Going Greener Together
ARCHIVE: June 2012
Saturday July 14th (1pm – 5pm) at the Greener Kirkcaldy advice centre
Pop into the advice centre to try some local, seasonal, organic, veggie soup for free. We’ll have recipes and information about Fife foods, growing and events to take away.
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ARCHIVE: July 2012
Want to save money by reducing the fuel you use? Sign up for FREE Fuel Efficient Driver Training today!
Understanding how to drive efficiently could save you up to two months’ worth of fuel a year. With the average car owner spending £1800 pounds a year on petrol, this can add up to savings of hundreds of pounds. We’re offering you this opportunity to learn to make significant savings absolutely FREE!
Training Sessions are organised through the Energy Savings Trust, and will start and finish at our advice centre, 254 High Street.
You will spend 50 minutes one-to-one with a specialist instructor, making 3 trips around a course picking up hints and tips on how to get more miles out of a tank of fuel. You can then come into our centre for a cup of tea and tell us how it went.
You can book your place on this course by:
ARCHIVE: July 2012
1st and 2nd September (2-day course) in Kirkcaldy
A two-day introductory ‘taster’ course, providing an opportunity to learn about the principles of permaculture. Learn about healthy and sustainable ways to provide for our needs – food, energy, shelter and community. The course will be lively, participatory and thought provoking, with outdoor and indoor activities.
1st and 2nd September 10-5 at Ravenscraig Walled Garden.
The 2-day course costs £25 per person (£15 unwaged/concession). Places are limited so advance booking is essential. For more information or to book a place, email info[at]www.greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk, call into the Greener Kirkcaldy centre or write to us at 254a High Street, KY1 1JT. Payment is required to secure your place.
Note: the course is now fully booked, but we could add you to the waiting list and let you know if anyone drops out.
For more information about Permaculture see www.permaculture.org.uk.
|ARCHIVE: August 2012
Each Friday (12noon-5pm) and Saturday (10am-5pm) in the Advice Centre. Bring along any books, CDs or DVDs you don’t use any more and swap them for something new – it’s that simple!
Start clearing out those shelves and dusty cupboards…
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ARCHIVE: August 2012
Our community orchard will be open to visitors as part of Doors Open Day. Come along and see the orchard site, or find out about volunteering opportunities.
The orchard is part of the new community garden and allotments project in Ravenscraig Walled Garden which is opening its gates to visitors on Doors Open Day, Sunday 9th September.
Plotholders have overcome a rainy Scottish summer to produce delicious vegetables, fruit and herbs – and plan to share some with visitors on Doors Open Day.
The Walled Garden will be open to visitors from noon til 4pm on the 9th . There will be loads to see and do –
Ravenscraig Walled Garden will be open to the public between 12noon and 4pm on Doors Open Day, Sunday 9th September. Entry is from Dysart Road, near the junction with West Quality Street. Access is through the double blue gates. Parking is restricted – if possible please walk in.
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ARCHIVE: September 2012
Join Greener Kirkcaldy and the Fife Diet to celebrate our local food and harvest on Sunday 9 September
10.30 -11.30: Talks at Dysart Community Hall (on the Fife Diet, Fife Council’s EATS project, and Ravenscraig Walled Garden)
12-1 pm: Lunch Dysart Community Hall
1 pm: Procession to the Ravenscraig Walled Garden for Doors Open Day
Loads to see and do: Guided tours, story telling, seed sowing workshops for adults and kids and the Fife Diet’s Seed truck and smoothie bike.
Blasda is gaelic for tasty, delicious, appetising, sweet. From blas (“taste, flavour”). As in “That vindaloo’s blasda!”
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