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Across Europe, nature is making a dramatic recovery – could Scotland be next?

On Thursday 9th May, 6:30 pm, BANZAI will be showing a new documentary: Why Not Scotland? The screening will be held at Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, 70 Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, EH10 4JU. Event Details 6.30 pm: Doors open7.00 pm: Film (60 mins)8.00 pm: Discussion and close The event is free but ticketed. Please register on Eventbrite. There […]

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Photo of woman and child using a cargo bike

Cargo Bike Community Event: the Video!

Leave a Comment / Event, Transport / Marina Wimmer

We already published a brief post on our cargo bike event from 23rd September 2023. Here’s an update for you: more photos, video footage and an explainer by the Cargo Bike Movement.

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Many members of the local community visited stalls outside Boroughmuir Primary School

Forwards with Cargo Bikes!

1 Comment / Event, Transport / Marina Wimmer

To cargo or not to cargo? Our cargo bike event, organised by BANZAI and the Cargo Bike Movement, turned out to be brilliant. On the afternoon of Saturday September 23rd, over 80 adults and children made their way to Bruntsfield’s Montpelier to try out a cargo bike. Most people had never sat on a cargo

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Illustration of a colourful cargo bike with four passengers

BANZAI Cargo Bike Community Event

Event, Transport / Ewan Klein

Have you ever wondered what it is like to ride a cargo bike? Now is your chance! Come along to the Bruntsfield cargo bike event on Saturday 23rd September, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm — organised by BANZAI in collaboration with Cargo Bike Movement. There will be something for all ages: The event will take

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Panel at the post-screening discussion of The Oil Machine

Discussing The Oil Machine

Leave a Comment / Net Zero / Amanda Lake

On 13th March, BANZAI organised a local screening of The Oil Machine, a powerful documentary made available to us by Edinburgh Climate Coalition and directed by local documentary filmmaker Emma Davie. After the film, a panel consisting of Councillor Ben Parker (Morningside Ward), local activist Annie Lane, and Outreach Coordinator Rachel Caplan shared their thoughts, and locals asked questions, leading

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Community climate action and alphabet soup

2 Comments / News, Organisation / Mick Patrick

There has been a considerable drive towards community-led climate action over the last couple of years. This has resulted in a good number of local groups being formed but also led to confusion and overlaps at the higher level where local and national governments want to support community initiatives. Within Edinburgh, we have been puzzling over

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I died last Saturday

Event, Net Zero / BANZAI

Five of us from BANZAI joined an XR Die-In on the morning of 27th August 2022. Deliberately theatrical, and scheduled to coincide with the last week of the Fringe, the action drew attention to the continuing failure of the government to urgently address climate and ecological breakdown.

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Four BANZAI members involved in a SitForClimate event/

The Bruntsfield street banding together

Leave a Comment / Net Zero / Abby Crichton

It’s a sunny Saturday morning in Edinburgh, the weekend of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. But the residents of Leamington Terrace aren’t in the street celebrating her majesty’s 70 year reign. Instead, ten or so residents of Leamington Terrace are out with brushes and dustpans cleaning up the pavements. I ask around for Ewan Klein a

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Home Energy and Retrofit Meeting — a brief update

2 Comments / Net Zero / Ewan Klein

On 20th June, we held a very successful public meeting on Home Energy and Retrofit. About 40 people attended, roughly half of whom were residents of Bruntsfield. Others came from further afield, including most parts of Edinburgh — Marchmont, Morningside, Tollcross, Polwarth, Meadows, Southside, The Grange, Leith, Duddingston, Portobello, Willowbrae, Bellevue, Comiston and Meadowbank. Questions

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Home Energy and Retrofit Meeting, 20 June 2022

1 Comment / Event, Net Zero / Ewan Klein

We will be holding a public meeting on the topic of Home Energy and Retrofit, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm, Monday 20th June, at Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, 70 Leamington Terrace,=. The Retrofit Challenge Home energy and retrofit present major challenges, both for individuals and for society as a whole. This public meeting will focus on

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