følge os på:InstagramFacebookUntappd

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.02.17.529005v1?rss=1 Authors: He, H., Yang, J., He, Y., Li, Z., Fu, C., Zhang, D., Li, M., Lu, A., Dong, J., Liu, J., Gu, H., Shen, S. Abstract: Ulva prolifera is the dominant species of "green tide", and has higher tolerance to environmental stresses such as temperature. However, the molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here, transcriptome analysis, Western blot and RT-qPCR analysis of U. prolifera suggested that, under temperature stresses (4{degrees}C, 36{degrees}C), the expression of PCNA and CyclinA was promoted, and the MAPK signaling was activated. Besides, the results showed that PCNA interacted with CyclinA. Interestingly, the expression of miR-2916, which was predicted to bind PCNA at -552~-772, was negatively correlated with the expression of PCNA under temperature stresses (4{degrees}C, 36{degrees}C). In addition, the results showed that low temperature (4{degrees}C) had no obvious effect on the survival, the formation of cell walls, and the division of protoplasts. However, high temperature (36{degrees}C) had obvious effect on them. PCNA inhibitors increased the sensitivity of the protoplasts under temperature stresses. Together, our results suggested PCNA regulating the proliferation in response to the temperature stress of U. prolifera was associated with miR-2916/PCNA/CyclinA/MAPK pathway. In conclusion, the study preliminarily illuminates the molecular mechanism in response to temperature stress of U. prolifera, and may provide a new insight for prevention of green tide. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

There's a warning of welfare problems for livestock sent to slaughter, as the supply of carbon dioxide - which is used for stunning the animals - is once again drying up. It could lead to issues on farms as a rising number of pigs and poultry can't be sent to the abattoir. Carbon dioxide is a by-product of the manufacture of ammonia - and the UK's last remaining ammonia plant is no longer going to produce it. CF Industries says the cost of operating is too high, so for now it's going to import ammonia instead, and - as the gas is a by-product of ammonia production - it won't be making CO2. This will also have an impact on the supply and price of fertiliser. All this week Farming Today has looking at the causes and consequences of rising food prices. A survey from the Nat West bank reveals that 99 per cent of the 252 farmers they asked say they're facing above inflation price rises on at least one main input - things like energy, fuel, feed or fertiliser. Some are planning to grow less or change what they produce in the coming year to limit their losses. Many had agreed prices with their customers before the rise in energy prices, for instance, and so will be looking for much higher prices next season. We speak to a livestock farmer in Somerset. In 2018 the island of Ulva, which sits off the coast of the Isle of Mull and had a population of just five, was bought by a community group for around £4.5 million. Plans to restore the housing on the island are well under way and the population has doubled to ten. But now the island's farmland has to be brought back to life, too. We hear from the man tasked with doing just that. You can hear the full story on On Your Farm on BBC Sounds. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced by Sally Challoner

Academics have launched a new research initiative. Sixteen universities from across the UK have formed the Agricultural Universities Council. It aims to look at the big picture to see what kind of research will most benefit farmers. What do the labels on pork tell you about the way the pig was reared? It can be complicated - for example, ‘outdoor bred pigs' may sound as if they live outdoors but they actually spend most of their lives inside. The sows give birth outside and their piglets stay with them until they're weaned, but after that they head indoors. We visit a farm in Wiltshire which produces outdoor-reared RSPCA-assured pork and find out what that means. The Island of Ulva is looking for a farmer. It's just off Mull, on the West Coast of Scotland. The community group which owns it says it will involve looking after a herd of Highland cattle and tending more than 3000 acres. Presenter - Caz Graham Producer - Rebecca Rooney

