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Peter Quinn joins ELCAN’s board of trustees as our newest member. With a wealth of experience in business, environmental management, nature conservation and in leadership positions for boards including the Scottish Committee of UK Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, he has spent the last six years as director […]

The Scottish Government wants to know what you think of the Climate Hub (ELCAN) and our work in East Lothian. Have you attended an event or helped out in a hedgerow with us? We are asking community members, who have engaged with our work, to share their thoughts as part of this evaluation. Please take

East Lothian is on the banks of becoming the UK’s capital for renewable energy. Could it be a capital for community energy, too? As soon as 2028, the beginnings of the world’s largest offshore wind farm could be delivering power via East Lothian and transformative benefits to communities. Berwick Bank is course to be the

We were delighted to see members at the Gathering on the 1st at The Fraser Centre and share our recommendations to constitute ELCAN.

Sociocracy, at its heart, is about making decisions together in a way that values everyone’s voice, while getting things done. With that in mind, we gathered post-its, flipcharts, and a big dose of curiosity – and set out to collaboratively understand what actually needed doing

Are you interested in contributing to the development of the the East Lothian Climate Action Network Board, which provides strategic direction to the Climate Hub?

A major milestone has been reached in the journey to decarbonise heating in East Lothian: the release of the East Lothian Heat Feasibility Study Report.

East Lothian is a rural region with a strong farming community. The East Lothian Climate Hub put on two sessions in the first half of 2025 to support farmers to understand the new government requirements of Whole Farm Plans, auditing and how these can enhance your farm resilience.

The question of how to retrofit community buildings can feel overwhelming. Read here about the workshop that HeatHack ran for the Climate Hub on Saving Energy in Buildings to help address warmth and heat loss and how St Andrew Blackadder Church in North Berwick have “greened” their building.