At the Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre. Next clinics: Wed 5 March, Wed 19 March, Wed 2 April, all 10:00 – 3:30.
Citizens Advice pop-in Clinics at our Advice Centre
Beginner’s Grow Your Own
Tuesday 18th March, 10am – 4pm, Ravenscraig Walled Garden
Cosy Kirkcaldy DIY Workshop
Saturday 8th March, 10am – 1pm, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre
Garden Tool Repair
15th March, 1.30pm – 3.30pm, Ravenscraig Walled Gardens
Saving Energy around the Home
Jenny ponders some cost-free energy-saving tips and decides it might be time for a home visit
Cosy Kirkcaldy DIY Workshop
Our own Handyman, Darren, will be explaining simple fixes to make your home more energy efficient. Saturday 15th February, 10am – 1pm, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre
Fill Up at the Philp
Come along and have your fill at this community event at the Philp Hall. Find out what’s going on in your area and enjoy a fun day out.
New in the Fair Trade shop – Zapatista coffee
Organic, fair trade ground coffee from Chiapas, Mexico.
New in the Fair Trade shop – Booja Booja Champagne Truffles
These truffles are dairy free, gluten free, vegan, organic and utterly delicious!
Dunnikier Park Edible Landscape – First Trees Go in the Ground!
On Sunday 2nd Feb we started to create an Edible Landscape in Dunnikier Park.
Greener Kirkcaldy Annual General Meeting – report
Our Annual General Meeting took place on Saturday 25th January 2014.
Greener Kirkcaldy’s Annual Gathering – report
We held our Annual Gathering on Saturday 25th Jan. Thank you to everyone who came along and helped shape our plans for the next year.
Save the Environment with Savvy Shopping
Jenny muses on our consumer culture and gives some tips on how to take care of the planet whilst shopping.
Fruit Tree Planting @ Dunnikier Park
Join us to create a new Edible Landscape in Dunnikier Park, Sunday 2nd February, 10:30am, meet at Dunnkier House Hotel Car Park
Energy Saving in Older Properties
Do you live in an older stone built property? Would you like to know how to improve the energy efficiency of your home, and get your energy bills down? Monday 10th February, 6.30pm – 8pm, St Brycedale Centre,
Bread making for beginners
Learn the basics of making homemade loaves. Contact us to book your place.
Greener Kirkcaldy Annual General Meeting and Annual Gathering
Saturday 25th January 9.30am til 2pm, at the Old Kirk
Christmas Present Amnesty
Fridays and Saturdays throughout January at the Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre
Volunteer Information Day
Wednesday 15th January, 11am-7pm, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre
Kitchen Canny Workshop
Wednesday 22nd January 9am-12noon. Contact us to book your place
Go Green in 2014
Happy New Year! Now that Christmas is over it’s time to get thinking of new year’s resolutions. For many of us these will focus on spending less money, eating healthily […]
Have Yourself a Very Green Christmas: Tips for an Eco-friendly Christmas Dinner
by Lauren Parry Christmas is the season to eat, drink and be merry – but the traditional Christmas dinner with the turkey and all the trimmings puts a lot of […]
Christmas Present Amnesty
Waste Not, Want Not: Wrapping
by Lauren Parry and Jennifer Bain Christmas is coming! You’ve spent months planning and finding the right gift and the time has come to wrap it. Wrapping and unwrapping presents […]
Greener Kirkcaldy Annual Gathering
Saturday 25th January at the Old Kirk 10am – 2.30pm. Come along, get inspired, get involved!
Cavity wall insulation for flats and ‘hard to treat’ cavities
Fair Trade treats for Christmas
We’ve got some scrummy new Fair Trade products in our Eco Shop – chocolate coins, mint thins, Medjoul dates, biscuit selection gift boxes, and much more
Ross’s Diary – November
Ross fills us in on what’s been happening in the garden in November…
Greener Christmas Fair
Saturday 7th December, 11am -2pm, Mercat Shopping Centre
Read any good books lately?
Jenny read ‘Flight Behaviour’ to mark Scottish Book Week.
Have a Greener Christmas
Our Project Manager Suzy has listed her Top 5 tips for a greener Christmas. Having a great holiday season needn’t cost the earth.
Cooking with Winter Veg
by Jean and Ross Laird. We were sad to have to postpone our workshop on this but Jean and Ross show us how to enjoy the best of the season’s produce.
Winterise Your Home – Part 2
More tips on getting ready for winter from Maren.
Ravenscraig Community Orchard Review and Planning Meeting
Thursday 21st November 18:30, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre
Networking event for Fife communities taking action on climate change – 21st Nov
Calling all Fife community groups! Please join us on Thursday 21st November for a day of learning about each others plans, successes and challenges, and sharing ideas and inspiration. We’ll […]
Get Involved with our Mapping Project
This autumn we’re starting an exciting new project to map Kirkcaldy’s potential – and we want your help to do it.
Volunteer Opportunity – Community Mapper
Role Description Greener Kirkcaldy is looking for volunteers to take part in an exciting Community Mapping Project. We want to survey the whole of Kirkcaldy to identify: Sites that would […]
Community Mapping Volunteer Training and Information Evening
Halloween goes green!
Top tips for a fun, green Halloween, by Jean Laird
Apple Day 2013
The 21st October was National Apple Day, so on Saturday 19th October we headed to Ravenscraig Walled Gardens to celebrate all things appley.
Solar Energy Information Morning
Advice Centre and Eco Shop on Sat 9th November, from 11am – 1pm. Refreshments wil be provided.
*POSTPONED* Cooking with Winter Vegetables
*POSTPONED* Saturday 16th November 10am – 1pm, Balwearie High Community Use, contact us to book your place
Greener Kirkcaldy Book Club: ‘Flight Behaviour’ by Barbara Kingsolver
Tuesday 26th November, 7pm – 8.30pm, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre and Eco Shop
Creating a Winter Larder: Apples
by Jennifer Bain If you have been growing your own this year, you may be wondering what to do with all those crops you nourished so tenderly / neglected but […]
Winterise Your Home and Reduce Your Heating Bills
By Maren Schroeder With the mists rolling off the Forth again and the first dead leaves crunching underfoot, hardier souls than me are turning their heating on this month. The […]
Turn your favourite book into a clock
Solar Powered Film Night
ARCHIVE: September 2013 by Ross Laird A group gathered at the Howff on the night of Tuesday 27th August, not to help tend the gardens but to watch a film. […]
Shine on Fife
Would you like to know if solar panels are right for your home? Shine on Fife offers you free, independent advice before you speak to installers, and for as long as you need.
Grow-Your-Own Workshop: Beginner’s Soft Fruit
Saturday 26th October, 10am – 1pm, Ravenscraig Walled Garden
Book Club: Beatrix Potter: The extraordinary life of a Victorian genius by Linda Lear
Tuesday 29th October 7pm, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre
What’s Growing at the EATS Bed?
ARCHIVE: September 2013 By Jennifer Bain Back in June you may have noticed the sudden appearance of a new flower/fruit/vegetable bed just inside the main entrance to Ravenscraig Park. This […]
Wild Walk: Fungi Foray
Saturday 12th October, 11am-1pm, Dunnikier Park