Take the Household Canny Challenge!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by sueguy

Neighbours Together is a great local project which helps you reduce your household energy and food bills and to make your streets safer for playing, walking and cycling.  We can provide support to up to 140 households in the Oldhamstocks, Spott, East Linton, Stenton and Dunbar area to take the Household Canny Challenge.

We already have several neighbourhood groups starting to initiate enterprising ideas, such as making their areas safer by displaying ‘20′s Plenty’ stickers on their wheelie bins, reducing fuel costs by buying curtain lining and insulation in bulk, holding swaps of jams and preserves and many more great ideas.
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The Economics of Happiness

Posted on January 19, 2012 by philip
February 3, 2012
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

We will be screening the film ‘The Economics of Happiness‘ on Friday 3rd February in ‘Our Lady of Waves’ Church Hall, Dunbar.

Film show at 8pm, bring food and drink to share for a ‘Pot Luck’ supper at 7pm. Come for both or just the film.

This film takes a timely look at how ’…climate change and peak oil give us little choice: we need to localize, to bring the economy home. The good news is that as we move in this direction we will begin not only to heal the earth but also to restore our own sense of well-being. ’

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Cosy Curtain Quilts :-)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by sueguy

→“>Sue just made her first pair of curtain quilts! Quick and easy to do and they look wonderful!

All she did was take an existing pair of curtains that she purchased at ikea (cheap) and then went to the cloth shop on Dunbar High Street and purchased fleece for £2.00 per meter. Continue reading →

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£25 to get on your bike

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Morag

Dunbar Cycling GroupWe know that lots of people in Dunbar own bikes, but don’t use them. Is this you? What happened to those good intentions of cycling round town?

If you can make a commitment to replacing at least one regular car journey by a cycle trip, we’ll give you £25 to spend on bike accessories. What do you need to cycle more regularly? New lights? A basket? A child-seat?

What’s Stopping You? Email morag@sustainingdunbar.org to find out more or stop by the BeGreen shop at 16 West Port to pick up an application form.

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Parsonspool Street Design Workshop

Posted on January 31, 2012 by philip
February 11, 2012
9:00 amto12:00 pm

Saturday 11th February, 9am-12pm, Gibb Room, Dunbar Library

Our steets have long been dominated by traffic issues: speeding cars, parking spaces, crossing points. Yet these are areas where children used to play, and neighbours used to chat.

Of course, in the 21st century we still need to make room for cars, but this need not be at the expense of everyone else. At this Saturday morning workshop Sustrans will present a vision for streets where people, not cars, are the priority.

We will spend some time looking at inspiration for people-friendly streets from around the world, then focus on ideas for the Parsonspool area of Dunbar which East Lothian Council has selected to be the first retro-fit ‘home zone’ in the county.

Please join us. Contact judy@sustainingdunbar.org to book your space. Places are limited and priority will be given to Parsonspool residents.

The Parsonspool workshop is organised by Sustaining Dunbar on behalf of Parsonspool residents and delivered by Sustrans, a national organisation which is working to help Scotland create better places and spaces to move through and live in. For inspiration visit www.sustrans.org.uk, or see the progress of a similar project in Kirkcaldy here: www.templehall.wordpress.com

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