http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk Local action on climate change and sustainable living Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:35:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/943 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/943#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:35:38 +0000 Polly Cooke http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=943
If you didn’t make it to the meeting on the 20th March, we thought about what Haddington needed to make it more sustainable, and how we might make those things happen.  Out of several themes that came up, getting allotments for Haddington came out on top, as something achievable that everyone was interested in. So, we [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/943/feed 0 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/938 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/938#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:25:08 +0000 Polly Cooke http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=938
[ 20 March, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]   We have a time and a date for our meeting about the future of Sustainable Haddington. Tuesday March 20th 7-9pm Supper Room, Town House, Haddington Whether you've never been involved, been involved a while ago or whatever, come along! http://www.doodle.com/fsmz7yuihrgg8dtwSo we can keep track of numbers, please let us know if you are attending at the following doodle [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/938/feed 1 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/936 http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/936#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:58:03 +0000 Polly Cooke http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/?p=936
Nothing has really happened with Sus Had for the last year, and me and Jean felt it was time to do the decent thing and tie up the loose ends and close it down, unless anyone who had previously dropped out was still keen.  There is loads of potential, and the things achieved by Sustaining [...]]]> http://www.sustainablehaddington.org.uk/archives/936/feed 4 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