Cianobaktērijas reiz apgādāja planētu ar skābekli, bet to pēcteči - zilaļģes - rada kaitējumu Baltijas jūras ekosistēmai. Jau sen runājam par to, ka Baltijas jūra aizaug ar aļģēm un to ziedēšanas laikā daudzviet ūdens kļūst zaļš. pie vainas lielā mērā ir tas, ka jūrā nonāk pārāk daudz barības vielu - slāpeklis un fosfors. Turklāt jaunākie pētījumi lieks domāt, ka Baltijas jūras centrālā daļa slāpekli uzņem ātrāk nekā jebkurš cits reģions pasaulē. Vai tā ir, kāda ir aļģu divējādā daba un kā cilvēka darbība veicina to vairošanos, raidījumā Zināmais nezināmajā skaidro Latvijas Hidroekoloģijas institūta direktors vadošais pētnieks Juris Aigars un šī institūta zinātniskā asistente doktorante Ineta Liepiņa. Aļģes var izmantot arī pārtikā un enerģētikā Ne reti jūras malā var ieraudzīt akmeņus, kas apauguši ar zaļiem, mīkstiem matiem - tās ir ulva aļģes, kuras zinātnieku interesi piesaista ar savā vērtīgajām īpašībām un kuras var izmantot gan pārtikas, gan ķīmiskajā rūpniecībā, kā arī enerģētikas ieguvē. Ne reizi vien šajā  raidījumu ciklā esam runājuši par ēšanas un saimniekošanas paradumiem, lai nākotnē, pieaugot cilvēku skaitam uz mūsu planētas, visus varētu nodrošināt ar pilnvērtīgu pārtiku un vienlaikus saglabātu ekoloģisku līdzsvaru starp  apkārtējo vidi  un cilvēkiem. Jau esam stāstījuši par mākslīgo gaļu, kukaiņiem pārtikā, nu kārta ir pienākusi aļģēm. Kaut gan tas nav īsti korekti - saukt šīs jūraszāles par jaunumu pārtikā, jo  veikalu plauktos  jau ilgstoši var redzēt jūras kāpostus, pārtikas  produktu, kas  iegūts no brūnaļģēm - laminārijām. Tā kā pasaulē ir zināmas aptuveni 30 tūkstošiem aļģu sugu, šoreiz stāsts par zaļaļģēm, to vietu dabā, to audzēšanu un  īpašībām.   Zaļo jūras aļģu pasuga - ulva aļģes - mums ir pazīstamas  pēc izskata. Ja kaut reizi esam bijuši  Baltijas jūras krastā un tur redzējuši akmeņus, kas apauguši gariem, zaļiem, mīkstiem matiem, tad ziniet, ka šie mati ir minētās aļģes. Vairāk par intervijā stāsta Latvijas Universitātes Mikrobioloģijas un biotehnoloģijas institūta pētniece, doktore Karīna Bāliņa. Karīna Bāliņa ir viena no speciālistēm, kas iesaistījusies  starptautiskās sadarbības programmā "Rītdienas jūras labība", lai kopā ar citiem zinātniekiem no 28 valstīm piedalītos pētniecības projektā, kura mērķis ir  veicināt jūras aļģu potenciāla izmantošanu Eiropā. Ir izpētīts, ka zaļo jūras aļģu pasuga - ulva - ir vērtīgs produkts gan pārtikā, gan enerģētikā. Kā pārtikas sastāvdaļas ulva aļģes ir bagātas ar olbaltumvielām, ogļhidrātiem, antioksidantiem un šis aļģes var audzēt gan sauszemes, gan jūras apstākļos. Ulva var saražot vairāk biomasas uz kvadrātmetru nekā sauszemes augi, šīs aļģes arī  kalpo kā  aizsargs ūdenstilpju aizaugšanai.

En el episodio de hoy echaremos una ojeada a vista de pájaro a las algas verdes y las carófitas, que son respectivamente primas lejanas y primas hermanas de las plantas terrestres. Hoy hemos hablado de: -Archeplastidia: las viejas plastudas, compuestas por algas rojas, algas verdes y glaucófitas. -Plasmodium: el parásito de la malaria. -Viridiplantae: Las que antes eran algas verdes pero que ahora comprenden algas verdes + plantas terrestres. En cuanto a algas verdes en general, vamos a ver unos ejemplos: -Chlamydomonas, un alga verde unicelular muy típica: 03aea4820e90259ec7b3cbd97bee6867.jpg (452×360) (pinimg.com)-Ulva, la lechuga de mar: Meersalat-Ulva-lactuca.jpg (3000×2126) (wikimedia.org)-Caulerpa, el alga macroscópica que consiste en una única célula: 3-Caulerpa-racemosa-1.jpg (960×640) (monaconatureencyclopedia.com)-Volvox, la simpática alga colonial con desarrollo embrionario: colonies-Volvox-aureus-daughter-movements-environment-flagella.jpg (800×450) (britannica.com)Aquí algunos ejemplos de carófitas (Charophyta). Si las juntamos con las plantas terrestres el grupo se llama Streptophyta: -Micrasterias, unas bonitas algas unicelulares: Micrasterias_radiata.jpg (640×480) (wikimedia.org)-Spirogyra, la masa viscosa verde que se forma en la superficie de los estanques pero que al microscopio es muy bonita: Light-microscopic-images-of-Spirogyra-morphotypes-from-the-Lake-Baikal-region-A.jpg (850×1193) (researchgate.net)-Chara, una carófita con una organización corporal bastante compleja: 1200px-CharaFragilis.jpg (1200×1753) (wikimedia.org)

