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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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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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