Dunbar

February 13, 20127:00 pmto9:00 pmIt is time to start preparing and planning for this years growing season. There are all kinds of things we can do to grow more of our own food locally from turning more of our own lawns into food producing gardens to encouraging more food plantings around churches, schools, doctors surgery, police station, street planters, the train station, bus stops, parks,...

SpareWheels is a not-for-profit carsharing club based in Dunbar. If your car spends most of its time sitting in the driveway, you could benefit from their low-cost hire. Join the club for one-off fee of £25 then book online or over the phone. Ford Fiesta: £3.25/hr or £25/day plus 21p per mile including fuel 7-seater Mazda: £4.25/hr or £33/day plus 21p per mile including fuel

We’ve got a team of bike mechanics ready to help you get your bikes back on the road. As well as running a regular drop-in workshop at Hallhill carpark (Saturdays 10am-12noon) we can come out to your workplace to give bikes a safety check and show folk how to adjust brakes, gears etc. so that everything is running smoothly.  We’re also happy to come to clubs such as Brownies or Scouts...

Sue just made her first pair of curtain quilts! Quick and easy to do and they look wonderful! All she did was take an existing pair of curtains that she purchased at ikea (cheap) and then went to the cloth shop on Dunbar High Street and purchased fleece for £2.00 per meter.She turned her curtains inside out, tacked the fleece at the top with a basic hand stitch and then turned the curtain right...

We know that lots of people in Dunbar own bikes, but don’t use them. Is this you? What happened to those good intentions of cycling round town? If you can make a commitment to replacing at least one regular car journey by a cycle trip, we’ll give you £25 to spend on bike accessories. What do you need to cycle more regularly? New lights? A basket? A child-seat? What’s Stopping You? ...

February 11, 20129:00 amto12:00 pmSaturday 11th February, 9am-12pm, Gibb Room, Dunbar Library Our steets have long been dominated by traffic issues: speeding cars, parking spaces, crossing points. Yet these are areas where children used to play, and neighbours used to chat. Of course, in the 21st century we still need to make room for cars, but this need not be at the expense of everyone else. At...

The next Sustaining Dunbar basic bike maintenance class is at 9-11am on Friday 10th February at The Stables, Belhaven Church. Email morag@sustainingdunbar.org to book your space. Bring your bike along along and Mark and Dan will show you how to mend a puncture, adjust the brakes etc.

What are the ingredients that can help us to build resilience and to use the transition to a low carbon future as an opportunity for creative change? Rob Hopkin’s ‘Transition Companion’ shares inspiration, ideas and experiences from across the world that demonstrate some of the ingredients we will need. Click on the widgit above for a preview of the book, including video and...

Do you know your way around the Dunbar Area? Sustaining Dunbar is looking for local people to assist in a travel survey about your area. You will be paid a fee of up to £200, depending on the number of surveys you do. You will also be paid for attending a briefing session where you will receive information about the project. Work will involve gathering information about the way people travel in...

February 3, 20127:00 pmto10:00 pmWe will be screening the film ‘The Economics of Happiness‘ on Friday 3rd February in ‘Our Lady of Waves’ Church Hall, Dunbar. Film show at 8pm, bring food and drink to share for a ‘Pot Luck’ supper at 7pm. Come for both or just the film. This film takes a timely look at how ’…climate change and peak oil give us...