Updates and news

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.

We are very pleased to announce the next round of our Climate and Nature Action Grants! Find out more…

An article written by our Work Experience Placement student Nellie Parks from Knox Academy, who spent a week with the Climate Hub to see what happens behind the scenes to make our work possible.

The East Lothian Climate Hub is recruiting: Communications Officer and Operations Officer. See here for more information and how to apply to join our small, dedicated team.

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.