(copied from a post on Leith Links CC’s website)
Communities across Edinburgh are being urged to submit their applications to the City of Edinburgh Council for a Waste Action Grant as the deadline fast approaches. Grants are available to fund eco-friendly projects that will encourage more people in the Capital to reduce, reuse and recycle.
(adapted from an email from Friends of Pilrig park)
The Friends of Pilrig Park will be holding a Public Meeting along with our AGM on Monday 12th October from 6.30-8.00pm at the Nelson Hall in McDonald Road Library.
If you can spare the time please do come along and share your thoughts and ideas about the park. If you can’t make it along on the evening but have some ideas regarding park improvements please email them through by Friday 9th October. Click the links for the minutes from the last meeting, an agenda for the AGM and a poster about the AGM. Continue reading
Edinburgh Eco Fair is coming to Out of the Blue Drill Hall on Sunday 4th October and will be a wonderful celebration of green companies and services from the Edinburgh area. There will be stalls of planet-friendly gifts, treats and food as well as crafts for kids and musical interludes. You’ll also be able to chat to the groups who are working to create a more sustainable future for our communities.
(adapted from an email from SESplan)
If you wish to comment on this major piece of planning, affecting all of south-east Scotland for the next 20 years, you only have days to do so. SESplan would like to remind everyone to submit their responses on the Main Issues Report no later than 5pm on Wednesday 30 September.
They encourage everyone interested in the future of the region to submit their views on the issues. Comments on the Main Issues Report will be used to inform the next Strategic Development Plan and future planning documents over the next twenty years.
(adapted from an email from greenworks and Edinburgh World Heritage)
Want to reduce your bills and save energy? Want to learn how to maintain your own sash and case windows and shutters? Then why not go to one of the workshops at ForestCentrePlus, 38 Castle Terrace.
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