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Sustainable Living
Guide for Edinburgh
Welcome to your sustainability directory!
This guide will help you to explore where to find zero waste shops, green
grocers, and repair shops in Edinburgh. For opening hours and updated
COVID-19 info please check the business websites.
Edinburgh Napier Sustainability Society
August 2020
Any questions or suggestions, please get in touch at
edinapier.sustainablesociety@gmail.com
Directory
GROCERIES & SHOPPING ............................................................... 2
Refills & Zero Waste Supermarkets........................................................... 2
Green Grocers & Local Markets ................................................................ 3
Furniture & Home Appliances ................................................................... 5
Kitchen & Cleaning .................................................................................. 5
Personal Hygiene & Cosmetics ................................................................. 6
Gifts........................................................................................................ 7
Books ..................................................................................................... 7
Clothes & Accessories .............................................................................. 8
RESTAURANTS AND CAFES.............................................................. 9
REPAIR ................................ ................................ ................... 11
TRANSPORTATION ................................ ................................ ...... 11
RECYCLING, ENERGY & BANKS ................................ ...................... 12
APPS, PODCASTS & WEBSITES ................................ ....................... 13
EVENTS................................................................................... 15
@ NAPIER UNIVERSITY ................................................................. 15
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Groceries & Shopping
THE REFILLERY
REFILLS & ZERO Plastic free and ethical goods store
providing refills from wholefoods to
WASTE household items. Supplies also
SUPERMARKETS bread that is freshly made in Leith!
❖ 39 Newington Rd, Edinburgh EH9 1QW
❖ www.therefillery.co.uk
ECOLARDER
WEIGH TO GO
This is Edinburgh’s first non-profit zero
waste shop! The shop offers variety of A refill store providing pantry items
pantry items such as pulses, nuts, spices, such as nuts, beans, pasta, spices,
and oils as well as veggies and cleaning coffee, tea and cleaning products.
and beauty products including Ecover and ❖ 27 Crighton Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh
Bio D refills. You can also make your own EH7 4NY
❖ www.weightogo.co.uk
nut butter and orange juice! Ecolarder also
has an online store with monthly
subscription boxes available. Ecolarder
also organizes free zero waste workshops REAL FOODS
and super cheap yoga and meditation Organic, natural food retailer
classes. Make sure to check out their offering veggies, wholefoods,
podcast and blog for sustainable Fairtrade, and plastic-free products
inspiration! with a range of special dietary
❖ 200 Morrison St, Edinburgh EH3 8EB items. Their own range of whole
❖ www.theecolarder.com foods are packed in biodegradable
cellulose packaging and both
branches offer refills in rice, flour,
THE NEW LEAF CO-OP oats, and other grains while
Wholefood store focusing on low-packaged Tollcross branch offers cleaning
products. The shop provides local and and toiletry refills as well. Also
organic veggies, baked goods, and health accepts clean, usable plastic bags
products and of course, cupboard and to be reused by customers!
household refills. ❖ 37 Broughton St, Edinburgh EH1 3JU
❖ 23 Argyle Pl, Edinburgh EH9 1JJ ❖ 8 Brougham Street, Edinburgh EH3 9JH
❖ www.newleafcoop.co.uk ❖ www.realfoods.co.uk
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DIG-IN
Community greengrocer with local GREEN GROCERS
and regional producers and & LOCAL
suppliers with wide range of fresh
fruit, vegetables, herbs and eggs.