mr.broccoli nimmt heute die AFA Alge genauer unter die Lupe und beschreibt deren Eigenschaften. U.a. Die AFA Alge enthält alle 65 Vitamine und Minerale. Es ist ein komplettes Protein mit allen 9 essenziellen Aminosäuren. Es hat viel Chlorophyll, sogar mehr wie Weizengras Aber höre auf jeden Fall rein, was es noch machen kann.  Meine bevorzugten AFA Algen: Keimling (Rohvegan) Regenbogenkreis (Bio)   Publikationen: Jin, D. Q., Lim, C. S., Sung, J. Y., Choi, H. G., Ha, I., & Han, J. S. (2006). Ulva conglobata, a marine algae, has neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects in murine hippocampal and microglial cells. Neuroscience letters,402(1), 154-158. Panahi, Y., Ghamarchehreh, M. E., Beiraghdar, F., Zare, R., Jalalian, H. R., & Sahebkar, A. (2012). Investigation of the effects of Chlorella vulgaris supplementation in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized clinical trial. Hepato-gastroenterology, 59(119), 2099-2103.   Fragen an mr.broccoli? Schreibe an christian@christian-wenzel.com   Mehr mr.broccoli: Podcast auf Spotify Apple Podcast Mehr Podcast Abonniere meinen YouTube Kanal   *Disclaimer: Ich wurde von keinem der genannten Unternehmen bezahlt. Trotzdem die Markierung als "Werbung", da ich Marken und Produkte genannt habe. Alle genannten Aussagen dienen lediglich zu Informationszwecken und ersetzen nicht den Besuch eines Arztes.

I denne episoden skal sankeren og kokken snakkes om en av de mest populære grønnalgene som har fått navnet havsalat. Jim tar oss igjennom forvekslingsartene med Grønnhinne (Monostroma grevvilei), Lys havslat (Gayralia oxysperma), Brunlig havsalat (Ulvaria obscura) og Bølget grønnhinne (Protomonostroma undulatum) Jim beskriver at havsalat vokser på lavvann ned til maks 15 meter dybde langs hele norskekysten og er av og til å finne i litt store fjærepytter. Den trenger næringsrikt vann så pass på at den ikke sankes i forurensede utslippsområder. Algen er best å sanke på våren, dette handler mest om hvor fin den er. For lang oppbevaring så anbefales det å putte den i en tett boks blandet med grovt havsalt. Jørgen tar med råvaren på kjøkkenet og beskriver den som en meget sunn og god råvare. Den inneholder kalsium, jern, proteiner og omega 3. Jørgen går igjennom mange bruksområder, men anbefales først og fremst å brukes den fersk. Tror mange blir inspirert til å bruke den etter å høre hvordan Jørgen snitter den opp for bruk i en havsalatrisotto. Havsalat er en av pilarene i det nordiske kjøkkenet og var av de første tangartene som ble brukt. I denne episoden vil det også komme opp tema på alt fra sårleging og dødelig farlig gass av havsalat.

I denne episoden av sankeren og kokken skal vi prate om grønnalgen med det minst sexy navnet Tarmgrønske er en grønnalge man finner i fjæresonen. Det finnes 10 arter av denne i Norge. Vi snakker litt om Greinet tarmgrønske (ulva compressa) og Rysjegrønske (Ulva linza) som er to av de i tillegg til vanlig tarmgrønske. Jim går også igjennom Pollpryd (Cadium fragile) og Grønndusk (Cladophora rupestris) som to nærliggende arter som egner seg til mat i denne podcastepisoden. Jim tar oss med i fjærepytter og i brakkvann på beskyttet. Typiske områder er rolige viker med svaberg. Finnes ikke mer sankeidyll en å hente tarmgrønske på svaberg. Tangen kan tørkes for fremtidig bruk, men er veldig god å bruke frisk. Kan oppbevares friskt i en lukket boks blandet med grovt havsalt om man ønsker lang holdbarhet. På kjøkkenet forklarer Jørgen at Grønnalgen lukter hav og tang og er mild med litt lett skalldyrsumami. Er ypperlig for fritering for å tangcrunch. Veldig fint å lage grønt pulver som brukes som finish med tangsmak. Det beste er kanskje å bruke denne frisk som et garnityr, marinert som siste finsish til en fiskerett. Kan brukes til alt ettersom algen er så mild på smak. Tarmgrønske blir også omtalt som havfruehår eller sjøgress ettersom det norske navnet ikke høres ut som en delikatesse. Kokken og sankeren slår hardt ned på navnevalget på tarmgrønske og diskuterer litt hva som har gått galt og hva vi kan gjøre med dette! Her har vi mange teorier.

International visitors have had to stay away this year, but domestic travellers has been going to Stewart Island in droves. Accommodation is booked up, food outlets are flat out and more flights are constantly being put on to cope with holiday makers. Kathryn talks to Bill Moffatt from Stewart Island Flights, Helen Cave from South Sea Hotel and Ulva Goodwillie who runs Ulva's Guided Walks - they are all flat tack.

International visitors have had to stay away this year, but domestic travellers has been going to Stewart Island in droves. Accommodation is booked up, food outlets are flat out and more flights are constantly being put on to cope with holiday makers. Kathryn talks to Bill Moffatt from Stewart Island Flights, Helen Cave from South Sea Hotel and Ulva Goodwillie who runs Ulva's Guided Walks - they are all flat tack.

