Get ready for Unplugged 2018, 2nd – 9th September 2018!
Click here to visit the Dunkeld & Birnam Unplugged website.
Preview evening, friday 31st August, from 8pm @ The Taybank
Dunkeld & Birnam UnPlugged celebrates climate action across the community, bringing people together to be inspired by local leadership, music & artists, to get involved in collective action on climate change.
All the events from the wonderful Summerfest through to the brilliant Big Apple Day, are pulled together and supported by incredible local people, businesses, groups & musicians, who donate their time, spaces and talent for free to make the week so special and do so much good! Thank you for your support and to The Taybank for hosting Dunkeld & Birnam Unplugged 2018.
Thanks to Scottish Water for their sponsorship of the supplement for The Bridge.
Dunkeld & Birnam Water Efficient Village?
Following on from the success of our water efficiency events in Dunkeld and Birnam back in March, Scottish Water and our delivery partner Home Energy Scotland (HES) are working with the Climate Café and are coming back for Unplugged week!
We’ve had the driest summer for years and you might be aware that Scottish Water has asked for customers to use water wisely across the country. This shows that although it seems like it rains a lot in Scotland, water is a precious resource. By working together to use water wisely come rain or shine, we will help protect future water supplies and keep more water in the natural environment.
The water that is supplied to Dunkeld and Birnam comes from the River Tay. A lot of energy goes into pumping the water from the river to the treatment works in Perth, treating the water and then pumping it all the way up to Dunkeld and Birnam. In fact, almost 88 tonnes of CO2e comes from energy used treating and delivering the clean, fresh drinking water that is used in Dunkeld and Birnam every year.
As well as helping to reduce emissions and keeping more water in the natural environment, an average family of 4 can save up to £100 on their energy bills by reducing the amount of hot water they use. Come along to the talk and water efficiency events during Unplugged week to find out more.
We’ve had such a great response from the community in Dunkeld and Birnam, we would like to build on this enthusiasm and use Dunkeld and Birnam as one of our exemplar towns for water efficiency, alongside the other local initiatives.
Between Unplugged 2018 and Unplugged 2019, we’re challenging Dunkeld and Birnam to save 1,000,000 litres of water*. That is equivalent to saving approximately 2.9 tonnes of CO2e. You can keep track of your progress every month by looking for our barometer in The Bridge.
Have you got your Water Saving Pack yet? Why not come along to:
• Summerfest Sunday 2nd September, The Field, Brae Street, 3-6pm
• Birnam Arts of Wednesday 5th September, 11am-6pm
• Birnam Arts of Thursday 6th September, 11am-6pm
• Big Apple Day at Community Orchard on Saturday 8th September, 11am-2pm
* Litres of water saved based on the uptake of water saving packs and assumed savings associated with the various water saving devices and behaviours.
** CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) = a standard unit for measuring carbon footprints for all greenhouse gases in terms of CO2 that would create same warming.
Heather Anderson, Scottish Water
THE PROGRAMME
Sunday 2nd September
***SUMMERFEST UP @The Field! 1-3pm***
Enjoy all the tattie & veg games, wee stalls, Baking, fun for all ages
6pm - Songs & Silence - Dunkeld Cathedral
A wonderful new contribution to Unplugged in 2018. a moment to pause and reflect.
Everyone welcome.
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MONDAY 3rd September
Cakes for Commuters 07.39/08.30 train
A wee thank you to all those who leave the car, and take the train, rain or shine.
Fresh cake, coffee and tea. Bring your reusable cups!
Guest Speaker: Heather Anderson, Scottish Water - 7pm, The Taybank
Dunkeld & Birnam - Scotland’s First Water Efficient Village?
Up-Cycling Workshop with Roobedo! 7.30-9.30 pm @Birnam Arts
Join Ruth of Roobedo to make reusable everyday things!
Ruth has been supporting Youth club & the Up-cycling group to produce amazing items from pre-loved materials, join her for a creative, fun workshop!
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Tuesday 4th September
Cakes for Commuters 07.39/08.30 train
A wee thank you to all those who leave the car, and take the train, rain or shine.
Fresh cake, coffee and tea. Bring your reusable cups!
Pop-up climate cafe: 10-11.30 am @ The Scottish Deli: Fantastic, no Plastic!
Drop in to hear the story of the deli ditching plastic and see the changes.
Open Afternoon @ inspirational Burmieston! 2-4pm: Sustainable space in action
Burmieston is a space to be... An award winning sustainable space to stay, learn and just be.
Come along to the open afternoon to see what they have included in building process and
day to day running of the Steading thinking about environmental impact.
Cake & coffee served! Phone Keesje for directions/info: 07940351618
Take Action! Guest Speaker @The Taybank @ 7.00 pm
Ruby Flatley, Climate Reality leader (trained by al gore, berlin 2018)
A talk to inform & inspire action, support ruby’s first act of leadership!