MARKETS
Dig-in also provides fresh bread
and has a small selection of eco-
friendly utility goods. TARIQ’S GREENGROCERS
❖ 119 Bruntsfield Place Edinburgh, EH10 ❖ 11 Deanhaugh St, Edinburgh EH4 1LU
4EQ
❖ www.diginbruntsfield.co.uk
LEITH WALK FRUITS
❖ 271-273 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6
EAST COAST ORGANICS 8PD
Organic farm just outside of
Edinburgh proving fresh local
TATTIE SHAWS
produce that can be delivered to ❖ 35 Elm Row, Edinburgh EH7 4AH
your front door with 100% electric
vans! FRUIT CONNECTION
❖ 24 Boggs Holdings, Pencaitland, ❖ 1 St Patrick Square, Edinburgh EH8
Tranent EH34 5BD 9EZ
❖ www.eastcoastorganics.co.uk
FRUIT-A-LICIOUS
GROW WILD ❖ 314 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10
4QH
Organic, locally sourced seasonal ❖ www.fruit-a-licious.com
fruit and vegetables, cupboard
goodies, and eco-friendly GLOBAL FRUIT AND
household items without plastic. VEGETABLE
❖ Bonnytoun Farm, Linlithgow, West ❖ 5 Gillespie Pl, Edinburgh EH10 4HS
Lothian EH49 7LP ❖ www.global-fruits-edinburgh.co.uk
❖ www.growwild.co.uk
PRO TIP Always try and look for local
CRAIGIE’S FARM DELI AND products, or products that are grown
CAFÉ closer to home. This will not only help to
support the local community but also to
Pick your own fruit! cut down the carbon footprint due to
❖ West Craigie Farm, South Queensferry, reduced transportation mileage. Also
Edinburgh EH30 9AR choose organic where possible as
❖ www.craigies.co.uk organic farming tends to have lower
environmental impact!
3STOCKBRIDGE MARKET GRASSMARKET MARKET
❖ Open Every Sunday all year round 10am to ❖ Open Every Saturday all year round 10am
5pm to 5pm
❖ Saunders Street, Edinburgh EH3 6TQ ❖ Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JR
❖ www.stockbridgemarket.com/stockbridge. ❖ www.stockbridgemarket.com/grassmarket.
html html
LEITH MARKET EDINRBURGH FARMER’S
❖ Open Every Saturday 10am to 4pm MARKET
❖ First Saturday of the month plays host to
❖ Every Saturday between 9am & 2pm
Vegan Quarter as well as usual traders ❖ Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EN
❖ Dock Place, Edinburgh EH6 6LU ❖ www.edinburghfarmersmarket.co.uk
❖ www.stockbridgemarket.com/leith.html
FOOD SHARING HUB (BY SHRUB HEARTY SQUIRREL FOOD COOP
COOP) A volunteer-run non-profit food
The Food Sharing Hub is Scotland’s cooperative at the University of
first rescued food shop! Edinburgh striving to provide local,
organic, and affordable food for
Working together with Tesco, Co-op
students. Become a member and
and Waitrose, the Hub volunteers order a Veg Bag with organic
save surplus food by collecting them
seasonal vegetables to be collected.
collect food from 6 local
supermarkets preventing their ❖ www.heartysquirreledinburgh.weebly.com
unnecessary fate in the bin.
Simply come along to the
Food Sharing Hub and sign up
as a member of SHRUB Coop
for as little as £1 a month.
As a member you can fill one
basket of food per day and pay
as you feel. Have a look at
volunteering opportunities as well!
❖ 22 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AF
❖ www.shrubcoop.org/working-groups/food-
sharing-hub/
4INVERLEITH SALESROOM
FURNITURE & Furniture shop selling retro, antique,
HOME APPLIANCES second-hand and quirky furniture. Free
local delivery.
❖ 22 Montagu Terrace, Edinburgh EH3 5QR
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
EDINBURGH SETTLEMENT
FURNITURE & ELECTRICAL
PROJECTS
Good quality pre-owned furniture and
electrical appliances. Offers also free Food sharing partner selling second-
collection service for unwanted bulky hand furniture and household items.
items. ❖ 34B Haddington Pl, Edinburgh EH7 4AG
❖ www.edinburghsettlement.org/projects
❖ 56a Dalry Rd, Edinburgh EH11 2BA
❖ 5a Duke St, Edinburgh EH6 6AE
❖ www.bhf.org.uk FOLLY ANTIQUES
Reasonably priced vintage and antique
furniture and household items.
