Category Archives: Edinburgh

Invitation to join an Omnivores Research Project – Central Belt

By East-Lothian, Edinburgh, Glasgow, West-Lothian,

In partnership with the SRUC, Nourish Scotland is running a scoping study that investigates people’s views about their least-worst options for reducing meat intake in their diets. This study will help shape a three-year SRUC research project that starts in the Autumn 2024.

Image credit: Nourish Scotland, Damhead Small Farm, April 2024

They are looking for a diverse range of people (age, dietary requirements and preferences, and other demographics) in the Central Belt of Scotland. To participate in this study, you would have to be: 

1. someone who eats meat (not just fish) on a regular basis, as part of your normal diet

2. prepared to take part in a full-day workshop that will take place in person in the Central Belt (likely to take place in early June) AND

3. committed to keep a food diary for about a week in the run up to the in-person workshop. 

Nourish can cover travel expenses (within limits, within the Central Belt), and £25 (a small contribution to your favourite meal perhaps!).

The discussions in the workshop will be focused roughly around these questions:

– What do people know about the case for reducing meat in our diets, and what, in this, do they care about?

– What do people know about meat replacements?

– What are people willing and unwilling to substitute for meat in their diet i.e. for which meals and under what conditions (taste, cost, availability, skills, time and effort, etc.)?

If you are interested in participating in this study, or have a question about this before you decide, please contact miesbeth@nourishscotland.org.uk to receive an application form by Thursday 2nd May.

Earth Hour – 23rd March 2024

By Edinburgh

Earth Hour was initiated by the World Wildlife Fund In 2007, and now attracts millions of participants worldwide. It simply asks all of us to switch off non-essential electrical devices for one hour at the same time in each time zone round the world — starting in Samoa and ending in Tahiti. This year, Earth Hour will come to Scotland between 8.30 and 9.30 pm on Saturday 23rd March — the evening before Palm Sunday.

Invitation from St Ninian’s church

St Ninian’s Church invite you to join them for an hour of candlelit meditation and reflection around the themes of climate change and conservation, based on a range of sources including Pope Francis’ recent 2023 Laudate Deum. We will meet together at St Ninian’s church, 40 Comely Bank, Edinburgh, EH4 1AG.

Buses 19, 22, 24, 29, 37 or 113 stop nearby at  Flora Stevenson School, and there is free on-street evening parking available on Fettes Avenue and Craigleith Road.
Please arrive at least 5 minutes early, as all electric lights will be extinguished at 8.30 pm sharp.

Edinburgh Churches Christian Aid Drop-in

By Edinburgh,

Invitation from Christian Aid Scotland

Come and meet us for a coffee! We’re thrilled to be able to host our supporters at Augustine United Church this year for our Edinburgh churches drop-in session. Please join Christian Aid staff any time between 10:30am and 1pm on Wednesday 20 September for a cuppa and a chat. This is an informal time to meet other local Christian Aid supporters, ask questions of staff, and share ideas. For those able to stay a little longer, there will be an online event with our Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Watt, starting at 1pm. Anyone is welcome, so please do share this invitation and RSVP by emailing edinburgh@christian-aid.org if you’re planning to come along. 

Climate Justice Campaigner Event

By Edinburgh, , ,

Climate Justice campaigner event. June 14th 2023

Message from Christian Aid Scotland:  

We are a third of the way through this crucial decade for climate action - yet Scotland is not on track to meet targets to reduce emissions, while worsening climate impacts are having devastating consequences around the world. We urgently need all decision makers to take bold action.

 As part of the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, Christian Aid is helping to organise an event to help people to connect with other climate and nature campaigners and to learn more about how you can make your voice heard. Join us online or in person on Wednesday the 14th of June to explore some of the key issues relating to the climate crisis and how together we can encourage decision makers to take action now.

6pm - 7.30pm 

Online Booking Link
In Person Booking Link
Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EL

Biodiversity Matters Workshop

By Edinburgh,

Notice of event from Old St Paul’s, Edinburgh.

BIODIVERSITY MATTERS - SAT 27th May

Biodiversity is one of the most important and complex features of our planet and it is now in crisis. To protect it we need to know about it. 

This workshop will consider what biodiversity is and its relevance to everyday life and the wider world. Through practical activities we will explore: 
• How variation occurs in living things 
• Why variation matters  
 
10.00am – 3.00pm (Coffee from 9.30am)
Cost £5 (including vegetarian lunch)
Venue: Old St Paul’s Church Hall, 63 Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DH  
 
 Facilitated by Ginger Franklin, former Education Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Scottish Earth Science Education Forum
 
For more information and to book a place: 
 

International Swifts Awareness week 3-11 July 2021- An invitation from the RSPB

By Edinburgh, Uncategorized

If you live in or are visiting Edinburgh during International Swifts Awareness Week (3-11th July) you are invited by the RSPB to take a self guided tour of some cycling and walking paths around the beautiful city of Edinburgh. The tours take you on a series of self led cycle and walking paths around Edinburgh that join up swift nesting sites, feeding sites, swift murals & the lovely green spaces of Edinburgh. The routes all pass Haymarket, so it’s easy enough to go via the train with your bikes and start from there.

Routes take you past St Mary’s Cathedral one of our recent Silver Eco Congregation Award winning congregations, who host 48 swift boxes. You can explore the area around the water of Leith, Leith Links and Arthur’s Seat to name but a few locations. For more information about the routes have a look at the RSPB Edinburgh Swift Cities page.