*Amos & Jauncey @The Taybank, 8.00 pm*
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Wednesday 5th September
Cakes for Commuters 07.39/08.30 train
A wee thank you to all those who leave the car, and take the train, rain or shine.
Fresh cake, coffee and tea. Bring your reusable cups!
Pop-up climate cafe 10-11.30 am @Birnam Arts - Get involved! Climate Change Bill.
Want to do more? in 2018 Scotland could commit to lead the world with real ambition to net zero emissions by 2050 - find out how you can help make it happen.
Water Saving Advice & goody bags 11am-6pm: Foyer @Birnam Arts - Free
Guest Speaker: Claire Carpenter (The Melting Pot, Co-working Accelerator)
Brilliant opportunity to hear from a global pioneer in Quality co-working, what’s it all about and could it be good for you?
Quality co-working - an introduction @ The Taybank, 7.00pm
**Tunes @ The Taybank from 9 pm **
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Thursday 6th September
Cakes for Commuters 07.39/08.30 train
Water Saving Advice & Goody bags! 11am-6pm: Foyer @Birnam Arts - Free
Pop-up climate cafe 10-11.30 am @ The old Doctors surgery: Co-working opportunity!
Chance to pop in and see the space, ask questions, look around.
*Youth harvest supper & film from 6-9pm @ The Chanonry - age 11-14 Welcome*
Thanks to support from the youth club, produce from the field and orchard, come along to prepare a delicious meal to share and watch a film.
*Words Unplugged, Birnam Reader 7 pm*
arrive early to avoid disappointment!
*unplugged boat road session* @The Taybank, 9 pm
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Friday 7th September
Cakes for Commuters 07.39/08.30 train
SWAP & SWISH @The Taybank 6pm-9pm & alterations with Roobedo!
*drop off your items all week upstairs at The Taybank*
Tunes from 8 pm @ The Taybank
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Saturday 8th September
***BIG APPLE DAY 11am-2pm*** @Community Orchard
This year the Community Orchard is TEN YEARS OLD!!
Come along to celebrate, eat cake, harvest fruit, bring a picnic, enjoy home baking, storytelling, a bug hunt, more kids activities & get Water efficiency bags!
Open Greener Home: pop in for look & Chat 3-5pm
- Call 07788 746127 for details
Nice opportunity to get ideas on how to make your home greener & more efficient
Climate cafe - drinks & Idea share! 4.30pm - 7.30pm @ The Taybank
Enjoy a chance to get information, inspiration, chat about your ideas & action and find out more about what is happening locally, nationally and globally
**from 9 pm - Music from Old world news @ The Taybank**
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Sunday 9th September
11 am Harvest Sunday Service
Dunkeld Cathedral
Sunday service to celebrate harvest - all welcome.
(tbc) Sunday Blues with Pete Caban @ The Taybank 3-6pm
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Thank you!
Thanks to Local support - All events are free to attend
For more details and updates follow Live Earth Birnam on facebook and @Climatecafe on twitter.
Thank you to Scottish Water for Sponsoring The Bridge supplement for Dunkeld & Birnam Unplugged 2018
#DBUnplugged
Berlin 2018
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the community for making it possible to go on my amazing trip to Berlin, To Al Gore’s Climate Reality Course and for always supporting my actions. At the course there were many presentations from many amazing people including Al Gore himself who did a two-hour presentation which nearly had everyone in tears! There were also breakout sessions where you got to go and listen to something which in the description seemed to your liking and something that you were interested in, in my case that was a presentation on connecting with the youth and involving them and also how to communicate with an audience and how not to be boring really!
There were also panels up debating issues we face. For example, as we were in Berlin, one panel debated mining towns and how people’s homes are being destroyed. It was honestly the most amazing, inspiring experience I will have in my whole life and I will forever be grateful for that. I have lots of hopes for the future and lots of ideas to hopefully do in the future.
I would also like to praise Jess Pepper who is truly amazing and is always organising more great things for Dunkeld and Birnam to be involved in. I would of never been able to make this possible without her.
Thank you again,
Ruby Flatley
Unplugged For Under 14s!
If you are inspired by Ruby’s efforts to take more action on climate change, there are lots of events through Dunkeld & Birnam Unplugged where you can get inspiration, get informed and get involved.
As well as baking for Cakes for Commuters, Ruby is creating opportunities particularly for children and young people to get involved through the week.
Everyone is invited to contribute to a wishing tree with their hopes for the future in the Beatrix Potter Garden at Birnam Arts or joining a harvest supper and film evening for P7-S2 pupils where everyone will cook and enjoy a harvest meal with fresh, local ingredients with a film - thanks to support from the youth club and the field. The Big Birthday at Big Apple Day and Summerfest will be filled with all the usual fun and games for all ages too!
Ruby will do her first Climate Reality talk on Tuesday 4th September at The Taybank.