EDINBURGH FURNITURE
❖ 208 & 210 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5EQ
INITIATIVE ❖ www.follyantiques.co.uk
Quality second-hand furniture and
appliances. Delivery and free uplift
services available. BETHANY HOMEMAKER
❖ 67A Logie Green Rd, Edinburgh EH7 4HF Second-hand furniture.
❖ 5 Bankhead Medway, Edinburgh, EH11 4BY
❖ 33A Haddington Pl, Edinburgh EH7 4AG
❖ www.foursquare.org.uk/efi-furniture-stores/
CLEANING AND KITCHEN
❖ EcoEGGS – replacement for laundry detergent without harmful chemicals that will
end up in the ocean. Plus these are perfect for student budget!
❖ BioD, Ecoleaf, Method, Greenscent – environment and ocean friendly cleaning
products (Some refills available in Edinburgh)
❖ Who Gives a Crap – toilet paper, 50% of the profits go towards helping to build
toilets and improve sanitation in the developing world. See also Greencane, Ecoleaf
and CheekyPanda for more sustainable wiping
❖ Oliwrap, Beeswax & Vegan Wraps – plastic-free alternative to clingfilm
❖ Eco Living, LoofCo, Rowen Stillwater, If You Care, EcoCoconut – compostable and
plastic free sponges and dish washing soap bars
5HAVE A LOOK AT THESE
ECOFRIENDLY BRANDS:
PERSONAL HYGIENE & Cosmetics: Zao Essence of Nature, Fat
COSMETICS and the Moon, Dirty Hippie, Antonym,
Lavera
Haircare: Ethique, Beauty Kubes, Faith in
LUSH Nature (refillable in Edinburgh)
Handmade, vegetarian and
cruelty free cosmetics, shampoos Perfumes & Aftershaves: Eden perfumes,
and soaps. Jo Browne (solid perfumes), CLEAN,
❖ 115 Princes St, Edinburgh EH2 3AA Pacifica, Kings Grooming
❖ www.uk.lush.com/shop/edinburgh
Skincare and deodorants: Ethique,
Lavera, Bulldog Skincare for Men, Earth
NEW LEAF COOP Conscious, Friendly, Acala, Ben & Anna,
Shampoo, conditioner and even Hydrophil, Amazinc!, Patch, Conscious
deodorant refills, plastic free soap Skincare, Bain & Savon, Alter/Native,
and shampoo bars, natural Suma, Faith in Nature, Salt of the Earth
deodorants, and feminine hygiene *Did you know that you can easily make your
products. own deodorant by using just a few ingredients?
❖ 23 Argyle Pl, Edinburgh EH9 1JJ Find your favourite recipe online!
❖ www.newleafcoop.co.uk
Feminine care: Bloom and Nora,
Mooncup, Dame, ImseVimse, Freda,
THE EDINBURGH NATURAL TOTM, Flux Undies, OrganiCup, Natracare
SKINCARE CO. *Listen to What On Earth? podcast Episode 3 to
These cruelty-free, 100% natural beauty learn more about sustainable period!
products such as shampoo and
conditioner bars, solid perfumes, soaps
and creams are handmade in Scotland
and come with eco-packaging.
❖ 57 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh EH1
1BS
❖ Victoria Street, Edinburgh EH1 2JW
6GIFTS BOOKS
ONE WORLD SHOP EDINBURGH BOOKS
Pioneering Fair Trade organisation Fiction, non-fiction and collectors'
selling a wide range of handmade editions in a quirky, long-established
crafts, jewelry, textiles, toys, clothing, second-hand bookshop.
ceramics, cards, books and foods, ❖ 145-147, West Port, Edinburgh EH3 9DP
out of which many are also organic. ❖ www.edinburghbooks.net
❖ St John's Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh
EH2 4BJ
❖ www.oneworldshop.co.uk ARMCHAIR BOOKS
Cozy, family-run bookstore with a
quirky vibe offering a huge selection
DANDELION & GINGER of rare & second-hand books.
Fairtrade, handmade and organic ❖ 72-74 West Port, Edinburgh EH1 2LE
❖ www.armchairbooks.co.uk
products and gifts.