This episode is a conversation with Sheena Walker. Brought up in Dervaig, Sheena talks about the lives of her Mother and Father, her various jobs on the island, the social scene of her youth and so much more. Due to the current lockdown situation we recorded our chat over the internet. These days, whilst working in Edinburgh at the Royal Scottish Academy on the mound, where she’s in charge of private views, visits to artist’s studios and runs the RSA friends, Sheena keeps her home in Tobermory. I hope this chat gives you an hour away from the world. If you're on Mull, Iona, Ulva or Gometra and are listening to this before midnight on Sunday 24th you may be interested in our Islands in Film project, more information about which can be found on our website. More info and links can be found on whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening!

Professor and DJ are back to talk about billion-year-old seaweed found in China. This seaweed is older than the combined ages of all our listeners, but doesn't complain when you say "OK Boomer". It also has no thoughts on how you should live your life. Not many thoughts on anything, really, it's extinct. Professor summarises the development of life to DJ, but since DJ is a robot, he just doesn't get it.Activision are trying some legal tactics to close some leaks while ignoring their own incompetence revealing the new Warzone game mode to the world without the efforts of a leaker. Are they just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic: Modern Zombies Ops 8?This week it's DJ's turn to rant about a missing voice actor. #NOTMYOPTIMUS. A new Transformers series without Michael Bay is in the works from the same people who made the recent Godzilla anime trilogy. Who joins the ranks of the NA wall of wasted cast?Of course, the Nerds talk about games and have some remembrances for some big names this week, Katherine Johnson and Kazuhisa Hashimoto.Stay healthy, and we'll be back next week.Oldest green plant fossil ever found…..billion year old seaweed found in China-https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/billion-year-old-chinese-seaweed-discovered-by-scientists/11998720?fbclid=IwAR2MYKIY8PyA_3uPFz1TBtIk3kpa7NM9k6Sq4HIROEu95VDNU5jLttBwNUoActivision’s modern warfare tactic….DMCA takedown-https://torrentfreak.com/activision-subpoenas-reddit-to-identify-call-of-duty-warzone-image-200221/New Transformer anime series coming soon on Netflix- https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/22/transformers-war-for-cybertron-trailer-netflix-anime/-https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/02/25/netflix-transformers-war-for-cybertron-trilogy-siege-plot-synopsis/Games PlayedDJ– Genesis - https://www.genesismoba.com/Rating – 3.5/5Professor– Kingdom - https://store.steampowered.com/app/368230/Kingdom_Classic/Rating – 3/5Other topics discussedWhy programmers hate time (Reddit Link)- https://www.reddit.com/r/programminghorror/comments/5x5ql0/this_is_why_programmers_hate_time/Dugong’s diet (When eating they ingest the whole plant, including the roots. Although almost completely herbivorous, they will occasionally eat invertebrates such as jellyfish,sea squirts, and shellfish.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong#FeedingWakame (a species of edible seaweed, a type of marine algae, and a sea vegetable. It has a subtly sweet, but distinctive and strong flavour and texture. It is most often served in soups and salads.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WakameSea Lettuce (The sea lettuces comprise the genus Ulva, a group of edible green algae that is widely distributed along the coasts of the world's oceans.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lettuceCyanobacteria (also known as Cyanophyta, are a phylum consisting of free-living photosynthetic bacteria and the endosymbiotic plastids, a sister group to Gloeomargarita, that are present in some eukaryotes.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyanobacteriaGreat Oxidation Event (sometimes also called the Great Oxygenation Event, Oxygen Catastrophe, Oxygen Crisis, Oxygen Holocaust, or Oxygen Revolution, was a time period when the Earth's atmosphere and the shallow ocean experienced a rise in oxygen, approximately 2.4 billion years ago (2.4 Ga) to 2.1–2.0 Ga during the Paleoproterozoic era.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_EventTimeline of the evolutionary history of life (This timeline of the evolutionary history of life represents the current scientific theory outlining the major events during the development of life on planet Earth. In biology,evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Life_timelineOxygen Cycle (The oxygen cycle is the biogeochemical transitions of oxygen atoms between different oxidation states in ions, oxides, and molecules through redox reactions within and between the spheres/reservoirs of the planet Earth)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_cycleStromatolite (layered mounds, columns, and sheet-like sedimentary rocks that were originally formed by the growth of layer upon layer of cyanobacteria, a single-celled photosynthesizing microbe.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StromatoliteCyanobacteria found in Australia- https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/cyanofr.htmlPrototype iPhone left in a bar- https://appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/19/prototype_iphone_was_left_at_bar_by_apple_software_engineerRob Cantor – "Shia LaBeouf" Live- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCILaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner - HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBeouf,_Rönkkö_%26_Turner#HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US,_2017_%E2%80%93_presentCNN vs Reddit over Trump meme- https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-trump-tweet/index.htmlDecepticon (main antagonists in the fictional universes of the Transformers multimedia franchise.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DecepticonRoosterteeth Shows- Camp Camp - https://roosterteeth.com/series/camp-camp- RWBY - https://roosterteeth.com/series/rwby- Gen:Lock - https://roosterteeth.com/series/gen-lock- Haunter - https://roosterteeth.com/series/achievement-haunterCybertron (Cybertron is the home planet of the Transformers and (usually) the body of their creator, Primus.)- https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)Vector Prime (Vector Prime is Primus's appointed guardian of time and space.)- https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vector_PrimeCrocubot (Crocubot is a superhero and a member of The Vindicators. Crocubot is basically part crocodile and part robot, which technically makes him a cyborg.)