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The Edinburgh Shoreline Project has worked in collaboration with local communities since 2018, and continues to do so. We believe direct community involvement in design and delivery of our shared projects is key to bringing about sustainable change. Here are a few of the projects we enjoyed helping to drive forward. Click on the links to learn more and discover how you can get involved!
Upcoming Events
Introduction to Community Climate Action
Date: Thursday 30th April
Location: Online
Time: 19:00pm – 20:30pm
Want to know how coastal communities can take positive action?
The communities along Scotland’s coasts face a unique set of challenges around climate change; this event will support discussion on those challenges and identify ways to take positive action.
Keep Scotland Beautiful, in partnership with The University of Stirling, invites you to a free, online workshop session designed for those living in and around Fisherrow, the wider the Forth River Basin area, Edinburgh and the Lothians.
This interactive workshop will explore:
- Climate emergency and climate change science
- The important role of coastal communities
- Climate change impacts and adaptation in coastal communities
- Mitigation – International policy and Net-zero Scotland
Break (10 minutes)
- Carbon footprint and reducing emissions
- Relevant case studies for coastal communities
- Opportunities to discuss potential climate actions
- Effective climate change communication
- What next?
- Q&A
Whether you’re a local resident, volunteer, staff member in the community, community organiser, or just have an interest in learning more about climate change – your voice and experience is welcome.
Reserve your free place now.
We look forward to seeing you online!
Introduction to Community Climate Action
Date: Wednesday 20th May
Location: Online
Time: 19:00pm – 20:30pm
Want to know how coastal communities can take positive action?
The communities along Scotland’s coasts face a unique set of challenges around climate change; this event will support discussion on those challenges and identify ways to take positive action.
Keep Scotland Beautiful, in partnership with The University of Stirling, invites you to a free, online workshop session designed for those living in and around Edinburgh and the Lothians and the wider the Forth River Basin area.
This interactive workshop will explore:
- Climate emergency and climate change science
- The important role of coastal communities
- Climate change impacts and adaptation in coastal communities
- Mitigation – International policy and Net-zero Scotland
Break (10 minutes)
- Carbon footprint and reducing emissions
- Relevant case studies for coastal communities
- Opportunities to discuss potential climate actions
- Effective climate change communication
- What next?
- Q&A
Whether you’re a local resident, volunteer, staff member in the community, community organiser, or just have an interest in learning more about climate change – your voice and experience is welcome.
Reserve your free place now.
We look forward to seeing you online!
Largo Blue Space Festival: Spotlight on Forth Conservation
Date: Saturday the 6th of June and Sunday the 7th of June 2026
Location: Main street, Lower Largo, KY8 6BN
Time: 10:00am – 18:00pm
A two-day community festival shining a light on conservation in our coastal backyard. Come along and meet the organisations caring for Largo Bay and the Firth of Forth. Take part in citizen science, creative workshops and demonstrations. Join us for films, shared learning, fun and collaboration. We welcome individuals, families and groups.
Edinburgh Shoreline will be in attendance on Sunday the 7th of June.
Firth Aid Campaign
Part of our Above and Below project is focusing on the significant lack of current data regarding changes in water temperature and water quality in the Firth of Forth which has been limiting appropriate decision-making in marine conservation efforts.
We would like you to help us by sharing your knowledge and experience of the sea, the coast and the marine environment. This will help us better understand local sea water quality issues.
We’d like to gather sightings of any kind of pollution you see as you are out along the coast. We are also interested in help from swimmers and dog walkers by reporting any ill health affecting you, your family, or your dog following swimming.
Previous Events
Bugs and Blooms Bioblitz
Date: Tuesday 7th April 2026
Location: Gypsy Brae Recreation Ground
Time: 13:00pm – 14:00pm
Intertidal Bioblitz - Rockpooling
Date: Tuesday 7th April 2026
Location: Cramond
Time: 10:30am – 12:00am
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Imagining the Future of the Forth
Date: Sunday 8th February 2026
Lind & Lime Distillery
Time: 6:30pm – 9pm
Edinburgh Shoreline bunting decorating workshop
Date: Saturday 31st January 2026
Location: Remode Collective
Time: 16:15pm – 19:15pm
Conservation in action: Film showcase and panel
Date: Saturday 17th January 2026
Location: National Museum of Scotland
Time: 13:30pm – 16:30pm
Blue Coastal Communities Event
Date: Sunday 11th January 2026
Time: 10:00am – 15:00
Rake, Rattle and Roll - wildflower seeding
Date: Thursday 4th December
Location: Meadows at Gypsy Brae Recreational Ground. West Shoreland Road
Time: 10:00am – 12:20pm
Oyster Power Restoring Reefs
Date: Sunday 16th November
Location: Lind and Lime Gin Distillery
Time: 18:30 – 21:00
Restoration Forth Oyster Biosecurity by MSC
Date: Monday 13th October and Thrusday 16th October
Location: Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
Time: Monday 13th October 9:45am-16:00pm
Thursday 16th October 9:45am-12:30pm
Forthlines, Coasts, Seagrass and Oysters Exhibition
Date: Thursday 17 April – 28th September
Location: The Stevenson Lighthouse on the Isle of May
Time: Times are controlled by your day trip company
Forthlines
Date: 24 May – 31 August
Location: The Scottish Fisheries Museum
Time: Monday – Saturday 10:00am – 16:30pm, Sunday 11:00am – 16:30pm
Data logger and Intertidal Bioblitz - Cramond
Date: Thursday 14th August
Location: Cramond Beach
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Data logger and Intertidal Bioblitz - Lower Largo
Date: Wednesday 6th August
Location: Lower Largo Beach
Time: 08:00am – 09:00am
Felted Sea Creature Workshops
Date: Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Location: The Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther KY10 3AB
Time: 11:30, 12:30, 13:30 & 14:30
Bugs & Blooms Bioblitz
Date: Friday 18th July 2025
Location: The Promenade, Silverknowes beach, Edinburgh, EH4 5ER
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Felted Sea Creature Workshops
Date: Sunday 29th June 2025
Location: The Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther KY10 3AB
Time: 11:30, 12:30, 13:30 & 14:30
An evening of marine delights and gin cocktails
Date: Sunday 4th May 2025
Location: Lind and Lime Gin Distillery, Leith
Time: 17:30-19:00
CCTBON project - North Berwick
Date: Sunday 4th May 2025
Location: Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
Time: 13:00-15:00
CCTBON project - Cramond
Date: Saturday 3rd May 2025
Location: Cramond Beach
Time: 13:30-15:30
Edinburgh Shoreline bunting decorating workshop
Date: Saturday 31st January 2026
Location: Remode Collective
Time: 16:15pm – 19:15pm
We’re looking for participants to support a banner-decorating workshop.
You’ll also have the chance to learn practical textile skills, including how to use WondaWeb, simple embellishment and patchwork techniques, plus some basic embroidery stitches.
Come be part of a fun, creative day and connect with the community!