See our events calendar for more scheduled events.
Check out the Programme for the Climate Café® Network Gathering 2025!
Past events…
Creating a Circular Economy, Saturday 3rd August
Enjoy workshops, presentations & get informed through this collaboration from Climate Café®s across Perth & Kinross in Scotland, with Remake Scotland – hosts of Climate Café® Crieff.
Main Hall opens at 10.30 am am with a Pop up Dunkeld & Birnam Repair Café – do bring along small items to fix and learn more about their work (and see where to bring larger items on Monday evening to the regular Repair Café); check in with Remake Scotland to find out more information and see samples of different kinds of repairs; find out more about The Nest, Blairgowrie and enjoy Climate Café® space, with tea and coffee – and cookies from Livvi’s.
10.30 am: Repair Ceramics and give them a new life!
Book a place for free to come along and learn how to mend Ceramics with Janet, an inpsirational session back in the village by popular request! Thanks to support from Dunkeld & Birnam Repair Café for this popular event from 10.30 am – 12.30 ! **Places limited**
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/964765929867?aff=oddtdtcreator
Book a space at the 11.30 am Sashiko Workshop with Izzy from Remake Scotland (Free!)
11.30 am Sashiko workshop
Remake are offering a workshop exploring the art of sashiko. A traditional Japanese decorative embroidery often paired with boro repair techniques. Learn more about this fascinating art form and have a go at creating your own design. We will provide you with a part-made zipped bag ready for you to embellish with patches and the distinctive running stitch embroidery. Traditionally done as a slow, mindful skill with hand embroidery, we will supply a selection of patches and colourful threads to work with and a gallery of patterns to inspire you. When you have finished sewing we will help you to sew your bag together ready for you to take home.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/949292678957?aff=oddtdtcreator
11.30 am (Dance and Drama): Basic skills – button, zip, hem
11.30 am (Meeting Room): What can I recycle in Perth & Kinross?
2.00 pm (Meeting Room) Sustaining our water resource: Recycled Reuse in Scotland: Presentation and discussion with Hubert Cousin, Hydronation Scholar, University of Dundee
Following the success of the Water Efficiency project in Dunkeld & Birnam, completed in 2019 with Scottish Water and Home Energy Scotland, that led to becoming Scotland’s First Water Efficient Village – Hubert Cousin, a Hydronation Scholar at the University of Dundee visits to share insights into the challenges and solutions for sustainable water use for our futures; and a community chat about options ahead. Hubert recently returned from a research trip to Spain.
2.30 pm (Visual Arts Workshop): Basic skills – button, zip, hem
Book a space at the 2.30 pm Sashiko Workshop with Izzy from Remake Scotland (Free!)
2.30 pm Sashiko workshop
Remake are offering a workshop exploring the art of sashiko. A traditional Japanese decorative embroidery often paired with boro repair techniques. Learn more about this fascinating art form and have a go at creating your own design. We will provide you with a part-made zipped bag ready for you to embellish with patches and the distinctive running stitch embroidery. Traditionally done as a slow, mindful skill with hand embroidery, we will supply a selection of patches and colourful threads to work with and a gallery of patterns to inspire you. When you have finished sewing we will help you to sew your bag together ready for you to take home.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/949298596657?aff=oddtdtcreator
What is Sashiko? Find out more here: https://www.japancrafts.co.uk/sashiko.html#
4 pm Close