- https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/CrocubotSwitchBlade (5v5 vehicle game)- https://www.switchbladegame.com/Greed (The Greed are the grey, faceless creatures who swarm and attack the Kingdom at night.)- https://kingdomthegame.fandom.com/wiki/Category:GreedOther Kingdom gamesKingdom: New Lands - https://kingdomthegame.fandom.com/wiki/Kingdom:_New_LandsKingdom: Two Crowns - https://kingdomthegame.fandom.com/wiki/Kingdom:_Two_CrownsKonami Code (cheat code that appears in many Konami video games, and some non-Konami games.)↑↑↓↓←→←→BA- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_CodeJohnny English (2003 spy action comedy film directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_EnglishAum Shinrikyo in Banjawarn station- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-10/doomsday-cult-aum-shinrikyo-sarin-gas-tests-at-banjawarn-wa/9401216Aum Shinrikyo Anime Recruitment Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UIyKJwRgaIScared Shitless (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/scaredshitlesspodcastShout Outs24 February 2020 – Katherine Johnson passes away - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/24/us/katherine-johnson-death-scn-trnd/index.htmlKatherine Johnson, an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist." Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first American in orbit, and rendezvous paths for the ApolloLunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, and she worked on plans for a mission to Mars. In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson as a lead character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. In 2019, Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Johnson died at a retirement home in Newport News, at age 101. Following her death, Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, described her as "an American hero" and stated that "her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten."25 February 2020 – Kazuhisa Hashimoto, Japanese video game developer, best known for having created the Konami Code passed away – https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/26/tech/kazuhisa-hashimoto-konami-code-dead/index.htmlHashimoto is best known for inventing the ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A hack found in multiple video games that has become a geek touchstone in the gaming community. The cheat code gives you different perks, depending on the game. Hashimoto had inadvertently created it while bringing the arcade version of Gradius to the NES in 1986. Hashimoto knew the arcade version of the game was hard and he would likely not finish it, so he added a sequence of button presses that he could easily remember that gave the ship he controlled in the game the full range of power-ups so that he could easily complete the game for in-house testing purposes. He had intended to remove the programming code for that sequence before the game was shipped, but the game had shipped with the code included. Since then, the Konami code is not only used across other video games from other developers and publishers in similar manners, but as Easter eggs in other forms of media. His death reported by both Konami and by Hashimoto's friend Yuji Takenouchi , a composer and video game sound designer, who tweeted that the code creator died.22 February 2020 – 81 year old man became the oldest man to sail around the world - https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-22/bill-hatfield-oldest-person-to-sail-solo-around-the-world/11991436?fbclid=IwAR0r50t6ZI5eHnBuMxqkmgfPTlUiarwhHzVFFPZo5OrKRR4aI95ezGw6Ll0After four attempts, Bill Hatfield has become the oldest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. The 81-year-old completed his eight-month journey on Saturday morning, sailing into The Spit on the Gold Coast in his 38-foot yacht L'Eau Commotion. The former fisherman from Bundaberg said he'd been dreaming of this achievement since he was seven years old. Mr Hatfield said he lived on strict rations while at sea. "For fresh water I had a desalinator that pumps through a membrane, and my daily diet was a third of a tin of beans, a tin of tuna, 100 grams of rice and flour and oats, and 150 grams of milk powder." The achievement is all the more impressive considering he sailed west, battling against the prevailing winds and currents.22 February 2020 – Michael Hughes popularly known as "Mad" Mike Hughes passed away - https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-22/bill-hatfield-oldest-person-to-sail-solo-around-the-world/11991436?fbclid=IwAR0r50t6ZI5eHnBuMxqkmgfPTlUiarwhHzVFFPZo5OrKRR4aI95ezGw6Ll0Hughes, a self-styled daredevil, flat-Earth theorist and limousine-jumping stuntman, died Saturday when his crudely built contraption propelled him on a column of steam, spiraled through the air and cratered into the sagebrush. The rocket’s green parachute tore away moments after takeoff, sending the crowd of 50 or so people into a panic. In March 2018, Mr Hughes propelled himself almost 600m into the air before a hard landing in the Mojave Desert. After professing his belief in a flat Earth later that year, Hughes gained support within the flat-Earth community. His post-flat-Earth fundraising campaign made its $7,875 goal. He had said he intended to make multiple rocket journeys, culminating in a flight to outer space, where he believed he would be able to take a picture of the entire Earth as a flat disc. He died in Barstow, California at the age of 64.Remembrances27 February 1887 – Alexander Borodin -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_BorodinAlexander Porfiryevich Borodin, Russian chemist and Romantic musical composer of Georgian ancestry. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Mighty Handful", a group dedicated to producing a uniquely Russian kind of classical music, rather than imitating earlier Western European models. A doctor and chemist by profession, Borodin made important early contributions to organic chemistry. Although he is presently known better as a composer, during his lifetime, he regarded medicine and science as his primary occupations, only practising music and composition in his spare time or when he was ill. As a chemist, Borodin is known best for his work concerning organic synthesis, including being among the first chemists to demonstrate nucleophilic substitution, as well as being the co-discoverer of the aldol reaction. Borodin was a promoter of education in Russia and founded the School of Medicine for Women in Saint Petersburg, where he taught until 1885. He died from heart attack at the age of 54 in Saint Petersburg.27 February 1936 – Ivan Pavlov - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_PavlovRussian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning. Inspired by the progressive ideas which D. I. Pisarev, the most eminent of the Russian literary critics of the 1860s, and I. M. Sechenov, the father of Russian physiology, were spreading, Pavlov abandoned his religious career and devoted his life to science. Pavlov won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1904, becoming the first Russian Nobel laureate. Pavlov's principles of classical conditioning have been found to operate across a variety of behavior therapies and in experimental and clinical settings, such as educational classrooms and even reducing phobias with systematic desensitization. Pavlov also contributed to many areas of physiology and neurological sciences. Most of his work involved research in temperament,conditioning and involuntary reflex actions. This research served as a base for broad research on the digestive system. He died from natural causes at the age of 86 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR.27 February 1980 – George Tobias - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_TobiasAmerican film and television actor. He had character parts in several major films of Hollywood's Golden Age, but today he is probably best known for his role as Abner Kravitz on the TV sitcom Bewitched. He came to Hollywood in the late Thirties and quickly became a fixture in films of all genres, primarily at Warner Bros. He was a frequent foil for James Cagney and played everything from comedies to dramas and musicals. He died from bladder cancer at the age of 78 in in Los Angeles, California.Famous Birthdays27 February 272 – Constantine the Great – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_GreatKnown as Constantine I, was a Roman Emperor who ruled between AD 306 and 337. As emperor, Constantine enacted administrative, financial, social and military reforms to strengthen the empire. He restructured the government, separating civil and military authorities. To combat inflation he introduced the solidus, a new gold coin that became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. The Roman army was reorganised to consist of mobile units (comitatenses) and garrison troops (limitanei) capable of countering internal threats and barbarian invasions. Constantine pursued successful campaigns against the tribes on the Roman frontiers—the Franks, the Alamanni, the Goths and the Sarmatians—even resettling territories abandoned by his predecessors during the Crisis of the Third Century. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He has historically been referred to as the "First Christian Emperor" and he did favour the Christian Church. He was born in Naissus, Moesia Superior.27 February 1869 – Alice Hamilton – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_HamiltonAmerican physician, research scientist, and author who is best known as a leading expert in the field of occupational health and a pioneer in the field of industrial toxicology. Her scientific research focused on the study of occupational illnesses and the dangerous effects of industrial metals and chemical compounds. Hamilton's best-known research included her studies on carbon monoxide poisoning among American steelworkers, mercury poisoning of hatters, and "a debilitating hand condition developed by workers using jackhammers." In addition to her scientific work, Hamilton was a social-welfare reformer, humanitarian, peace activist, and a resident-volunteer at Hull House in Chicago. She was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, most notably the Albert Lasker Public Service Award for her public-service contributions. She was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York.27 February 1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_LongfellowAmerican poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the Fireside Poets from New England. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized by some, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses. He was born in Portland, Maine.Events of Interest27 February 1980 – “I Will Survive” wins first and last Grammy for Best Disco Recording- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/i-will-survive-wins-the-firstand-lastgrammy-ever-awarded-for-best-disco-recordingThe National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave disco their stamp of approval, deciding to give a Grammy award for Best Disco Recording, just as the musical style was preparing to die. As popular as the music was on the radio and in the clubs, disco had failed to produce many of the kind of dependable, multi-platinum acts that the industry depended on for its biggest profits. The Best Disco Recording category, recognized by the Grammys for the first time, was summarily eliminated from the following year’s awards.27 February 1994 – TekLab was aired - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111387/On this day in 1994, TekLab aired as one of the telefilms launching William Shatner's TekWar SciFi series. The film starred Greg Evigan and Eugene Clark, and here's the plot summary compliments of IMDB.com: "The actual sword of Excalibur has been stolen in London, and futuristic detectives Jake Cardigan and Sid Gomez are assigned to track it down and to find out who is trying to block the British reign from its rightful heir.".27 February 2004 – Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack#Aum/Aleph_todayAsahara was sentenced to death by hanging on 27 February 2004, but lawyers immediately appealed the ruling. The Tokyo High Court postponed its decision on the appeal until results were obtained from a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation, which was issued to determine whether Asahara was fit to stand trial. Asahara and twelve other Aum cultists were finally executed by hanging in July, 2018, after all appeals were exhausted. The group reportedly still has about 2,100 members, and continues to recruit new members under the name "Aleph" as well as other names. Though the group has renounced its violent past, it still continues to follow Asahara's spiritual teachings. Members operate several businesses, though boycotts of known Aleph-related businesses, in addition to searches, confiscations of possible evidence and picketing by protest groups, have resulted in closures.Follow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comRate & Review us on Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerds-amalgamated-623195