❖ 29 Leven St, W Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3
9LH BARNANDO’S BOOK
❖ www.dandelionandginger.com SHOP
Second-hand bookstore.
THE RED DOOR GALLERY ❖ 45 Clerk St, Edinburgh EH8 9JQ
❖ www.b.barnardos.org.uk/shop/
Boutique one stop shop for local edinburgh-clerk-street/shop-
artists to sell original work, prints, view.htm?id=SHP-12035
cards, jewellery, and crafts.
❖ 42 Victoria Street, Edinburgh AMNESTY BOOKSHOP
EH1 2JW
❖ www.edinburghart.com
Second-hand bookstore.
❖ 12 Roseneath Street, Edinburgh, EH9 1JH
❖ www.amnesty.org.uk/books-amnesty-
EDEN edinburgh-bookshop-secondhand-charity-
shop
Some sustainable gifts such as
Fair Trade and handmade OXFAM MUSIC & BOOKS
wooden toys. Second-hand bookstore.
❖ 37 Cockburn St, Edinburgh EH1 1BP ❖ 210 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4QQ
❖ www. oxfam.org.uk
7CLOTHES & SWAP SHOP (BY SHRUB COOP)
Swap, buy and donate clothes, shoes,
ACCESSORIES bags and other household items and
books.
❖ Open from Wednesday to Saturday, 12 pm
to 5 pm.
❖ 22 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AF
CHARITY SHOPS: ❖ www.shrubcoop.org/working-
1) Nicolson Street: groups/swapshop
Barnando’s, Oxfam, Shelter,
Cancer Research UK, PDSA
Charity Shop, Capability Scotland, OUT OF THE BLUE FLEA MARKET
British Heart Foundation, Save A monthly flea market with over 45
the Children stalls selling clothes, accessories and
bric-a-brac. You can also book a stall
2) Morningside Road: and earn some extra cash while
refreshing your own wardrobe.
Shelter, Cancer Research UK,
❖ Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny St,
Bethany Christian Trust, British Edinburgh EH6 8RG
Red Cross, St Columba’s Hospice ❖ www.outoftheblue.org.uk/out-of-the-blue-flea-
Shop, Oxfam, Oxfam – Books & market
Music, Marie Curie, Chest Heart
& Stroke Scotland
ARMSTRONGS VINTAGE
3) Dalry Road: Second hand vintage clothes and
Cats Protection, British Heart accessories.
Foundation, British Heart ❖ 14 Teviot Pl, Edinburgh EH1 2QZ
Foundation – Furniture & ❖ 64-66 Clerk St, Edinburgh EH8 9JB
❖ 81-83 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2HJ,
Electrical, The Salvation Army, ❖ www.armstrongsvintage.co.uk
Save The Children, Shelter
4) Leith Walk & Leith: WEEKLY CAR BOOT SALE
The Bethany Shop, Barnardo’s, St Every Sunday 7.30 am to 12.30 pm
Columba’s Hospice, Salvation ❖ Ocean Terminal, Level F, Red Car
Army Shop, British Heart Park (M&S side)
Foundation, British Heart ❖ Ocean Drive, Edinburgh EH6 6JJ
Foundation – Furniture &
Electrical, Cancer Research UK
8Plant-based restaurants and cafes
SEEDS FOR THE SOUL CHAPTER ONE COFFEE SHOP
Vegan cafe, perfect for breakfast, lunch or Vegan coffee shop on Dalry Road near
brunch or whether you’re just craving for a Haymarket that serves vegan
homemade vegan cake. sandwiches and cakes and multiple
❖ 167 Bruntsfield Pl, Edinburgh EH10 4DG plant-based milks to go with your
❖ www.seedsforthesoul.co.uk coffee.
❖ 107 Dalry Rd, Edinburgh EH11 2DR
BEETROOT SAUVAGE ❖ www.chapterone.coffee
Plant-Based Cafe and Wellness Centre
with a yoga studio upstairs and a cafe PUMPKIN BROWN
downstairs serving breakfast, lunch, Plant-based and organic café in
coffee, cakes and smoothies from a broad Grassmarket, great for breakfast or
menu. lunch, also sells eco-friendly products
❖ 33-41, Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 1SX like shampoo bars, keep cups &
❖ www.beetrootsauvage.co.uk beeswax wraps.
