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…
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Dawn Chorus
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…
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Wild About West Barns
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…
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Catch up with Carey
Spring 2025 Dunbar Grammar Volunteers We are incredibly proud to celebrate our two fantastic groups of young volunteers from Dunbar Grammar School, who have made a real difference in our local community. Our amazing Beehive Nursery Garden volunteers have been delivering nature-based activities for the younger children, which they designed themselves. The little ones had…
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Seedling Swap
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….
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Hydrating Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs need to get enough water to stay healthy. They can find this in the insects that they eat, in the dew or by drinking from puddles. But when there has been a lack of rain, then the ground is drier, insects can be harder to find and less natural sources of water are available.…
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…
Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 – St Anne’s Church Next Café, June 11th 2025 (note -no Climate Café in May) 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…
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Boosting Bugs
Hedgehogs should be out and about this month and will be spending their time building back up the energy they lost while hibernating, in preparation for their mating season. A hedgehog’s diet is mostly made up of creepie crawlies like beetles, caterpillars, worms, slugs, earwigs and millipedes. Top tips of ways to create areas in…
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Coastal Connections
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…