Sustaining Dunbar http://sustainingdunbar.org Working together for our future Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:19:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Its time to get growing! http://sustainingdunbar.org/2012/02/06/its-time-to-get-growing/ http://sustainingdunbar.org/2012/02/06/its-time-to-get-growing/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:19:11 +0000 sueguy http://sustainingdunbar.org/?p=5115 February 13, 20127:00 pmto9:00 pm

It is time to start preparing and planning for this years growing season.

There are all kinds of things we can do to grow more of our own food locally from turning more of our own lawns into food producing gardens to encouraging more food plantings around churches, schools, doctors surgery, police station, street planters, the train station, bus stops, parks, village Halls, along pavements and paths etc.
If you are interested in growing more food locally – come on out Monday February 13th at 7pm to the BeGreen, Dunbar. If you can’t make it to this meeting and want to organise one where you live – let me know.

Check out the Incredibly Edible Dunbar and District website and join the Incredibly Edible Dunbar and District Facebook group.  We are looking for people to contribute articles, share ideas, start up workshops – so don’t be shy!
Sue Guy 01368 866 920
Incredibly Edible Dunbar and District

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Join the club for one-off fee of £25 then book online or over the phone.

  • Ford Fiesta: £3.25/hr or £25/day plus 21p per mile including fuel
  • 7-seater Mazda: £4.25/hr or £33/day plus 21p per mile including fuel
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Email morag@sustainingdunbar.org to find out more.

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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.She turned her curtains inside out, tacked the fleece at the top with a basic hand stitch and then turned the curtain right side out – dahdah! – insulated – gorgeous curtains!

If you sign up to the Household Canny Challenge and get an energy audit done by BeGreen – you get curtain fleece at more than half price off! Contact sue@sustainingdunbar.org for details.

 

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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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