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Celebrating one year of the East Lothian Climate Hub, GFF 2025 draws 350 people and is a place of connection, practical learning and building hope across the region.

The Scottish Government is currently facilitating a consultation on Community Benefits for Renewable Energy Developments.  Anyone can respond by 11th April 2025. Read our response, which may be helpful to frame and consider your own response.

As part of the beginning of a pilot for Healthy Hedgerow restoration, collective knowledge and skills on hedgerows are being built for interested parties across East Lothian. 

Read more about Bobby’s conversation with the First Minister, and our shared goal of ensuring that no community is abandoned in a just transition to an ecologically positive future on a more wellbeing-focused, liveable planet.

As part of the beginning of a pilot for Healthy Hedgerow restoration, collective knowledge and skills on hedgerows are being built for interested parties across East Lothian. 

If you are an ELCAN member it would be wonderful if you or someone else from your group could attend the upcoming ELCAN AGM. Have a look in this update for more info.

The Climate Creativity Collaboration with secondary school students has been successfully launched with three workshops to date with North Berwick High and Knox Academy, co-facilitated between the Climate Hub and Tim Porteus. 

Have you ever considered what the money in your pension is doing, and what effect it is having on the world? Consider divesting from fossil fuel companies. Find out more here.

We have launched the East Lothian Biodiversity Collective! Check out this post to hear about the launch event, and for an opportunity to join.

We are thrilled to announce our Green Futures Festival 2025, taking place on Saturday 22nd March at Queen Margaret University. This will be a day of learning, connecting and building work together across East Lothian. See here to find out more.