http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk Local action on climate change and sustainable living Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:04:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/931 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/931#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:12:38 +0000 Polly Cooke http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=931
  Cycling Scotland have announced new funding for the 2011/2012 Cycle Friendly Communities Fund. Now in its fourth year, the fund was established with the aim of increasing the wellbeing of communities, enabling more people to have more opportunities to cycle and to use cycling as a way to achieve local outcomes.  Grants of up to £5000 are available to projects [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/931/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/929 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/929#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:57:30 +0000 Jean Squires http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=929
[ 11 July, 2011; 7:30 pm; ] [caption id="attachment_930" align="alignleft" width="291" caption="This is the Waterside Bistro by the Nungate Bridge - it's in this one!"][/caption] We are meeting up for a drink at the lovely Waterside Bistro  and to have a chat about fruit and possibly the Council's survey on the Local Transport Strategy.  Everyone is welcome, you don't have to have any fantastic [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/929/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/925 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/925#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:58:46 +0000 Kristian Woodsend http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=925 [ 26 March, 2011; 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] WWF’s Earth Hour is the world’s biggest annual event to highlight people and wildlife threatened by climate change. This year's event is on Saturday 26 March. You can find out more about it, and maybe sign up, at WWF’s Earth Hour site. Last year, we were lights-out champions, and this week WWF gave East Lothian [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/925/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/924 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/924#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:10:47 +0000 Kristian Woodsend http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=924 [ 10 March, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Come and put your questions on climate change, energy, and sustainable living to our Scottish Parliamentary candidates in an informal ‘cafe’ setting. Thursday 10th March, Haddington Town House, 7-9pm. More here: East Lothian Climate Cafe poster . This event is being organised by RSPB Scotland in association with Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/924/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/921 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/921#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:11:19 +0000 Elisa Smith http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=921
A huge thank you to everyone who has donated apples to our Abundance project and to all the lovely folk who took home the delicious fruit at yesterday’s Farmer’s Market. It was great to meet so many people who agree with our cause, and even better that so many of you want to help! This project [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/921/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/918 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/918#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:47:59 +0000 Polly Cooke http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=918 [ 7 May, 2010 to 8 May, 2010. ] Came across this while looking for organic producers, thought it might be interesting, and it is in Haddington!  Talks and visit looking at using wood as fuel. http://www.usewoodfuel.co.uk/Current%20Events.stm]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/918/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/916 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/916#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:17:57 +0000 Kristian Woodsend http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=916
Protecting the countryside and green spaces, supporting local communities, addressing our future energy needs and tackling climate change, just some of the issues likely to be debated at a special environmental ‘Question Time’ meeting in East Lothian this week (21st April), organised by RSPB Scotland and Sustainable Haddington. Voters are being offered the chance to put [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/916/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/914 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/914#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:28:48 +0000 Jean Squires http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/914
Sustainable Haddington is pleased to co-host an event with the RSPB which will let members of the public grill their potential representatives on environmental issues. So if you’ve got any burning questions, now is the time to ask. Well not now. April the 21st. All welcome. See flyer below. East Lothian hustings-leaflet 2010 ]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/914/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/909 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/909#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:10:38 +0000 Kristian Woodsend http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=909
East Lothian claims top spot as global climate switch off breaks all records Six Scottish communities finish in top-ten of UK ‘lights-out’ league table The residents of a Scottish local authority area were today crowned the UK’s first unofficial ‘lights-out’ champions, by environmental charity WWF Scotland. In a UK-wide, eco-friendly competition to see which part of the [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/909/feed 1 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/908 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/908#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:09:17 +0000 Polly Cooke http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=908
[ 13 March, 2010; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Trinity Centre, Haddington FREE entry, plus tea and homemade biscuits Number two in our CCF series of carbon footprint busting events.  Food can involve a lot of airmiles and road miles, not to mention pesticides and packaging.  What could be greener and more local than growing your own veg and carrying it a few yards to your table?  [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/908/feed 0