This is a special episode in this series of podcasts which normally comes from the Isles of Mull, Iona, Ulva, Gometra. In this episode you’re going to hear from some of the people who attended the Bunessan Show on the 2nd of August 2019. The Bunessan Show is an agricultural and cultural show which is held in the fields around Bunessan Primary in the Ross of Mull. I was invited by the show committee to go along and record the memories of participants old and new as they talk about the show, what it means to them and the community. As I was recording outside in a field the sound is somewhat erratic. It may be best to listen to this episode through headphones, but I’m not sure. I’ve tried my best to even it out, but there are some times where it’s just a bit full of noise. Be prepared for some commentary in the background when you hear Nigel talking… Photos and more can be found on www.whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening!

Mark revisits the island of Ulva a year after it was transferred into community ownership

Ulva is an island just off the coast of Mull in the Inner Hebrides. It was once home to up to 800 people but after the 'clearances' of the 19th Century it gradually declined to just 5 inhabitants today. Helen Mark visits Ulva one year after a community and government buyout was completed to find out about the plans to rebuild the abandoned houses and make this place a thriving community once more.

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In this episode I talk with Hugh MacPhail. Hugh talks about his life on the island of Ulva, the construction of the big house, farming, fishing, other people who lived on the island at the time. At one point he has a fantastic series of reminiscences about the puffers, the small coastal ships that brought supplies such as coal from the mainland to the islands. Thanks for listening! Episode links can be found on https://whatwedointhewinter.com/2019/04/19/25-hugh-macphail/

In this episode I talk with Neil Munro. Neil is our first participant to hail from Ulva. We recorded this episode in the study of Ulva house. Ulva, which is now, I’m delighted to say, a community owned island. The ground floor of Ulva house has a beautiful wooden floor, which you’ll hear throughout the course of the episode, as my dogs clatter around on it quite a bit. For which I apologise. Both of my dogs make an appearance at different points in the episode, so keep your ears peeled for their snoring and clickity-clackity noises. Neil talks about his childhood on Ulva, his studies, travels and working life. We talk about his current work with Isle of Mull Cheese and former employment at the Tobermory Distillery towards the end of the episode. This episode features Mark Summers’ interpretation of the WWDITW theme tune in the middle and then end, which I'm over the moon with. Recorded at his home in Orkney, it’s great to make island conections across the seas! Thank you Mark! Thank you again to www.islandbakery.co.uk for the lemon melts that each participant receives when they take part. Thank you for listening! Episode links: Ulva https://www.ulva.scot/ Gartocharn www.gartocharn.org Glengorm http://www.glengormcastle.co.uk/ Napier University https://www.napier.ac.uk/ Queen Scallops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_scallop Scottish Salmon Company https://www.scottishsalmon.com/ Mallaig https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/mallaig-p236601 Knoydart https://www.visitknoydart.co.uk/ The old forge pub http://www.theoldforge.co.uk/ MacGochans Tobermory https://macgochans-tobermory.co.uk/ The University of Dallas https://udallas.edu/ Calgary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary,_Mull Community buyout of Ulva http://nwmullwoodland.co.uk/ulva/ Isle of Mull Cheese www.isleofmullcheese.co.uk/ Tobermory Distillery tobermorydistillery.com/ Bringing Our Island Community Back to Life - Ulva https://vimeo.com/322192808 More episodes can be found at whatwedointhewinter.com

In this episode I talk with James Westland of Tobermory. 

