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Spring has arrived at East Plean

East Plean primary school is celebrating after being awarded funding to transform their school playground as part of the Springwatch initiative. The school has been working closely with Forth Environment Link to develop and use their outdoor spaces.

Eve Keepax of FEL said ‘I am delighted. This will be an opportunity to have a range of living resources which will grow in value, and benefit both school and community’

In order to be considered for the money, Primary 1 teacher Lynne Tarvit had to give a one minute presentation on the MacAuley and Co show on BBC Radio Scotland (28/04/08) to a Dragon’s Den type panel.

The BBC Scotland Spring Watch Action Team (SWAT) judged her presentation the stronger of two (the other challenger from the Stirling area was from the Craighall Back Court Community Gardens in Raploch).

The money which is from the BBC Breathing Places fund will help to transform a tarmac desert at the front of the school into a welcoming, restful and inspiring area.

Transformation days will be part of BBC Radio Scotland transmissions on 8th June.

If you would like to volunteer to help on 8th June, contact Eve at FEL for more information
Tel (01786) 449215
Email: biodiversity@forthenvironmentlink.org

 

Nappy advice and a free coffee

Forth Valley Real Nappy Network events

If you are interested in finding out about real (reusable) nappies, come along for advice and information...and a free coffee! 'Nappucino' events are held in Stirling and Falkirk:

Stirling: Caffe Nero: last Thursday of every month at 11am
Falkirk: Food Heaven, 47 Glebe St : first Thursday of every month at 10.30am

To read more about real nappies and our lending service click here.

For further information contact Claire on (01786) 449215 claire@forthenvironmentlink.org

Free family events in Ailie's Garden

Our most recent event was the
Big Garden Birdwatch
on Sunday 27th January 2008 at the Smith Museum and Art Gallery in Stirling.

It included the following events

• take part in the national bird survey
• hide and peek from a temporary hide
• the usual suspects - help with garden bird i.d.
• make a bird cake with Stirling Council rangers
• feed the birds - advice and information
  
  Watch this space for details of further events
• For further details phone (01786) 449215
  

 

 

Diary dates May 2008


2008 International Polar Year www.ipy.org/
2008 International Year of Planet Earth www.yearofplanetearth.org
2008 International Year of the Reef http://iyor.org/
2008 International Year of the Potato www.potato2008.org/en/index.html
2008 International Year of the Frog www.zsl.org/science/year-of-the-frog/the-year-of-the-frog,832,AR.html

Great Wee Scottish Walks	April-June 2008	www.greatscottishwalk.com
Low Tide	Every year on the Saturday in May with the lowest tide	www.riverocean.org.uk
Walk in the Woods Day	May - various	www.treecouncil.org.uk/
International Migratory Bird Day	2nd Saturday in May every year	www.birdday.org
Compost Awareness Week	4-10 May 2008	www.compost.org.uk
Breastfeeding Awareness Week	11-17 May 2008	http://www.breastfeeding.nhs.uk/
Be Nice to Nettles Week	14-25 May 2008	www.nettles.org.uk/
Adult Learners Week	17-23 May 2008	www.niace.org.uk
Summer Walk to School Week	Scotland: 12-16 May 2008 Rest of UK:19-23 May 2008	www.walktoschool.org.uk
Scottish Biodiversity Week	17-25 May 2008	www.biodiversityscotland.gov.uk
National Vegetarian Week	19-25 May 2008	www.vegsoc.org/nvw
World Turtle Day	23 May every year	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle_Day
European Day of Parks	24 May every year	www.europarc.org/international/data/edp.htm
Great Scottish Walk (Glasgow)	25 May 2008	www.greatscottishwalk.com

 For information on events throughout the year see Forth Environment Link’s
Environmental Events Calendar.