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PEDAL e-newsletter for January

Posted on: January 10th, 2017
 
 
   
 
 
 

Wassail: 28 January, 2-4 pm

The community orchard team wishes you all the best for a happy and fruitful New Year.

We will be holding our Wassailing event at the Donkeyfield community orchard on Saturday 28 January from 2-4 pm.  There will be the customary singing and dancing to encourage a bountiful fruit harvest in 2017, led by the community choir, as well as a bonfire and refreshments.  We hope you will join us for this seasonal celebration which will brighten up a January day.

Mini Holland: a model for safer, friendlier streets?
7.15-9.15pm, 29th January at Tribe Porty
Join Paul Gasson from Walthamstow, to hear about a ground breaking project which has used a range of landscaping and other features to make their pavements and roads safer and more enjoyable for road users and residents. Paul will give a half an hour presentation, followed by Q&A and discussion of whether something similar might be possible in Portobello. This is a free event, but small donations to help cover the room hire would be very welcome.
 
   
 
 
 

Smart technology research participants needed 

Changeworks has partnered with the University of Edinburgh to deliver IDEAL, a cutting edge research project exploring how smart technology can help save energy in the home. They are looking for Edinburgh households (EH1-17) with gas combi boiler heating to participate.
The benefits include:

  • Gaining insight into your home energy use

  • Receiving a free android tablet used to display energy use information

  • Receiving tailored advice from University of Edinburgh experts

  • Hopefully saving money on gas and electricity bills

For more information visit changeworks.org.uk/projects/ideal
To get involved email your name, address, and contact details to IDEAL@changeworks.org.uk, or call 0131 539 8610.

University of Edinburgh research participants needed

Changeworks has partnered with the University of Edinburgh to deliver IDEAL, a cutting edge research project exploring how smart technology can help save energy in the home. They are looking for Edinburgh households (EH1-17) with gas combi boiler heating to participate.
The benefits include:

  • Gaining insight into your home energy use

  • Receiving a free android tablet used to display energy use information

  • Receiving tailored advice from University of Edinburgh experts

  • Hopefully saving money on gas and electricity bills

For more information visit changeworks.org.uk/projects/ideal
To get involved email your name, address, and contact details to IDEAL@changeworks.org.uk, or call 0131 539 8610.

Transition Edinburgh events Jan-March 2017
Clean Transport – 1.30-4.30 Wed 25 January  Edinburgh Centre for Carbon  Innovation High School Yards, Edinburgh EH1 1LZ.  Councillor Lesley Hinds, Convener of TfE with Keith Stark, Enterprise Car Club , Enrique Troncoso from the Orkney Clean Transport project and Emilia Hanna, Local Air Pollution Campaigner, Friends of the Earth.
  Book via https://te-25jan.eventbrite.co.uk
 
 Circular Economy – 1.30-4.30 Wed 22 February at Out of the Blue, 36 Dalmeny St EH6 8RG.  Sophie Unwin, Remade in Edinburgh with Ylva Haglund, Zero Waste Scotland and Mike Turner / Fran Hutchinson, Swap & Reuse Hub (SHRUB) Co-operative.  Book via  https://te-22feb.eventbrite.co.uk
 
 Solar Power and Storage – 1.30-4.30pm Wed 22 March at 7 Bristo Square EH1 1LZ

Robert Murphy, Electric Vehicle  Administrator Edinburgh College, Dalkeith with Jestyn Davis, Moray Estates, Garden District Project and Richard Witney, Project Manager, Edinburgh Community Solar Coop.
 Book via https://te-22mar.eventbrite.co.uk
 
 
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