Get ready for a day filled with inspiration, education, and action at the East Lothian Green Futures Festival, organised by the new East Lothian Climate Hub!  Free to attend🌟

ℹ️ What to Expect:

·       Engaging lecture series on critical climate topics

·       Interactive workshops to empower and educate

·       Showcase of local projects making a difference

·       Drop-in advice clinics for sustainable living tips

·       Live music, delicious food, and fun for the whole family!

🌱 Let's come together to share the amazing projects taking place across the county, get involved in fun activities for kids & adults, raise awareness, explore solutions, while having a whole lot of fun! 🌱

🎉 Mark your calendars and spread the word. This is an event you won't want to miss! 🎉

For more information and updates, stay tuned to our page or visit www.sccan.scot/elcan

If you are interested in exhibiting, running a workshop or delivering a talk please complete this form https://forms.gle/CTn782WzgwRKmhv87

See you there! 🌎💚 #GreenFutures #ClimateAction #Sustainability #EastLothian #climate hub #familyfun #event #ELGreenFuturesFest24

Beat the winter blues with a restyle of your wardrobe with the most sustainable fashion available.

Grab your friends, declutter your closet and join is at the Seabird Centre in North Berwick for a glass of fizz and fashion swish. Find the perfect outfit or fab shoes for the price of your ticket. We cannot think of a better way to brighten up the long winter months!

We each spend on average around £640 on clothes per year and collectively throw out almost 1 million tonnes of textiles. One third of this has barely been worn! So bring those items along for someone else to love.

So many wins!

• Beat the winter blues

• Beat the cost of living crisis,

• Have fun, LOTS of fun!

• Do your Lil thing for the planet,

• Clear your wardrobe clutter,

• Get that new-to-you clothes fix without feeding the fast fashion monster

• Support both the Seabird Centre & Lil’s work for our communities and nature.

  Need a little more motivation or support sorting your wardrobe? Read our fashion articles over on the Lil Blog

Tickets: £15 per person. Visit the Seabird Centre website here to book your tickets

Details of drop off points will be listed closer to the event.

Save the date

A free, fun event for all ages exploring the greenspace around the Community Hospital. Try a Brompton bike and quiz Love To Ride about cycling opportunities - the hospital is next to Sustrans Route 76, the Railway walk. Dig in to our mini beach clean and hunt Minibeasts with the kids, find & share plants at the plant swap stall, make your own smoothie with pedal power, enjoy a picnic with some live music and meet lots of local organisations. It is also a chance to input to the designs for the landscape - what would you like to be able to use the space for?

Come anytime, bring a picnic and stay a while, activities for all ages.

Come and see:

Live music from the Goats Toes and other Haddstock buskers (various times through the day)

Haddington Growing Community - swap and share plants & seeds

Clean all the plastic from the Lil mini beach

Try a Brompton Bike

Beyond Boundaries East Lothian - -providing adventure sports and outdoor activities for people aged 16+ with disabilities and mental health issues living in East Lothian

Our Community Garden

Love to Ride - be inspired to leave the car and home and ride your bike in East Lothian

Home Energy Scotland - try and ebike or find out about grants for home energy improvments

Sustrans Smoothie Bike - concoct and power the liquidiser for your own smoothie. Fruit kindly donated by the Co-op

Join Gifford Community Woodland Forest Schools Teacher from craft or den building

Discover the minibeast trail - can you tick them all off your list

Tell us what you’d like to see the greenspace around the community hospital used for…wildflower meadows, seating areas, bigger carpark, Christmas market? This is a chance to have your say.

Grab a blanket and chill out and enjoy a picnic (byo) for a while.

See you there x

BIOBLITZ
Drop in for this free event and explore the grounds of the Community Hospital, survey the nature that's there with the East Lothian Countryside Rangers and volunteer specialists.

This is a drop in event, please arrive on the hour to join in (i.e. 10am 11am, 1pm or 2pm) - you can stay longer Please click going if you plan to come along so I can bake enough cake! We need lots of folk so we have a thorough survey of the site before new

A BioBlitz is a race against time to create a snapshot of the variety of life found in a specific location. Wildlife experts and the wider public (that's you!) work together, within a set amount of time, to find and identify as many species of plants, animals and fungi as possible.

SKETCH & WANDER
You can also book on to a Sketch and Wander Workshop with the amazing Lynn from Fantoosh - book here. Join Lynn in a mindful session to explore the grounds and the nature they hold then use creative ways to express what you discover and what you can imagine. 10.30am - 12.30pm

A LIL CONSULTATION
Lil is collecting community views on how the landscape around the hospital might be used - it is a community hospital after all. Pop into the gazebo at any time during the day for a chat, a cuppa and to imagine what you'd like to see, do & feel there.

LIL RUBBISH COLLECTIVE
Join Lil on a litter pick around the hospital grounds, down hospital road and to Station Yard - follow this link for more details: https://fb.me/e/3kFg7nLrt 10am - 12pm (or after if you’re happy picking alone.

IMPORTANT DETAILS
No previous experience required. All ages welcome.
Meet at the Lil Gazebo located in the woodland walk next to the car park.
Please check the weather forecast and wear suitable clothing and footwear
Parking available on site.
Use of toilets is limited to emergencies, so please go before you leave home
There'll be tea & cake available to buy but if you're staying longer over lunch we recommend a packed lunch.

Join Lil at the Scottish Seabird Centre as we take on the challenge to “Buy Nothing New since ‘22”.

Nothing new is up to you - maybe it’s clothes for you, or everything you’d normally buy, including gifts. However you’d like to do it, or even if it’s just doing a Lil more than last year, we’ll be celebrating all our efforts with a Swish at the Seabird Centre on Thursday January 19th from 7.30pm.

Tickets are £15, including a fizz or non-alcoholic drink on entry.

Come and join us for our Autumn Swish! Delighted to be part of the Climate Fringe Festival and perfectly timed for Second-hand September, it’s time to refresh the wardrobe for the winter months and clear out the items that still haven’t seen the summer light.

Excited to also share this event with a Sashiko beautiful repair workshop from the wonderful Millie Scott Studios. Sashiko repairs start at 6pm; doors open for swish at 7.30pm with the “bell” for first selections at 8pm.

Tickets essential. Some tickets are available via referral partners, so get in touch if the admission prices are putting you off.

Join us for a climate conversation as we discuss what’s happening in Scotland and what we can do to influence change in the face of a climate crisis.

Lil is delighted to be part of this Edinburgh Napier University event, where keynote speaker Richard Dixon (Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland) will discuss policy and public perceptions of climate change. Lil’s Louise will join a panel of Napier staff and students, talking about the role large institutions such as universities can play in influencing change, as well as what actions individuals can take (that’s us).

There will be a Q&A followed by a reception from approx 3.30pm where guests can continue the discussion and network. FREE tickets but registration essential: here

Door Open from 1.45pm

Please click here for information on how to access Edinburgh Napier’s Craiglockhart Campus by public transport. If you do need to drive you can park in Car Park A.