Sustaining DunbarBoard member with Sustaining Dunbar
Thanks to everyone who came along for the Wild about West Barns ‘migratory birds’ walk on Sunday evening. We walked around the village and discussed our urban summer migrants, noting that while the swift colony had looked fairly healthy (they have already left for Africa), there haven’t been any breeding house martins in West Barns this…
Autumn Community Gatherings bringing together neighbours and friends to explore our village and its amazing wildlife:
Exhibition, John Muir Birthplace, August 6th to September 28th. Wednesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm, Sunday 1-5pm David Attenborough introduces his latest film with the simple statement that ‘The Oceans are the most important place on Earth.’ For its first billion years our planet was an inhospitable place. Then around 3.5 billion years ago elements and energies…
Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 – St Anne’s Church Next Café, August 13th 2025 An open, inclusive, café space for people to get together to talk, share concerns and plan Climate Action. Everyone is welcome to join the conversation and get involved. Simple lunch Soup (plant based) & Bread – wholemeal sourdough. local organic…
East Lothian Heat is a visionary infrastructure project that has grown out of East Lothian Council’s Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES) that was published in October 2024. East Lothian Heat’s aim is to deliver clean, affordable heat across the Lothians by capturing local waste heat and renewable energy in a heat network, under…
This year we’re making Coastal Connections – an invitation to explore our coastline and your creativity. This is our latest project supporting a process of reconnecting with, respecting and restoring our environments. David Attenborough introduces his latest film with the simple statement that ‘The Oceans are the most important place on Earth.’ The Oceans are…
We’re delighted to have received some funding from the Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund which has now been matched with a grant from the East Lammermuir Community Benefit fund to enable us to set up a pilot project to kickstart action to implement landscape scale restoration of biodiversity. Read more about our aspirations on this project page.…
Saturday 21st June, 2025, 10am-midday, AGM at 11am The Ridge Function Room, Black Bull Close, Dunbar Access from Dunbar High Street via Garden Lane (between Flux and Found) or up the steps from the Coop car park Drop in for: All welcome! As a charity we depend on our board of volunteer trustees to oversee…
Civic Week Film Show, Tuesday 17th June, 6.30-8.45pm, Dunbar Town House, EH42 1TR For Dunbar Civic Week, Sustaining Dunbar is hosting “The Salt of the Earth”, a thought provoking and inspiring biographical documentary film. A collaboration between Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, son of celebrated photographer Sebastião Salgado. Film will be followed by a discussion. Free…
You only get so many Mays in your life so, around first light at 4.30am on Sunday, I spend a happy hour sitting by the pond in Binning Wood (it being International Dawn Chorus Day). A great way to start the day -and well removed from the raucous gulls that normally wake us. This is…