Born in a castle near Stirling, James, or Seamus as we know him, grew up around Alloa before going to Uni in St Andrews and then headed off shore and came back to land where he studied Gaelic at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, in Skye. It was at Sabhal Mor that he met Moira, who later became his wife. Eventually they chose to settle on Mull where they live to this day with their family in Tobermory. Our conversation moves between Seamus’ love of geology and the land, and how that journey started for him in the Ochil Hills, how landscape gives off certain feelings, Gaelic music and culture, his working life here on Mull and the geological make up of our islands and why they are so interesting. At the very end we also talk about Seamus’ father in law, the late, much missed Duncan MacGilp. We also have a wee natter in Gaelic at one point in the conversation for a couple of minutes. As ever links to the topics covered can be found, as ever, on the website at whatwedointhewinter.com Episode Links: Airthrie Castle https://historic-hospitals.com/2015/04/27/airthrey-castle-maternity-hospital/ Alva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva,_Clackmannanshire Ochil Hills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochil_Hills Alloa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloa Ben Cleuch https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/grahams/ben-cleuch.php?s=1 The Silver Glen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Glen Bonanzas and Jacobites by Stephen Moreton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bonanzas-Jacobites-Story-Silver-Glen/dp/1905267088/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550074623&sr=8-1&keywords=bonanza+jacobites Alva Glen - The Dwarf’s Tomb https://megalithix.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/dwarfs-tomb/ Clootie Well at Munlochy https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/munlochy/clootiewell/index.html St Andrews Uni https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Runrig www.runrig.co.uk Silly Wizard http://sillywizard.co.uk/ Teach yourself Gaelic https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Gaelic-Beginner-Intermediate-Course-ebook/dp/B006MXEZ0A/ref=sr_1_2_twi_kin_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550138698&sr=8-2&keywords=teach+yourself+gaelic Can Seo https://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-Seo-Donald-John-Macleod/dp/0563162902/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1550078020&sr=1-1&keywords=can+seo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBVb1zbe32k&list=PL04B67DB0ABD8AAD2 Calum Kennedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calum_Kennedy Na h-Òganich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_h-%C3%92ganaich Dòtaman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B2taman HIE www.hie.co.uk Isle of Mull Computers http://www.mull.co.uk/ Angus Miller Geowalks http://www.geowalks.co.uk/ Geology map of Mull https://pennyghael.org/geology.html Mars rocks similar to Mull https://www.hutton.ac.uk/news/mars-and-mull-share-similar-soil-hutton-analysis-finds The Mid Atlantic Ridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge Columnar basalt - Ulva and Staffa http://www.mullgeology.net/columnarbasalt.html http://www.mullgeology.net/ulva.html The geology of Mull & Iona http://mullgeology.net/ http://www.largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/iip/mapsportal.html?id=1004374 Geology of Gribun http://mullgeology.net/gribun.html Duncan MacGilp https://whatwedointhewinter.com/2018/08/17/coming-soon-duncan-mcgilp/ When the Song Dies by Jamie Chambers https://vimeo.com/150802508 Thanks for listening!

Nya bud om Flogsta höghus framtid Klart för cykelbana till Ulva kvarn Jan Eliasson föreläser i universitetsaulan Presentatör och redigerare: Joel Sjölander

In January 2011 the Scottish Government announced a new deal to supply salmon to China. If only 1% of its population chose to eat it the Scottish industry would have to double in size. The target set is to increase the industry by 50% by 2020. Conor Woodman asks how this can be done without impacting on the environment. Concerns about salmon farming include the spread of sea lice, escapes, pollution of the sea bed and the impact of sea lice treatment on other sea life. However it provides jobs, both directly and indirectly in areas often with fragile economies. Conor visits the island of Gometra in the Inner Hebrides where a new fish farm is being proposed. The island has no electricity and only a few residents but is classed as 'very sensitive countryside'. It's one of five new fish farm sites applied for in the last 6 months. While the residents there oppose it, many of those on neighbouring Ulva hope the jobs will attract more young people to the area. Conor speaks to the Scottish Association for Marine Science about how the industry is dealing with the environmental issues. He also hears about the new direction some of the industry is taking - Marine Harvest is moving out of traditional lochs to open sea locations which it hopes will lead to larger farms being permitted. He also speaks to a British company looking to introduce 'closed containment' systems by farming tanks of fish on land. Is this the new image of salmon farming in the UK and will these methods face issues of their own? Producer: Anne-Marie Bullock.

Just off the coast of Mull lies the tiny island of Ulva. For 200 years it has been virtually abandoned. The Highland Clearances saw the removal of most of the 800 people who had been scraping a living from its shores and its farmland. Today a shot of energy is pulsing through the island, giving this beautiful place a chance of economic and natural revival. The manager of the island, Jamie Howard has just married field biologist and broadcaster, Tessa McGregor. Together they've come up with a plan to turn Ulva into a paradise for nature tourism. They've identified the island's extraordinary variety of unusual plant and animal species, they're helping archaeologists reconstruct the nine thousand year history of human habitation and they're replanting the native woodland and reconstructing abandoned buildings. For 'Open Country' Helen Mark will be joining the energetic couple in the middle of a crucial summer for the island's future. Can they use the short tourist season to attract people and money into Ulva to fund their grand revival plans? Producer: Alasdair Cross.