Edinburgh Volunteer Manager of the Year - Mandy Craig We are delighted to announce that Mandy Craig, The Green Team's Volunteer Co-ordinator, was awarded the Paul Bennett Volunteer Manager of the Year earlier this month. The Volunteer Edinburgh Awards were held on 1st June at the City Chambers
Low Carbon Footprint for Green Team Website Thanks to support from The Eco-Friendly Web Alliance (EFWA), The Green Team has actioned the impact that its website has on the environment. Actions suggested by the EFWAÂ included compressing images, reducing image file sizes and overall page weight with the
11th June: Environmental Education Methodologies & Activities Training We are delighted to announce the first in a series of regular environmental and outdoor learning training opportunities with The Green Team. These sessions will be ideally suited to nursery, primary and secondary school teachers as well as youth workers
Could you be a Kilted Superhero for The Green Team this September? We are looking for people to help raise funds for a new electric minibus for the Green Team by taking part in this year’s Edinburgh Kiltwalk on Sunday 18th September. The Green Team has set up a
Join us for the Green Team’s AGM and hear all about our successes and delights of 2021. We will be showing the year through a short film and hearing from members of the team and Board about exciting developments and achievements of the year. The AGM is online (we
Written by Penny Radway, CEO. 2021 has been quite the year! We have faced many challenges and opportunities along the way and it is wonderful to be able to look back on the year with a sense of pride for what we have achieved and excitement for what lies
We are launching our new Green Families programme early in the spring. This will provide families with children aged 8 and under the opportunity to take part in outdoor activities, experience nature and explore wild places together. To find out more please complete the survey to register your interest
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
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
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
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
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