Tuesday 10th December 2019 7.30pm Belhaven Church Hall Belhaven Rd, Dunbar EH42 1NH – Doors open from 7pm Organised jointly by: DUNBAR CHURCHES TOGETHER and SUSTAINING DUNBAR FREE EVENT – ALL WELCOME Come and hear the candidates standing to become the new MP for East Lothian in the General Election on 12th December 2019. Candidates whose attendance is confirmed: Craig Hoy (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Kenny MacAskill...
Read More‘Finding your Voice’ Are your friends just back from another weekend break in New York? Do all your neighbours drive gas-guzzling SUVs? What exactly is it about the Climate Emergency that they don’t get? Do they not care? Is it easier to just avoid talking about it? Tuesday 12th November 7-9pm Bring and share pot-luck supper followed by a facilitated discussion about how to have better, more effective conversations...
Read MoreTuesday 8th October 7-9pm Belhaven Church Hall, EH42 1NH Bring and share pot-luck supper followed by presentation and discussion about future energy. The shift to renewables is driving radical changes to our electricity system. How could we make use of the new opportunities this is opening up so as to ensure much more local, community control and benefit? How can we rapidly decarbonise our heating whilst tackling fuel poverty? 6.30pm...
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5th October, 12.30-3.30pm at Belhaven Community Garden -in the grounds of Belhaven Hospital, Beveridge Row, Dunbar, EH42 1TR Fun for all the family. FREE Come along and share in our apple harvest: apple juicing, apple bakes for sale, apple stories for little ones, spoon carving, plant cuttings sale, cyanotype prints, pizza oven……
Read MoreThe Climate Emergency and Me Sustaining Dunbar Annual Members Meeting (AGM) 7pm Tuesday 3rd September Belhaven Church Hall 6.30pm Doors Open 7pm Bread and soup and more 7.30pm Annual report and presentation 8pm The Climate Emergency and Me How can we face up to the Climate Emergency? What can we be doing as individuals, as households, and collectively? And how can we best come together and support each other in these challenging...
Read MoreBelhaven Church Hall (EH42 1NH), 7pm, Friday 12th April 2019 Pot luck supper, Film show and Discussion All change begins with a story and In Our Hands is the story of the farmers who, through hope, hard-graft and sheer bloody mindedness are refusing to be victims of history. This one hour documentary takes you on a journey across the fields of Britain, past the orchards of forgotten fruit and through the fields of ancient grains. The...
Read MoreAnna Davis is an artist who recently completed the inspiring Wild Things course with Grass Roots Remedies in Edinburgh and is looking forward to sharing some wonderful herbal lore, finding medicine and health in the garden. All workshops on Saturdays 2-4pm with £5 donation to cover costs. For more information on what to bring to each workshop and to book a place, please email annaecd@icloud.com March 23rd -spring tonics,...
Read MoreNew Year Solutions – Social evening on Tuesday 29th January. Using Radio 4’s excellent ‘New Year Solutions’ series of 15 min programmes exploring everyday solutions to the climate crisis, this evening we’ll be considering MEAT 6.30pm door open 7pm Pot-luck supper- please bring something to share 8-9pm Podcast and Discussion All very welcome, whether a member of Sustaining Dunbar or not. Free...
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