2012 has been launched in style! Not only are the new Comic Relief funded Cookin’ Drop In classes off to a flying start, but the Fruit and Veg Co-op Shop also offered hearty half-price soup bags – just 50p and a free bag of porridge as part of Winter Specials Week (Mon 23rd Jan to Fri 27th Jan). The soup bags are available in 12 varieties and contain everything needed to make a warming pot of soup for 4 people, including the recipe. Read the rest of this entry »

LTP has had a busy month launching our new schedule and introducing the theme for our Spring crafting workshops, which is ‘upcycling’. On 14th Jan, around 200 people attended our Big Brunch, where we showcased some of our upcycling project ideas, held a crafting session for children and served locally sourced bacon, eggs & sausages. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week we were invited along to Broomhouse Health Strategy group, one of the groups we fund through the Vegware Community Fund, to see what they have been up to. The group do amazing work trying to improve the health of the community. They help the people of Broomhouse achieve a healthy lifestyle through their fruit and vegetable coop, cookery classes, exercise groups as well as a number of other activities.

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On the 11th of February the fruit trees in the Children’s Orchard that were planted in 2009 will have their first haircut and Greener Leith is getting the experts in to prune them. Who better to explain how to get to grips with the job of pruning apple, pear, plum and cherry trees than the experts at the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re finally able to use our office container as an office. The internal cladding has been completed and though it’s not decorated yet it is functional. Poor Emma, our Admin Officer, still has to sit with her fingerless mittens to type, but when the electrics are done very soon, it will be time for celebration. Read the rest of this entry »

Volunteers from Greener Leith have been celebrating as their renewable energy project won the public vote in the Energyshare.com contest last Saturday 3rd December. The project, a collaboration between neighbouring community groups Pedal – Portobello Transition Town and Greener Leith, plans to build the first urban community-owned wind in Edinburgh. Read the rest of this entry »

This winter we have been working on ways to make our Weekly Local Produce market more sustainable. It is troubled by a technical issue: wind and economy. The main issue, wind causes the town council organisers to cancel at short notice for fear wind will blow stalls onto customers. This did actually happen once as the market is held on a street that is in a wind tunnel. Read the rest of this entry »

To promote our new ‘Cookin’ Drop In’ service that has just started, we ran some Crafty Christmas Cooking in December to clients and workers who would be able to promote the service to their clients. Over 6 sessions we had 31 people enjoy make a whole range of present ideas, from mixing spices for hot spiced apple and pomegranate juice Read the rest of this entry »

Many here in Swaziland believe that 2012 will be the human races last year on Earth, so before we get cracking on making this our best year yet, we’re taking some time out to revisit all our achievements from 2011, learn from them & take the best forward to 2012! To help remind us, we’ve put together a photographic tour of memories & key moments. Read the rest of this entry »

Our office container has now been insulated on the outside with a new type of external cladding that is waterproof. We shall be attaching rough sawn timber to this cladding, so transforming an ugly steel container into a beautiful log cabin!! And when it has been boarded out inside in January will be a snug office to work in – great energy-saving potential for us. Read the rest of this entry »