Sustaining DunbarBoard member with Sustaining Dunbar
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…
Sunday 1st June, 2-4pm, West Barns Bowling Club All are welcome to join us for this first ‘Wild About West Barns’ Community Event….. Nature trail around Seafield Pond, nature-based arts and activities, wildlife photography, local history and more. Wild about West Barns – an intergenerational community group celebrating all things WILD and WONDERFUL about West…
Sunday 18th May, 2-4pm, Belhaven Community Garden Bring you spare young seedlings to swap. Or just come and buy seedlings for your own garden. Guided tours of the community garden and orchard….
Tuesday 6th May, 8-9.30pm in the ‘Back of the Mack’ Last month we shared some information about Coastal Connections – our programme of community-wide engagement to tap in to local groups, activities and knowledge about our coastal environments. The project aims to harness and develop deeper connection with out seas, increase awareness of the pressures…
Spring is definitely in the air and our community is buzzing with ideas. Themes are emerging and one of them is ‘Coastal Connections’. Closeness to the sea is one of the many special qualities of our location but how much do we really know and understand about the marine environments? We are fortunate to have…
We are seeking volunteers to join a small team monitoring the health of one or more of our local burns. You will receive free online and practical training from Buglife UK in how to sample for riverfly larvae which provide a good proxy for the health of a watercourse. Riverflies are invertebrates that spend most…
Fourth Wednesday of the month, 6pm-7.30 pm, St. Anne’s Church, Dunbar Next Cafe: Wednesday 28th May Sustaining Dunbar and St Anne’s Church are now hosting an evening Climate Café that will run on the same format as the lunchtime cafe with soup (plant based) & bread – wholemeal sourdough, local organic produce. Optional: Bring cake/…
IMPORTANT!We need your viewsPlease respond to this survey What you would like to see happening at Belhaven Community Garden in future if we succeed in securing community ownership?This survey is a crucial part of the ‘market research’ necessary for developing a business plan to accompany our ‘community asset transfer’ application to NHS Lothian.Please share with your…
Friday 14th March, 7-9.30pm, Dunbar Parish Church Hall FREE but please make a donation if you can. The ‘business as usual’ economic system that is running our societies has a very narrow focus: We must “grow the GDP”, i.e. make more money, no matter the cost and without asking what is growing and who is…
Our volunteer run Community Heat Team project has now launched. The team are available to carry out an evening infra-red heat survey inside your home to highlight where your home is losing heat – enabling you to take action to reduce heat loss. This could save you money, help you stay warmer and help reduce…