(1) CARROTMOB AT THE MERCAT - 18:00-23:00

Join us for food and drinks on Sunday 10/10/10 from 6pm, for Edinburgh’s first-ever Carrotmob at The Mercat Bar on 28 West Maitland Street, Haymarket EH12 5DX.

The Mercat is the winner of our 'Carrotmob' competition, so let's mob it with business on 10/10/10!

What is a Carrotmob?
Carrotmob is a type of consumer activism in which businesses compete at how environmentally responsible they can be, and then a network of consumers (the 'mob') spends money to support whichever business makes the strongest offer. It is the opposite of a boycott.

What did the competition involve?
Over the past few months, we invited Edinburgh pubs to place bids that involved committing themselves to invest in energy efficiency upgrades - all they had to do was pledge to reinvest a percentage of the additional revenues they would make during the ‘mob’ on the evening of 10/10/10 (should they be the winning pub). By 'additional revenues', we mean over & above what the pubs would normally make on a Sunday evening.

Why did the Mercat win?
The Mercat Bar was the highest bidder. They won the competition by pledging to reinvest 20% of the additional revenues from the evening into energy efficiency retrofits.

Please spread the word and invite your friends! :-)

RSVP: Email  350edinburgh@googlemail.com or sign up on Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=147916921901459&ref=ts

More info:  http://edinburgh.carrotmob.org

(2) CONSERVATION EVENT (for students) - 10:00-17:00

Dirty Weekenders with Transition Edinburgh University are also organising a uni-based conservation event in central Edinburgh (venue: TBC). The event will start at 10am. For more details or to book a place, email Alice at:  alice@transitionedinburghuni.org.uk or check the blog at:  http://www.350.org/work-party-edinburgh

(3) TREE PLANTING IN FIFE - 10:00-17:00

Come and help us plant up to 350 native species trees at the Inzievar Woodland, a disused open-cast coal mine, near Oakley in Fife. Each new tree we plant will help sequester 37.5 t CO2 over the next 100 years. The event is run by New Caledonian Woodlands, a not-for-profit social enterprise. More info:  http://www.350.org/work-party-edinburgh

Who is 350.org?

350.org is a large-scale grassroots global campaign against climate change. The campaign aims are to educate the public on climate change and to lobby governments so they pass legislation to bring the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere swiftly down to 350 parts per million (ppm), which is what scientists say is the safe upper limit. Visit www.350.org