❖ 16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU
BLACK RABBIT ❖ www.pumpkinbrown.com
Vegan cafe serving all-day breakfast and
lunch using compostable take away
packaging and also offers 10% discount if
you bring your own cup or take away
container.
❖ 33 Brougham St, Edinburgh EH3 9JT
❖ www.blackrabbitedinburgh.co.uk
GOGO BEETS
Vegetarian and vegan friendly café in
Portobello.
❖ 165 Portobello High St, Edinburgh EH15 1EU
❖ www.facebook.com/gogobeets
NAKED BAKERY
Produces plant-based baked goods.
❖ 24a Hill St, Edinburgh EH2 3JZ
❖ www.nakedbakery.co.uk
9PARADISE PALMS
American diner inspired vegetarian
and vegan food and variety of
cocktails.
❖ 41 Lothian St, Edinburgh EH1 1HB
❖ www.theparadisepalms.com
NOVAPIZZA VEGETARIAN
KITCHEN
Italian style vegetarian and vegan
restaurant serving pizza and pasta.
❖ 42 Howe St, Edinburgh EH3 6TH
❖ www.novapizza.co.uk
SORA LELLA
Vegan Italian restaurant offering a
HARMONIUM wide range of traditional Roman
Vegan bar and kitchen serving lunch dishes in Tollcross.
or dinner and coffee or drinks as ❖ 13a Brougham St, Edinburgh EH3 9JS
well as brunch on Saturday and ❖ www.soralella.co.uk
Sunday mornings.
❖ 60 Henderson St, Edinburgh EH6 6DE
HOLY COW
❖ www.harmoniumbar.co.uk 100% vegan and organic restaurant
with a nice selection of burgers and
sandwiches and vegan cakes.
ZERO WASTE HUB ❖ 34 Elder St, Edinburgh EH1 3DX
Vegetarian and vegan community
café offering overnight oats, vegan CONSIDERATE
sandwiches and soups, cakes and
non-dairy milk alternatives. There is Considerit Chocolate offers fresh
also a rescued food supermarket donuts, crafted ice cream and artisan
and a swapshop! chocolate - all of which are vegan,
❖ 22 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AF
located in the corner of the Meadows.
❖ www.shrubcoop.org/working-groups/food- ❖ 3, 5A Sciennes, Edinburgh EH9 1NH
sharing-hub/ ❖ www.consideritchocolate.com
*PRO TIP Several cafes give discount for takeaway coffee for bringing your own keep cup.
10Repair
THE WEE SPOKE EDINBURGH THE BIKE
HUB (BY SHRUB REMAKERY STATION
COOP) Learn new skills and Offers second-hand
A workshop space techniques and fix your bike sales, cycle
where volunteers and items by taking a part in maintenance and
a mechanic will help various workshops such repair services,
you to learn the skill to as sewing & mending, training courses and
take care of your bike! laptops & phone repair, runs a Fix your own
Fix Your Own Bike and woodwork. Teamed bike workshop every
workshops run on up with Zero Waste Wednesday 4-8 pm
Tuesday and Thursday Leith and Changeworks, and every Saturday
evenings, 5-8 pm Remakery offers all Leith 12-4 pm providing
where The Wee Spoke residents free repairs in you a work stand,
Hub team will check their Repair Evening tools and guide you
your bike and guide happening every through the
you in any repairs it Thursday. process.
needs. ❖ 127 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, ❖ 250 Causewayside,
❖ 13 Guthrie Street, EH6 8NP Edinburgh EH9 1UU
Edinburgh EH1 1LG ❖ www.edinburghremakery.org. ❖ www.thebikestation.or
❖ www.shrubcoop.org/work uk g.uk
ing-groups/wee-spoke-
hub
Transportation
Just Eat Bikes Sustrans
Download an app to find bike stations Visit Sustrans website to find out
all around Edinburgh for short bike more about National Cycle Network
rides. Different passes available for and the charity and events they do for
various time periods. making it easier for people to walk
❖ Get the App: Just Eat Cycles and cycle in Scotland and the UK.
