Action Planning Workshop Sunday 1st November, 2-5pm, West Barns Village HallWe want your input!Our Local Resilience Action Plan was first published 15 years ago. As climate breakdown and collapse of ‘business as usual’ becomes more and more evident, and as part of a process to create a new vision and plan for local action, we are…
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Saturday 31st October, 2-4pm, John Muir Country Park An invitational call to Earth Council on the Celtic festival of Samhain -marking the beginning of winter. A collaboration between Sustaining Dunbar and Wendy Robertson Fyfe Free but booking essential and donations welcome. We will be meeting in the dunes, between the salt-marsh and the sea at John Muir Country Park (detailed…
Friday 6th November, 7-9pm, Dunbar Townhouse, EH42 1ER Expressing the Earth -a poetic and reflective documentary that invites a quiet reimagining of our place in the living world. We are delighted that this film screening will be introduced by the director, Glenda Rome, and will be followed by a Q&A session. Through rugged coastlines, ancient forests,…
At their meeting on Wednesday this week, the NHS Lothian Board unanimously approved our application to purchase Belhaven Community Garden at our valuation of £45,000. Craig Marriott, Finance Director at NHS Lothian, said: “The Board’s approval of the Community Asset Transfer is an important milestone for Belhaven Community Garden and the local community. We are pleased to…
Normally on the Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 In St. Anne’s Church, Westgate, Dunbar, EH42 1JL Next café, Wednesday 14th October, 2026 An open, inclusive, café space for people to get together to talk, share concerns and ideas and plan action in the context of the climate and nature emergencies. Everyone is welcome to…
Tuesday 20th October, 8pm, Hallhill Sports Centre Bar, EH42 1RF This is a roughly bi-monthly meet-up/social and discussion evening with a focus around a particular book, podcast, article etc….We are still trying to find the most suitable venue (without too much background noise for those of us who are a bit hard of hearing) and…
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John Muir’s Birthplace, Dunbar, EH42 1JJ, 17th July – 27 September 2026 Exhibition open Wednesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm, Sundays 1 – 5pm FLOW -connecting landscape and communities through creativity From a distance it might seem that East Lammermuir’s gently rolling landscape, between the hills and the sea, forms one of our wild places.…
Exhibition John Muir’s Birthplace, Dunbar, EH42 1JJ Opens Friday 17th July, until 27th September The FLOW programme was launched with a wonderful ‘Walkshop’ with Henry Mathias who led us down to the Spott Burn and along the Glen. There were conversations and stories around history, botany and geology and we sang our hearts out too.…
Tuesday 4th August, 7.30-9pm, Station Yard, Dunbar, EH42 1JX This is a roughly bi-monthly meet-up and discussion evening inspired by a particular topic. This time we will be focussing the discussion around the stories in ‘No More Fairy Tales‘ -a collection of inspiring, funny, dark, mysterious, tragic, romantic, dramatic, upbeat and fantastical tales. These 24…
Friday 31st July, 7-9pm, Dunbar Town House, EH42 1ER People’s Emergency Briefing -film screening followed by a facilitated discussion The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency. Yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives, our economy and our future.This new (50 min.) film from the National Emergency Briefing…