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Christmas

Have a sustainable Merry Christmas!

By mleslie2 20/12/2019 20/12/2019 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave a great Christmas and New Year everyone! From the CRF Sustainability Committee Dec 20, 2019

Christmas, Food, Reduce Re-use Recycle, Sustainability

Have a Sustainable Merry Christmas! Christmas dinner

By mleslie2 10/12/2019 10/12/2019 0

Reading Time: 2 minutesEating is the focal point of the day for most Christmas celebrations, but cutting carbon and waste out of a meal doesn’t have to have any impact on your enjoyment of the day. The following are tips on ways to reduce your environmental impact: Prepare the right amount of food …

Sustainability

Plant a Tree to Save the World

By mleslie2 10/12/2019 10/12/2019 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMiriam highlighted a recent programme on Channel 5 (Chris Packham: Plant a Tree to Save the World) to get the message out that the UK needs more trees. The Woodland Trust is raising money to purchase tree packs, which schools and community groups can plant and maintain to help combat …

Cycling, Health and Wellbeing, Travel

What motivates people to cycle?

By mleslie2 06/12/2019 06/12/2019 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat inspires people to start using a bike for everyday transport like shopping or getting to work, school or leisure? Of course, you are much more likely to stay cycling if road and path conditions feel safe and welcoming, but it often also needs a spark or a push to get started …

Christmas, Reduce Re-use Recycle, Sustainability

Have a Sustainable Merry Christmas! Choosing The Tree

By mleslie2 05/12/2019 06/12/2019 4

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChristmas trees, along with the presents nestled beneath them, and the decorations around the home, are all a part of creating the festive spirit of the season. But having high spirits doesn’t have to mean a high carbon footprint. This is the first of a series of posts about how …

Health and Wellbeing, Walking routes

The Urban Walking Route Planner

By mleslie2 04/12/2019 06/12/2019 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave you ever spent a while working out the best way to walk somewhere, or wished you weren’t having to walk along busy roads? Check out http://www.walkit.com, where you can easily get a route map between any two points. You can choose whether you want the most direct route or the …

Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health

Mental Health at the ECRF

By mleslie2 03/12/2019 03/12/2019 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOur team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) has circulated the first edition of the CRF Mental Health Newsletter. See below extract for some great tips on improving wellbeing and reducing stress. The MHFAs plan to release a newsletter every three months to educate and reduce the stigma of mental …

Edinburgh Community Food, Food, Health and Wellbeing

Edinburgh Community Food Newsletter … and new meals!

By mleslie2 15/11/2019 15/11/2019 0

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ECF is the organisation that provides the fresh fruit and veg stall in the hospitals. See ECF Newsletter for their Christmas news. Their Take and Make meal kits have been really successful – over 5000 sold to date, and a lot of them to CRF staff! They have launched two new meals – a korma and a vegetarian shepherd’s pie with sweet potato mash. Why not try them out and let us know?

Nov 15, 2019

Sustainability

Sheep helping to restore paths!

By mleslie2 14/11/2019 14/11/2019 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRSPB Scotland have been using sheep fleeces as an environmentally-friendly way of restoring paths in a nature reserve in Uist. The fleeces, bought from local crofts, are layered with stones on areas that have been eroded. The wool stops the stones from sinking into the peat and allows water to …

Cycling

Spokes Public Meeting – New Cycling Solutions

By mleslie2 12/11/2019 12/11/2019 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFriday 15 November 2019 – 1930 hrs – Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge. A chance to hear from people and organisations providing ‘innovations and opportunities for Edinburgh cyclists’, including bike hire and loan schemes, safe bike storage for tenements and flat-dwellers, and cargo bikes and e-bikes for heavy loads …

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