❖ www.edinburghcyclehire.com ❖ www.sustrans.org.uk
*Check out the cycling advice and tips from The Environmental Sustainability team at Napier:
www.my.napier.ac.uk/Campus-Services/Travel/Pages/Cycling.aspx
11Recycling, energy & banks
RECYCLING ENERGY PROVIDERS
The City of Edinburgh Council Bulb
Request a bulky household item 100% renewable electricity from solar,
collection and find the recycling wind and hydro while 10% of the gas is
instructions for your local area. green, produced from renewable
❖ www.edinburgh.gov.uk/bins-recycling sources like food or farm waste. Rest of
the gas Bulb supplies is offset by
Recycle for Scotland supporting carbon reduction projects
around the world.
Item specific instructions for recycling,
❖ www.bulb.co.uk
and tips for how to reduce waste and
reuse unwanted items!
Green Energy UK
❖ www.recycleforscotland.com
Provides 100% green gas and 100%
The Body Shop renewable electricity using hydro, solar,
wind and organic materials!
Partnered with TerraCycle recycling or ❖ www.greenenergyuk.com
repurposing any empty plastic bottles
such as shampoo and conditioner
Ecotricity
bottles, lotion tubs, tubes and pots into
new items like park benches and Provides 100% renewable electricity
playgrounds! and until can provide 100% green gas,
❖ www.thebodyshop.com/en- the company offsets the residual
gb/packaging/return-recycle-repeat/e00011 carbon emissions. Recommended by
The Vegan Society, RSPB, and Friends
GoBrik of the Earth!
❖ www.ecotricity.co.uk
Make ecobricks out single use plastics
and get involved with community
projects such as building benches and ETHICAL BANKS
tables out of your ecobricks! Further Did you know that most of the big banks
info can be also found by getting in are financing climate change by
touch with Eco Larder. investing on fossil fuels? Have a look at
❖ www.gobrik.com ethical alternatives such as Triodos
❖ www.theecolarder.com Bank and The Co-operative Bank and
learn more here.
❖ www.thegoodshoppingguide.com/ethical-
banks-and-building-societies
12Apps, podcasts & websites
APPS PODCASTS
Too Good To Go Sustainababble
Save food, money and fight food waste! Light and humorous podcast
❖ www.toogoodtogo.co.uk/en-gb about environment and
politics around it.
Olio
Food Sharing App. What On Earth?
❖ www.olioex.com
A new sustainability podcast
JouleBug by Hubbub focusing on past,
present and future of
Share your sustainability tips! environmental issues.
❖ www.joulebug.com
HowGood The Climate Minute
The sustainable food guide (Only on A podcast examining current
Apple). Also has a blog! news on global warming,
❖ www.blog.howgood.com climate change, renewable
❖ www.apps.apple.com/us/app/howgood/id91 energy and the prospects for
1990231 progress on international
Happy Cow negotiations and carbon
taxes.
Search for vegetarian and vegan
restaurants, shops and bakeries
globally. The Sustainable Jungle
❖ www.happycow.net/mobile Podcast
Podcast focusing on
Good Fish Guide solutions for the world’s
This app provided by Marine sustainability and
Conservation Society is your guide to conservation challenges by
sustainable seafood! Available on telling the story of some of
Android and iPhone. Also keep an eye the most interesting and
out for MSC, ACS and RSPCA labels on inspiring people working to
animal products. future proof our planet.
❖ www.mcsuk.org/goodfishguide/app
13WEBSITES Moral Fibres
Carbon Footprint Ethical Shopping Guide to Edinburgh!
Calculate your carbon footprint for lifestyle ❖ www.moralfibres.co.uk/edinburgh-ethical-shopping-
guide
and travel emissions and offset your
footprint through various carbon reduction Curiously Consciuos
projects from as little as £2.00!
