Carbon Conscious Always conscious of our carbon footprint, we arrived at the Volunteer Fair on 13th September on our cargo bike with all the things for our stall on board - including Margon's collection of crocheted animals and some windfall apples! Volunteer with us We spoke to lots of
Carbon Conscious At the Green Team we are always very conscious of our impact on the planet, and we are proud of the positive change our projects make – whether that is tree-planting to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, removing non-native invasive species to enhance biodiversity or other tasks.
Green Shoots: Transition Days Our Green Shoots programme supports young people around the age of 12-14 (S1-S3) who are experiencing challenges in their life. The programme runs during term time in blocks of 8-10 weeks and gives the young people the opportunity to develop as individuals in a safe
At the start of the summer holidays a group from Skylarks and Green Volunteers spent a week on the majestic Isle of Eigg. Working alongside community groups and the local wildlife rangers, we cleared around the orchard apple trees to help with local food initiatives, helped in the tree
Evelyn Dom: our volunteer videographer We caught up with Evelyn whilst out on an adventure with The Green Team. Find out a bit more about Evelyn, her love of nature and being a videographer. What’s your name and what do you do when you’re not volunteering with The Green
The Thrive Team receiving their Nature of Scotland Health & Wellbeing Award Photo Credit: Mike Wilkinson, RSPB The Green Team's Thrive Programme won the Health and Wellbeing Award at RSPB Scotland’s Nature of Scotland Awards 2022 announced at a glittering event on 17th November at the Edinburgh International Conference
Winners of the Scottish Power Foundation Awards will be announced on 1st November 2022. We are absolutely delighted that we have been shortlisted for the Education Award at the Scottish Power Foundation Awards. This recognises the amazing work our Green Schools programme has been doing for 10 years to facilitate
Our womblers! On Sunday, 18th September our wonderful group of womblers completed the 4 mile 'Wee Wander' through the streets and cycleways of Edinburgh as they took part in the Kiltwalk. The amazing group of 11 fundraisers not only completed the route but collected an astounding 26 bags of
Winners of the Nature of Scotland Awards will be announced on 17th Nov We are delighted that our Thrive programme has been shortlisted for a Nature of Scotland Award in the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ category. We found out this great news at a ceremony at the Scottish Parliament on
Harris, Rory and Shona with our young explorers at Cramond Beach Every year The Green Team runs a variety of activities during the summer holidays. These activities range from outdoor holiday clubs for 8- 12year olds, young carers summer projects and this year we ran a residential to the
