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Welcoming in the New Year

Thanks to everyone who joined us on a bright winter’s day at Duddingston and Bawsinch for our New Year Gathering. There was a real buzz as people re-connected or met for the first time. We planted (and mostly named) over 30 trees at the woodland edge of Duddingston Golf

2022-01-27T12:20:20+00:00January 24th, 2022|

Meet Evie – She’s Electric!

No, she's not a new member of the staff team.  Evie is our amazing new 100% electric people carrier! We will be using Evie as much as possible for smaller groups and when we can't use active travel to get to projects.  She's already had her first outing last

2021-12-14T11:53:03+00:00December 13th, 2021|

New Year Gathering – All Welcome

Join us for a some tree planting to welcome the New Year - everyone is welcome. On January 22nd 2022 from 10am-1pm we will be taking some time to reconnect, enjoying time in nature and planting some trees. We will meet at the car park of the Portobello Rugby

2021-12-14T12:45:02+00:00December 8th, 2021|

Youth Panel ready for action

Thanks to all the inspiring young people who joined the Youth Panel Taster day in November. We started off considering why it is important to hear the voices of young people. Not just those who are already involved in The Green Team, but those who are marginalised or less

2021-12-14T12:20:52+00:00December 1st, 2021|

Sharing Learning from Edinburgh to Albania

We were delighted to welcome Kesjana from Albania to Scotland this week on a learning programme with The Green Team. We caught up with Kesjana at a session at Cappielaw Woods to find out what she does, why The Green Team and what she has been learning.What's your Name and

2021-11-04T18:41:53+00:00November 4th, 2021|

Youth Panel Restarts with taster day

The Green Team Youth Panel is re-launching in person and we are looking for young people aged 12+ to join us. The Youth Panel will form an expert advisory group to the Board of Trustees and enables us to hear the opinions of young people who take part in

2021-11-04T12:55:17+00:00November 2nd, 2021|

The Green Team from COP1 to COP26

Now that COP26 is in full swing in Glasgow, it is great to see so much interest in the environment and climate change – issues of course that are at the heart of what we do here in the Green Team. What maybe you don’t realise is that our

2021-11-04T11:05:01+00:00October 30th, 2021|

Pete’s Pedal Story: now on youtube

Thank you to the many who joined us for a lovely evening on the 28th October to hear about Pete's Pedal, shadowing the Scottish Watershed by bike over the summer. If you weren't able to join us then fear not! We have uploaded the recording of the evening

2021-11-02T15:50:40+00:00October 29th, 2021|

Gill takes on the London Marathon

Gill in training with bramble the dog!Gill Hood has enjoyed time with The Green Team through her employer, BlackRock, and is taking on the London Marathon on Sunday 3rd October to raise funds for the work we do.We caught up with Gill with only a few days to go

2021-09-30T14:42:24+01:00September 30th, 2021|

Pete’s Pedal: The Whole Story

 An evening with Peter Wright: Pete's Pedal, the whole story!There are so many heart-warming and entertaining stories and tales from Peter's adventure that we wanted to give you the chance to hear about them first-hand.On 28th October, 7pm, we will be hosting an online talk with Peter including time

2021-09-30T14:55:05+01:00September 20th, 2021|
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