Updates and news
Our Response to the Community Benefits for Renewable Energy Developments Consultation
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.
Biodiversity: Healthy Hedgerows
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.
East Lothian Climate Hub Manager speaks with First Minister, shares successes and challenges of Climate Action Hub Programme
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.
ELCAN Members Map
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.
ELCAN to hold its first AGM on 26th February
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.
Climate Creativity Collaboration inspires secondary school students
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.
What if we all removed our money from fossil fuels? New Resource for ‘Divestment’
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.
Official Launch of the East Lothian Biodiversity Collective
We have launched the East Lothian Biodiversity Collective! Check out this post to hear about the launch event, and for an opportunity to join.
Green Futures Festival – Saturday 22nd March
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.
Funding Distributed! Nearly £10,000 to Community Climate and Nature Action Projects in 2024-25
We are happy to announce that nearly £10,000 of funding has been distributed to projects as part the East Lothian Climate Hub’s Community Climate and Nature Action Grant funding programme!
ELCAN response to the Council’s Draft Climate Change Strategy
Over the past months, the Climate Hub has been in deep consultation with ELCAN members to co-create a response to this draft strategy.
ELCAN Winter Gathering forges and nurtures connections, inspires collective action
With the end of the year drawing to a close, we held an ELCAN Winter Gathering for an evening of music, food and celebrating local climate action.