❖ www.carbonfootprint.com
Sustainable blog focusing on lifestyle and
travel.
Bambú Living Sustainably ❖ www.curiouslyconscious.com
Edinburgh based start-up providing local Ethical Consumer
and organic products, as well as bulk buy
and household refills on their online shop. All the information and inspiration you
Bambú pop-up shops can be usually found need to revolutionise the way you spend,
at Out of the Blue Drill Hall or at Leith save and live.
Market. ❖ www.ethicalconsumer.org
❖ www.bambuliving.co.uk
Sustainable Development Goals
Gumtree Learn more about the United Nations’ 17
Online network for buying, selling and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
swapping pre-loved items. set for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
❖ www.gumtree.com
Development.
❖ www. sustainabledevelopment.un.org
The Meadows Share
Love food hate waste
A community board and a public group on
Facebook to share resources, tools, skills, Optimize food consumption at home! Look
give away items and information within the at easy and practical everyday action tips
Meadows area. Look for a group within your and ideas how to reduce food waste. Great
neighbourhood: Broughton/Leith, Shandon, for your wallet and for the environment!
Newhaven, Morningside, Meadowbank, ❖ www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
Stockbridge/Bonnington/Craigleith, The
Edinburgh Book Share, Roslin, North Ecosia
Edinburgh, Slateford, Portobello, and
Cowgate/Grassmarket. A search engine that plants trees!
❖ www.info.ecosia.org/what
Treehugger
Ecolabel Index
The only modern sustainability site that
offers advice, clarity, and inspiration for both Global directory of ecolabels and their
the eco-savvy and the green living novice. explanations.
❖ www.ecolabelindex.com
❖ www.treehugger.com
14Events
ECOLARDER MONTHLY TO FIND MORE SUSTAINABILITY EVENTS, KEEP
BEACH CLEANS AN EYE ON…
Join Eco Larder at Cramond Eventbrite The University of Edinburgh
Beach the second Sunday of ❖ www.eventbrite.co.uk ❖ www.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/events
every month 2 pm at the
flagpole. Follow events on Shrub Coop Sustainable Scotland Network
Facebook for updates. ❖ www.sustainablescotlandnetwork.org
❖ www.shrubcoop.org/
❖ www.theecolarder.com/events-1 events/ /events
@ Napier University
STAY INFORMED AND GET INVOLVED!
LEARN MORE! Edinburgh Napier Sustainability
Campus recycling guide Society (ENSS)
❖ www.my.napier.ac.uk/Campus- ❖ www.napierstudents.com/organisation/s
Services/Environmental_Sustainabi ocieties/7511
lity/Documents/Recycling%20Guid ❖ Email
e.pdf edinapier.sustainablesociety@gmail.com
❖ Facebook
www.facebook.com/edinapiersustainable
Green Travel Brochure 2019- society
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❖ www.my.napier.ac.uk/Campus- Sighthill Gardening Club
Services/Travel/Documents/Travel
❖ Email L.McMillan@napier.ac.uk
%20Brochure%202019-20.pdf
Environmental Sustainability @ The Lion’s Gate
Napier ❖ www.napier.ac.uk/research-and-
innovation/impact-case-studies/the-lions-
❖ www.my.napier.ac.uk/Campus- gate
Services/Environmental_Sustainabi ❖ Email gardens@napier.ac.uk
lity/Pages/Environmental-
Sustainability.aspx
15References
www.amnesty.org.uk/books-amnesty-edinburgh- www.facebook.com/gogobeets/
bookshop-secondhand-charity-
www.follyantiques.co.uk
www.apps.apple.com/us/app/howgood/id9119902 www.foursquare.org.uk/efi-furniture-stores/
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www.fruit-a-licious.com
www.armchairbooks.co.uk
www.global-fruits-edinburgh.co.uk
www.armstrongsvintage.co.uk
www.greenenergyuk.com
www.b.barnardos.org.uk/shop/edinburgh-clerk-
street/shop-view.htm?id=SHP-12035 www.growwild.co.uk
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