Lothian & Borders GeoConservation Programme
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The Volunteer Group welcomes anyone interested in any aspect of local geology and conservation. The group has evening meetings every month, and also gets involved in occasional work parties and other events.
Summer Events 2010
The Lothian GeoConservation Volunteer Group promote one of the Society's main aims, encouraging public interest in geology. Help at these events is greatly appreciated, you don't need to be an expert and even turning up for an hour can give someone else a break. Contact Angus Miller or David Macadam (Contact Details) for further information.
Sat 29 May Biodiversity Day, Newbattle Abbey
Sun 5 Sept 1-4pm Barns Ness Open Day
Explore
the best fossil site in the Lothians and find fossil life of the ancient sea floor
from a time when East Lothian was near the equator and flooded by warm sea. Discover
evidence of changing environments in the past that created different layers of
rock, and how these rocks were used in the past to improve agriculture and are
now being used to make cement. The event is free, drop in any time between 1 and
4 pm, all ages welcome! Organised by Lothian and Borders GeoConservation group
and the East Lothian Ranger Service.
Meet at White Sands Car Park, 4 km south of Dunbar. If you'd like to find more about Barns Ness, download our new leaflet.
Sat 25 Sept 10-5 British Geological Survey Open Day
Sat 9 Oct 11-3 Volcano Fun Day at Holyrood Park
Meetings
Programme
The Volunteer Group meets regularly to plan publications and events. These meetings are held in BGS Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, and start at 7:30pm. Dates for 2010 are:
Wednesday 27 January
Wednesday
17 February
Wednesday 17 March
Wednesday 21 April
For further information, or to be added to the Lothian and Borders GeoConservation Group email list and kept up-to-date with our activities, please contact David McAdam - see the Society Contacts page for details.
The Geology of Holyrood Park - information for the Polish Community in Edinburgh and visitors from Poland
Joanna Weintritt, originally from Poland, was a member of the Lothian GeoConservation Volunteer Group. She has started a project to create Polish-language resources to tell people about the geology of Edinburgh ... which even considering the wide range of activities that GeoConservation groups get up to across the UK, must be unique!
Her first publication covers Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat, and is available as a pdf file. Well done Joanna, we look forward to more. But not too fast, as keen members of the group are reported to be checking your spelling which may take some time!