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April 30 2012, 10.42PM Greener Leith
Leithers Pedal on Parliament to call for safer cycling
Last Saturday, Greener Leith helped to organise the Leith Feeder ride for the Pedal on Parliament protest. The day dawned sunny, if a bit chilly, a...
April 29 2012, 8.41PM Greener Leith
Portobello and Leith Community Wind Turbine hits stumbling block in land negotiations
Portobello and Leith locals show their support for a community owned turbine at Seafield Regular Greener Leith readers will know that we have been ...
April 20 2012, 8.41PM Greener Leith
Pedal On Parliament Leith feeder ride
Following some Twitter chat between local cyclists we decided that there really should be some sort of a Leith feeder ride for the Pedal on Parliam...
October 29 2011, 7.47PM Greener Leith
Tenement dwellers offered help with bike parking
Following some excellent research by SPOKES, that showed that problems with bike storage in tenements is a significant barrier that stops more peop...
October 29 2011, 7.09PM Greener Leith
Give your old mobile phone to Greener Leith
Do you have an old, mobile phone lying around your house doing nothing? According to the statistics, there are nearly two mobile phones for every m...
October 29 2011, 6.53PM Greener Leith
Greener Leith AGM: Speaker confirmed
Although we've already posted about the 2011 Greener Leith AGM, last time we hadn't confirmed a speaker. We're now pleased to be able to announce t...
October 24 2011, 11.17PM Greener Leith
Leith Biomass plan could go up in smoke if subsidy cuts approved
A multi-million pound hole may have appeared in the Forth Energy buisiness plan for their proposed Leith power plant. Last week, the Scottish...
October 12 2011, 9.59PM Greener Leith
Public meeting - AGM and Wind Turbine questions
News that we have successfully raised funds for the pre-application phase of the Leith & Portobello Community Wind Turbine has attracted a bit ...
October 5 2011, 2.08PM Greener Leith
Leith and Portobello community wind turbine project receives loan boost
A predicted view of how the turbine might look Scotland’s first community-owned urban wind turbine took a step closer to reality today with t...
September 26 2011, 8.42PM Greener Leith
Community Force Vote needed for the Leith Links Children's Orchard
Here's a way that you can support Greener Leith, and help improve Leith Links from the comfort of your own home. All you have to do is vote o...
September 17 2011, 8.01PM Greener Leith
New Leith Links path revealed
Yes, it was way back in 2007 that we first started campaigning for improvement to the path link between Leith and Portobello. Although there is a t...
September 17 2011, 7.45PM Greener Leith
Public Question Time: Appearance Matters
The next Leith Neighbourhood Partnership Meeting will take place at 10.30am on Saturday the 24th at the MacDonald Road Library. The focus of the me...
September 3 2011, 9.58AM Greener Leith
Edinburgh Trams: Action needed now to repair damage done to Leith
A version of this comment piece by Chair of Greener Leith, Charlotte Encombe, was originally published on STV Edinburgh on Thursday. On Frid...
July 21 2011, 9.15PM Greener Leith
Greener Leith is one of Scotland's best websites
We are exceptionally surprised and humbled to discover that the Greener Leith website features in sixth place in a list of Scotland's best websites...
July 17 2011, 9.55AM Greener Leith
Links Links orchard getting more fruitful by the day
This is just the second growing season for many of the trees in the Leith Links Childrens Orchard, but as you can see from these photos this year i...
July 16 2011, 8.04PM Greener Leith
Greener Leith gets mobile with new free Android application
Regular readers may know that we already have a mobile phone application for Nokia mobile phones that run are compatible with OVI. We're plea...
June 23 2011, 10.59PM Greener Leith
Seafield wind turbine generates debate in Holyrood and The Evening News
We are delighted to report that our proposal to build a community owned wind turbine within Seafield Waste Water treatment works has been the subje...
June 19 2011, 10.22PM Greener Leith
Leith Festival Ceilidh 2011
Here's a quick slide show of some photos from the first ever Greener Leith Ceilidh, which we organised as our contribution to Leith Festival. The e...
June 13 2011, 9.33PM Greener Leith
Emily Dodd - Inspiring Volunteer
Some weeks ago Greener Leith nominated Emily Dodd for an Inspiring Volunteer Award, as she has helped a great deal with the Greener Leith website, ...
June 13 2011, 9.29PM Greener Leith
The fastest way to find out about new planning applications in Edinburgh
If you've been to our website recently you'll have noticed a new tab on the top menu for "The Planning Map." As it's name suggests, we've set-up a ...
June 3 2011, 8.43AM Greener Leith
Back our Energyshare bid to boost community power
A unique partnership between two Edinburgh community groups has been established to develop a community owned wind turbine on the coast betwe...
May 28 2011, 10.53PM Greener Leith
Greener Leith fundraising ceilidh
Greener Leith has much less money coming in than in previous years. You can help us to keep making Leith greener just by dancing and having a good ...
May 19 2011, 8.49PM Greener Leith
Picnic in the Park 2011
The Leith Walk Primary School Parent Council and the Friends of Montgomery Street Park will be hosting a Picnic in the Park on Saturday, 28th May 2...
May 17 2011, 9.52PM Greener Leith
Government agencies line up to criticise Leith Biomass plans
It is no secret that Forth Energy have few friends when it comes to their giant power plant proposals for Leith. However, now that the election is ...
May 11 2011, 9.30PM Greener Leith
Bonus Bag scheme commended by councillors
This week Greener Leith recognition from city councillors on the Transport, Infrastructure and Environment committee for the bonus bag part ...
April 10 2011, 9.43AM Greener Leith
Edinburgh Local Economy Day
Yesterday, around 40 people from all over Edinburgh gathered to discuss what role community groups could play in helping to build a more resilient ...
March 25 2011, 5.19PM Greener Leith
Council wants to know whether it can manage the weather better
The City of Edinburgh Council has launched an online consultation to find out what it can do to improve its response to bad winter weather. After l...
March 25 2011, 3.13PM Greener Leith
Leith Links orchard spring volunteer day
Last spring, along with loads of other local volunteers, we planted more than 100 trees in Leith Links - and much to our surprise the slugs got to ...
March 19 2011, 11.23AM Greener Leith
What should we do about climate change?
Last week, Alastair Tibbitt, representing Greener Leith, was invited by Stop Climate Chaos to join the panel at a Cross Party Group on Climate Chan...
March 18 2011, 8.55PM Greener Leith
Funding package confirmed for Shore
It's been a long time coming, but after a vote at Thursdays Leith Neighbourhood Partnership Housing and Built Environment Sub-group Committee, fund...
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