Hub Projects Blog Posts

  Souplin in Scots is the shoot of a tree Our hub is the mother tree, Souplin are going to be our nutritional food branch         We served stewp at our wonderful just transition Burns Night. This was a broth so thick it was like stew, treemendous introduction to what you can offer as accessible pathways into permaculture skills, nutrient-dense local food and an opportunity to explore the role community-scale food farming without slaughter animals could play in the ecological, social and cultural regeneration of our communities In our first year we have spent considerable time, establishing plans for a nearly 3-acre site, we aim for this to be a holistically-designed, living landscape of food and shelter, we have partnered with organisations including Social Farms and Gardens, keep Scotland beautiful, its your neighbourhood, FEL, Scotland and other wellbeing hubs to explore the role social farms and orchards could play in tackling inequality, food poverty, ...

  Repair Workshop at the Hub The hub's retrofitting project is a great example of how we need to reimagine the way our communities functions. We must focus on better management of our resources and embrace the circular economy instead of the linear approach that promotes designed obsolescence, which has become such a significant part of modern life. This transition will require a lot of education; we all need to learn from the mistakes of our past. For over a year, we have been expressing our intention to include various types of repair workshops as part of our recycle, repurpose, reimagine, upcycle, and repair groups. The main goal is to keep items out of landfills and reimagine how communities can move away from the overconsumption of resources. Become active citizens, not mere consumers Recently, we were delighted when a repair business owner approached us about making the hub a drop-off point for items that no longer work. We agreed enthusiastically and explored how much furthe...