Going Greener Together
We’ve had some great new donations to our swap shop this week – loads of books and some graphic novels. Its easy to take part – just bring along any books, CDs or DVDs you don’t want any more and swap them for something new – it’s that simple!
At the Advice Centre, 254a High St, every Friday and Saturday 10am – 4pm.
|We’re celebrating this week at Greener Kirkcaldy with some fantastic news that is going to allow us to continue and expand our popular and successful 
energy advice service. We got a phone call to say we’ve secured £177,000 from the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund for our new ‘Cosy-Up Kirkcaldy’ project.
The project will operate in 6 neighbourhoods in Kirkcaldy – Gallatown, Sinclairtown, Templehall East, Hayfield, Smeaton and Linktown – where we will be holding pop-up advice shops, recruiting volunteer Energy Champions from the community and giving tailored home energy advice to householders through home visits. In all we aim to work with 600 households to help them save energy, carbon and money whilst staying warm and comfortable in their homes. We hope to really get local residents on board to understand their energy use, insulate their homes and make the most of their heating.
Suzy Goodsir, project manager explains: ‘The cost of gas and electricity keeps going up and many families in Kirkcaldy are struggling to pay high fuel bills. We’re delighted to build on our energy advice work over the last three years to be able to help even more people save energy and money. We also look forward to recruiting 2 members of staff and to building a strong group of volunteers.’ Volunteer Energy Champions will form a big part of this project and for them it will be a great opportunity to gain skills and experience as well as creating a pool of knowledge in the community for the future.
Suzy adds: ‘We’re keen to work with other local community groups’. Anybody who is interested in volunteering or groups interested in working with Greener Kirkcaldy should contact info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.
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We want to encourage you to grow your own veggies, herbs and fruit, and we’ve worked out a series of workshops to fill everyone with ideas and inspiration. There’s something for everyone, no matter what growing space you have, and whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced gardener. We’ve found a great bunch of teachers to show you how and our lovely training garden and orchard at Ravenscraig Walled Garden will be our venue.
Here’s the titles and the first dates for your diary (more details coming soon)
23rd March- Beginners Grow Your Own
6th April- Growing Perennial Veg with Alan Carter
25th May- Growing in Small Spaces
29th June- Weeds, pests and how to cope with them
27th July- Composting at home
23rd August Plot to pot (with a look at preserving)
September Beginners soft fruit
October Planning for next year, getting garden ready for winter
For booking, call the Greener Kirkcaldy office on 01592 858459 or email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk, stating which workshops you’d like to attend.
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Our wild food and wildlife walks have been so popular over the last couple of years we’ve decided to organise more this year, with some exciting new additions. The walks will be led by Fife wildlife expert Tony Wilson who has a vast knowledge of local flora, fauna and folklore- and is a great storyteller!
The next walk is an evening walk around the Beveridge Park on the look-out for our furry flying friends – bats.
PLEASE NOTE BOOKING IS NOW REQUIRED FOR OUR WILD WALKS! They’ve been so popular we are forced to restrict numbers! Contact us on info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk, or 01592 858459.
11th May- Bat walk, Beveridge Park 8.30pm. Meet outside rugby club.
8th June- Edible Wild Leaves, Beveridge Park 11am. Meet outside rugby club. New! Cooking demo afterwards! Details to be confirmed.
20th July- Seabirds Sojourn 11am. Seafield. Meet at Seafield beach car park.
24th August- Rockpool Rummage 11am, Seafield. Meet at Seafield beach car park.
14th September- Wild Berry Walk, Ravenscraig Park. Meet at main entrance to the park. New! Cooking demo afterwards! Details tbc.
5th October- Fungi Foray, Dunnikier woods. Meet at car park to Dunnikier House Hotel.
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Are you on our mailing list? We send out a great monthly e-newsletter telling you all about our events and news, plus the occasional special news email. Its the best way to keep in touch with us – Facebook and Twitter are great too of course but its easy to miss stuff on them. To join, just enter your email address on this simple form.
And to thank you for joining, all new members joining in March will be entered into a prize draw to win a £25 voucher for B&Q (handy for those DIY jobs, or for gardening and growing).
There’s a copy of our March newsletter here. We use MailChimp to manage our mailing list, and you can easily leave at any time.
|Tuesday 30th April, 7pm – 9pm, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre
The bi-monthly film night is back in April with a tongue-in-cheek mockumentary about the first carbon neutral, vegetarian and organic expedition to the North Pole. Steven Mangan (Green Wing) and Rhys Thomas (Bellamy’s People) star as the inexperienced duo who aim to get into the Guinness Book of Records, and of course save the planet along the way. Shot on location in Greenland this film has it all from stunning landscapes to belly laughs.
Part buddy movie, part satire, we chose a comedy for this month’s film to lighten the mood, but we hope it will still provoke some discussion about environmentalism.
‘Don’t be Impotent – be Important’
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