October 2020: Supporting the local natural world - survey
What can be done locally to help our local natural world to flourish? Take part in our short survey
September 2020: Fixing for a Future project has launched its’ website
Repair cafe, skills workshops, carbon conversations, East Linton Borrowers and more….
What do we want to happen in East Linton?
Over the summer of 2019 Climate Action East Linton shared a survey within East Linton to learn what different sustainability areas were of importance to the community and gather different ideas for what would be useful in the East Linton area.
Save the trees!
Working together to protect nearly 300 trees being felled at the National Museum of Flight, resulting in planning permission being refused by the Council.
East Lothian Rise Up!
In September 2019 Climate Action East Linton, collaborating with a number of other local community groups in East Lothian to organise an ‘East Lothian Rise Up’ rally in Haddington. The event tied in with the Global #ClimateStrike/ #Earthstrike.
The Big Climate Conversation
The Big Climate Conversation was a public engagement programme about climate change held over six months across Scotland as part of the Scottish Government’s Climate Change initiative.
Here is the feedback note for the event, attended by 24 people in the Village Hall, East Linton, on 21 October 2019.
Community Survey results
60 members of the community responded to the survey, either online or in paper form (with post boxes for forms made available at the community hall, library, and Mart). In addition a facilitated session was held with the Brownies to get further ideas of what was important.
Trees In The Park
In late 2019 a sub group formed to plan and work towards trees being planted in the park.
The Pledge Tree
As part of seeing in the new year, in early January 2020 a group of us with the Scouts planted a pledge tree