Highlights from Events 2008 – Orkney International Science Festival

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Highlights from 2008 Orkney International Science Festival

Training solar engineers to bring electricity to India’s villages, marking Bishop Robert Reid’s anniversary with music and drama in the Cathedral, welcoming the !Gubi Family from Namibia…