Tuesday 5th May, 7.30pm at Station Yard This is the first of a proposed quarterly social meet-up and discussion group. Each meet-up will be focussed around the issues raised by a particular book, article, podcast etc…and its relevance to us and our community. For this initial meeting, we will be discussing Rutger Bregman’s 2021 book…
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Forthcoming events.
Wednesday 22nd April, 7.30-9pm, Dunbar Parish Church, EH42 1LB Come and hear your parliamentary candidates. All welcome. Please send suggestions for questions to: info@sustainingdunbar.org by 17th April. Organised by Dunbar Churches Eco-Group in conjunction with Sustaining Dunbar.
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Meet the Honey Bees
Saturday 25th April, 10am-1pm, Belhaven Community Garden Meet the Bees -an introductory workshop for anyone interested to learn more about the life of a honey bee colony. Join us for a friendly morning gathering at Belhaven Community Garden. Meet the bees and learn how to “read” what’s happening in and around a hive. We’ll begin…
Normally on the Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 In St. Anne’s Church, Westgate, Dunbar, EH42 1JL Note that this month (April 2026) the café will be on the third Wednesday, 15th April and we are back in St. Anne’s Church Next café, Wednesday 15th April, 2026 An open, inclusive, café space for people to…
Saturday 28th March, 7-9.30pm, Belhaven Church Hall, EH42 1NH Sustaining Dunbar invites members new and old to our latest ‘Potluck’, bring and share meal. 6.30pm for meal at 7pm. Presentation and question time about our Rivers Project and other local biodiversity initiatives at 8pm. Bring some food and drink to share (if you can -there is always…
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Wild River Walk Three
Brox/Spott Burn Lower Reaches, Sunday 29th March 2026, 10am-1pm An exploratory walk with Renatus DerbridgeThe third of three ‘Wild River Walks’ (every last Sunday of Jan, Feb and Mar) exploring the Spott Burn from the river’s point of view. We will stay as close as possible to the water and let the river be our…
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Wild River Walk Two
Spott Burn Upper Reaches Sunday 22nd February 10am-1pm An exploratory walk with Renatus Derbridge The second of three ‘Wild River Walks’ (every last Sunday of Jan, Feb and Mar) exploring the Spott Burn from the river’s point of view. This month we will explore some of the upper reaches, starting up the Brock Burn and…
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Wild River Walks
Wild River Walk One -Brox Burn Lower Reaches Sunday 25th January 10am-1pm An exploratory walk with Renatus Derbridge NOTE: Because of the recent wet weather and flooding in the lower reaches, this Sunday’s walk will now explore the middle reaches near Spott village. Meet at Spott Village Hall at 10am The first of three ‘Wild…
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Wassailing at BCG
Saturday 10th January 2026, 2-4pm, Belhaven Community Garden Wassailing is an ancient winter tradition originating from the Anglo-Saxon toast “Waes Hael” (be well), involving singing, drinking spiced ale or cider, and making a noise in orchards on or around Twelfth Night to bless the apple trees for a good harvest in the coming year, to…
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Waterways
Community arts workshops mapping our local burns Saturday 8th November, 10am-1pm, Stenton Village Hall –book Over the coming months we are planning a series of community arts and other workshops in connection with the Rivers Project, an initiative seeking to kick-start landscape scale action across all five of the short river catchments in East Lammermuir. We…