Great to hear Cabinet Secretary @gillianamartin.bsky.social at the Climate and Nature hustings say that she wants to have more heat networks in Scotland, and that working across multiple cities brings in investment for them. So does #community leadership! @sccscot.bsky.social @scotlink.bsky.social

Interested in affordable and green heating? Come join us for this Saturday's event at Bellfield, Portobello on our community-owned heat network project! Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/porty-comm...

Our beginner and improver cycle classes for adults starting from our bike library on Porty Prom are back! First lessons Friday 27 February 10-11am for beginners. Book here: beginnercycle.eventbrite.co.uk 11.30 - 12.30 building cycle confidence on roads. Book here: improvercyclist.eventbrite.co.uk

We've still some spots left for this fun ride next week: we are heading to the Botanics @thebotanics.bsky.social on a family led ride during the February break. Join us & we'll set an easy pace - hire a cargo or electric bike if you want - all free. #Portobello www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-pic...

Our friend Anna Hughes @flightfreeuk.bsky.social is running a Night of Flight Free Adventure as a fundraiser for her small but powerful organisation that encourages people to find alternatives to flying for holiday & work. Pay to join the event online & support this important cause! bit.ly/3NLCRTz

We’re holding 2 public meetings about community heat networks for Porty and Craigmillar. Come learn how you can benefit and be part of this exciting community project! 🙌 📅Saturday 28th February, Bellfield, Portobello 📅Tuesday 17th March, Craigmillar Library Links to book are in the comments. 👇

LAST CHANCE to share your views! 🚲🚌🚶🏾‍♀️We want to know how you get around Portobello, #Craigmillar and #Edinburgh and your ideas about how to make it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport. 🚦Our Survey ends this coming Friday 23 January Complete it here: forms.gle/h52TAkswdX23...

New poll findings: nearly 3 in 5 people support a ban on fossil-fuel heating from 2035. We want to provide an affordable alternative to boilers through our community heat network project! ♨️ portycommunityenergy.wordpress.com/community-he...

We visited Midlothian Energy Centre! Millerhill incinerator creates waste heat that can be used to heat homes through a community heat network. We're working w/ Lothian Heat CIC to make this happen in Craigmillar. (And on other plans for Porty!) Thanks to @chrismurraymp.bsky.social for joining us!

Still time to do our travel survey - we need your views about public transport locally, and how you get around #Craigmillar and #Niddrie forms.gle/Eqd5WXj8M4tv...

Thank you to the 465 people who filled in our community heat survey! 🙏 We'll share full results soon, but the key stat is that 85% of people support the idea of not-for-profit heat networks owned by communities! 🙌 Join our mailing list for project updates: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/803387...

*JOB OPPORTUNITY* Our colleague Rosie, who runs our Equal Footing Porty project - making Porty more accessible for wheelchair and buggy users - is looking for a PA for 4 hours a week on an ongoing basis (£25 per hour freelance). For more info and to apply: bit.ly/4s7kTL0 DEADLINE: 11/1/26

Please help us figure out how we can better encourage people to walk, cycle or take the bus rather than their car - by filling in our travel survey. You could win £50!! forms.gle/rLHquSv5ekCh...

This coming Saturday, if you've ordered a @bethanychristiantrust.com Caring Xmas Tree we can deliver your tree by cargo bike if you arrive at Portobello & Joppa Parish Church without a car. (please note: only for trees 6ft or smaller, and on a first come first served basis). #Portobello #treebybike

Our travel survey is out. Please take part and help us better understand how we can help people to use their cars less and to walk, cycle and use public transport now. Fill it in here and you could win £50 in our prize draw: forms.gle/rYhnGvTEwuuH... #Portobello #Craigmillar #Edinburgh

Next Friday we'll be running our last adult cycle classes of 2025. Sign up to our beginner or improver (build confidence road cycling) here: bit.ly/4oSKcyn We'll be back giving lessons in February. If you'd like to give cycling a try in 2026, drop us an email: [email protected]

Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh! We’re inviting BPOC residents of Edinburgh to take part in this paid consultation opportunity! scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-con...

Only 1 week until our Sea Ceilidh Grab yer tickets now before they sell out 👇 share.google/tCzmp5xtwBVB...

Great to talk with elected representatives @chrismurraymp.bsky.social & @sarahboyack.bsky.social about our community-owned heat network project! ♥️ Heating is essential and must be affordable to everyone. We have a vision of how to make this happen. To help, fill in our survey (see poster). 🙏

We want Edinburgh to have community heat networks that keep bills low and cut carbon. To make this happen, we need your input. 👉 Fill in the short survey: tinyurl.com/survey-heat What is your current experience of heating your home? What needs to change? You could win £50 in a prize draw!

Come join us at this lunch event in Portobello on 27th October! We'll be talking about our exciting new community heat network project, and gathering input from attendees. We'll also explain how you can get your home draught-proofed by the local Retrofixers, to stay warm and well this winter. ❤️‍🔥

Sunny ☀️ final weekend for Mónica as our summer Bike Library worker. Lucky for us she will continue helping run the Bike library until at least the spring 🙌 so we had to celebrate 🍻 Over winter our bike library won't be staffed during weekends but we are always open by appointment: bit.ly/4nP3XGH

Tickets available for our Glasgow event, 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis' on 30th October: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh... Come along for an evening of inspiring talks, flight-free travel info and helpful facts about aviation and climate. Free entry, all welcome.

