Am Ort der Hoffnung / Brigitte Magazin

Nearly thirty years ago, the residents of the Isle of Eigg, a small island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, chose a different way of living. One rooted in community, sustainability, self-sufficiency, and democracy.

Reporting from the island with Ariane Heimbach for Brigitte, Eigg felt like a rare kind of luxury: not defined by money, but by simplicity, nature, and togetherness.

It offered a glimpse of how life might look otherwise. I missed the island the moment I stepped back onto the ferry, but I take comfort in knowing that such a place exists in our chaotic world.