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Candidates for Scotland’s newest parliamentary seat are being asked how they will deliver a greener, healthier, fairer country. Constituents for Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent are invited to attend a hustings on 27 April to ask questions of the main party candidates in the Scottish national elections. The event at 7pm in St Andrew’s High […]

The Climate Hub visited new ELCAN member, Fairhill Rise, last week, and was blown away but its biodiversity, its different habitats and the work it does with its participants. Fairhill Rise is a land-based day support service for adults with additional needs, set within 60 acres of bio-dynamically managed woodland, meadows and gardens in Pishwanton

The East Lothian Hedgerow Restoration pilot is celebrating a recent project in Tranent. Volunteers and nature groups came together on the Tranent Waggonway at the weekend to patch up one of the region’s most historic hedgerows. Between Thursday 26 and Saturday 28 February 2026, 25 volunteers joined the East Lothian Climate Hub and the Tranent

On Wednesday 11 March, the Fraser Centre will be holding an event to give items a second life. There will be six organisations from across East Lothian and hundreds of items, being given away at little to no cost.

As part of the UK’s “largest ever investment” in community energy, GB Energy is calling for Expressions of Interest from communities across Scotland and the UK. Today the government and GB Energy published the Local Power Plan. Backed by a £1 billion fund, the scheme will support an initial 1000 projects, such as solar panels

At the end of consultation on Scotland’s Climate Change Plan – which will shape the country’s response for the next 15 years – the East Lothian Climate Hub has published an open letter outlining their thoughts: The CCP must recognise the role of resilient communities and value of Climate Hubs in an unpredictable future  

Eighteen years ago Pam Warhurst and a group of friends planted the seed of a sustainable food revolution.  Imagine if you could put all the unused public land to work, feeding the community? Since that first thought, Pam Warhurst’s home town of Todmorden has had a green revival. Over a decade later, there are planters

Would you like to work with the Climate Hubs to secure the financial future of community climate action in Scotland?   Please read below and click through to consider a brief for consultancy and/or strategic partnership for feasibility/development, to investigate the potential for shared ownership of corporate renewable energy projects, to generate on-going income streams

There’s only four weeks left of 2025: the year that the East Lothian Climate Hub grew, consolidated, focused sharply and impactfully on thematic work, launched numerous successful initiatives, and prepared to become an independent charity. I am grateful for you and the work you do. With our ELCAN Winter Gathering in Aberlady, on 3 December,

MSP for East Lothian shares Climate Secretary’s praise for local action in East Lothian and concern at rising climate scepticism On Friday 7 November, MSP for East Lothian Paul McLennan delivered a message of encouragement for members of the local climate action network and heard concerns about climate and nature issues. Exactly six months out