Pls spread the word of our event 🙏 ☝️ @getglasgowmoving.org @scotecodesign.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @gcosi.bsky.social @nickq33.bsky.social @xrglasgow.bsky.social @slowfoodglasgow.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @spokes.org.uk @wwctrustscot.bsky.social @cyclingscotland.bsky.social

Every Friday in October: FREE cycle lessons for adults. 10am: Beginners who've never cycled & fancy giving it a try (bike & helmet provided). 11.30am - Adults who cycled when they were younger but are nervous cycling on roads. Please book ahead here: bit.ly/4mLoIBw #Portobello #Edinburgh #cycling

Today - Come and try the obstacle course: can you negotiate Porty Prom using your wheels? We're at the bike library just now and we'll be here until the rain starts! @equalfootingporty.bsky.social @beachwheelchairs.bsky.social

Our led family-friendly ride is to the Meadows Play Park this Sunday for a picnic and a play. Beat the festival crowds by taking the cycle path through the innocent railway with us to the Meadows. Book your place and hire a bike if you like: meadowsride.eventbrite.co.uk #Portobello #Edinburgh

Join us for a picnic bike ride from Porty Prom to Criagmillar Castle park this Sunday and get free tickets into the castle. Families very welcome - but the ride is open to everyone. 11am -3pm. Hire bikes from us if you like. BOOK YOUR PLACE: craigmillarpark.eventbrite.co.uk

Looking for ideas for family holiday fun in August? Why not join us for one of our led family picnic rides every Sunday from 9 August. Borrow a cargo bike for you and your family for the ride if you'd like, or come on your own bikes. FREE but please BOOK: bit.ly/4kxsAoD #Portobello #EdinburghEast

Lovely day for a picnic! Come and join Equal Footing Porty to celebrate their fantastic drop kerb wins - we'll provide the games and the food (though you could also bring along some to share). See you in an hour at Brighton Park! #Edinburgh #Portobello

LAST CHANCE: deadline to apply for our summer worker post is Saturday, 12pm (interviews Tuesday) Come work with our lovely team, be outside all summer (don't worry - you can work from home rainy days) & help people get excited about cycling! A dream job for someone! bit.ly/3ZGdyp1 #Portobello

If you are a paid or unpaid carer, we are offering FREE electric & cargo bike hires, FREE bike lessons and led rides, plus bike security and maintenance sessions over the summer. For more information, and to tell us what you are looking for, fill in this form: bit.ly/43yBpZ2

We're delighted to have received funding from SEStran & Transport Scotland to continue our bike library & projects through 2025. 🎉🎉🚴‍♀️ Using part of that funding we're looking for a summer worker to look after Porty Active Travel Hub over the busy summer weekends: bit.ly/3ZGdyp1 - deadline Saturday!

Join us and @equalfootingporty.bsky.social for a picnic to celebrate their great campaign success in getting the council to fix the worst kerbs in Porty!

portycommunityenergy.wordpress.com/work-with-us/ We have a lovely job going if you want to spend the summer promoting bikes on the beach?

Just getting our costume sorted for this tomorrow. Hopefully see you there?

🚨 WE ARE RECRUITING 🚨 Could you be our Mass Lobby Coordinator? We are looking for a highly organised and effective coordinator to oversee the planning and delivery of a mass climate lobby of MSPs in September 2025. Find out more and apply here: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/stop-climate...

Ahoy there mateys: Just a week and a day 'til our grand cycle treasure hunt be happenin' at the Porty festival. There will also be a a short trek along the high street fer ye landlubbers. Ye can be makin' yer reservation here: bit.ly/42KnXRh ...but it also be fine to just show up on the day

The weather looks very promising for our postponed Bike Library Bike Wash. Come along and enjoy the sun while our Duke of Edinburgh volunteers give your lovely bikes a spring clean🚴‍♂️🌞🏖 and give a small donation to PCE! @ our bike library on the prom maps.app.goo.gl/2LaJ1tHjmD2Z... #Portobello

Due to predicted gusts and rain, we're going to postpone our bike wash to next Sunday (6 April) at 2pm. See you then instead!

Don't forget our bike wash at Porty prom this Saturday 📅 Saturday 29 March ⏰ 2-4pm 📍 Bike Library on the Prom (end of Pipe Lane) Our Duke of Edinburgh volunteers will give your bike a top-notch wash while you relax by the sea. 🌊 Suggested donation: £2.50 per bike A clean bike = a happy ride!

Need a spring refresh for ur bike? Join us @ the Porty Community Energy Spring Bike Wash! ✨ 📅 Saturday 29 March ⏰ 2-4pm 📍 Bike Library on the Prom (end of Pipe Lane) Our D of E volunteers will give your bike a top-notch wash while you relax by the sea. 🌊 A clean bike = a happy ride! C u there! 🌟

THIS COMING FRIDAY! 🎉🚞Opening event: Travel Agents of Change flight-free holidays exhibition 📍Water of Leith Visitors Centre 🗓7 Feb, 3-4pm ☕🍰Join us for afternoon tea & a chat with Anna Hughes from Flightfree UK and view our new exhibition! 🔖Reserve your free place: bit.ly/40Z1m3V

If you live near Porty, you might already seen our exhibition outside the sailing club. Our next opening will be at the Water of Leith Visitor Centre - we're excited to have Anna Hughes from Flight Free UK joining us then. Please SHARE travelagentsofchangeslateford.eventbrite.co.uk

There's just one space left for a family to take part in our willow lantern making workshop at Willowbrae Church Hall this Sunday - it could be yours!! willowbrae-lanterns.eventbrite.co.uk We're making them for our Fishwives Causeway winter light parade the following Saturday bit.ly/4ggRKpG

We open our Travel Agents of Change exhibition this Saturday in Porty after our AGM. Stories of flight-free holiday adventures from Edinburgh people. Come & see the beautiful photos, stories and tips and grab yourself a Zine. AGM from 2pm, launch from 4pm agmandtravelagentsofchange.eventbrite.co.uk