Past Events

Below is an archive of all of our previous events. Please feel free to leave a comment if you attended any of them.

Have a Happy Waste-Free Festive Season

How much of your festive food ends up in the bin? Save money and help your environment by cutting out waste.

Christmas Food Saver Tips

  • Write a list before you do that big Christmas shop to prevent over-buying in the supermarkets.
  • Use the perfect portion planner at www.wasteawarelovefood.org.uk to plan how much you need to feed your guests.
  • Freeze the carcass of your turkey to make a tasty stock for soup later.
  • Don’t bin the leftovers of your turkey, they will be tasty on a sandwich on Boxing Day or make them into another delicious meal, like turkey curry. You could even freeze leftover meat for later too.
  • Store those Christmas vegetables in the fridge to make sure they stay fresh long after Christmas day. If you don’t get round to eating them in time, boil them up and freeze them in individual portions to enjoy your own home-made ready soups or other meals in January.
  • If you’ve got leftovers from dessert, whipped cream can be frozen too or turn your Christmas pudding into a strudel or use leftover fruit and dessert sauces to make brownies.
  • Even leftover party food can be frozen and enjoyed in packed lunches when the festive season ends.

Finally, for all the vegetable peelings and fruit trimmings you can’t avoid: remember to use your compost bin to make a rich fertiliser you can use in the garden.

RoWAN wishes you all a HAPPY WASTE-FREE FESTIVE SEASON

 

 

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Where & When

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 4:00pm

European Week of Waste Reduction EWWR 19th to 27th November

RoWAN will be encouraging people to cut their waste at 4 events as part of European Week for Waste Reduction. This week focuses on highlighting waste reduction activities across Europe. RoWAN volunteers will be visiting Scottish Water and  Inverness College with information and a prize draw quiz on how to cut waste and save yourself some money. 

 We also plan to deliver and help install a Green Johana at Gairloch Youth Hostel to help cut the amount of food waste going to land fill. We hope to use this as a demonstration site for those interested in finding out more about composting all food waste.

RoWAN volunteers are also running a free Wormery workshop Timespan, Helmsdale 2pm Sunday 20 November. Find out how a wormery works and how to set one up. A wormery converts kitchen food waste into liquid plant feed and rich organic compost.There is also an opportunity for questions and answers on winter composing.

 

 

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Where & When

Sat, 19/11/2011 (All day) - Sun, 27/11/2011 (All day)
around the highland

Join Us At Living Food at Cawdor

Come to Living Food at Cawdor. Fun for all the family:

  • Over 50 stalls packed full of local and organic produce and over 20 artisan craft producers.
  • Chefs Theatre with demonstrations from Charlie Lockley of the Boath House,Jim Cowie of the Captains Galley and Bruno Birkbeck from the Torridon Hotel amongst others.
  • Local musicians performing throughout the day
  • Chainsaw carving demonstrations, Woodland classroom sessions, Facepainting, Circus skills, Producers treasure hunt, biodiversity bingo, baby footprints...and delicious food served all day in the Taste of Cawdor marquee.

Rowan staff and volunteers will be joining the Zero Waste Scotland team to promote ideas on how to cut food waste and get composting. It's also a great opportunity to join our growing band of volunteers to help people cut waste across the Highlands. Hope to see you there!

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Where & When

Sat, 24/09/2011 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Cawdor castle

RoWAN A.G.M

Our RoWAN AGM is at 7.30pm Tuesday Sept 6th. We have invited a speaker from H.E.N. (Highland Environmental Network) to talk to us about their work. There will also be an update on our on going project work. All welcome to attend.

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Where & When

Tue, 06/09/2011 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Strathpeffer Community Centre (Smaller room)

Recycle Week -20th to 26th June

Recycle at home and away.

Even the smallest changes to improve recycling at home and when you're out and about  will have a cumulative effect, helping our local environments and enabling Scotland to move towards becoming a zero waste society.

In just 11 years, Scotland’s national recycling rate has risen from 5% to nearly 40%. Highland's rate is 35% and we can do more.

At home, at work and while out and about recycle all you can.

 See the Highland Council or Sort-it  websites for more information about recycling.

 

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Where & When

Mon, 20/06/2011 - 1:00am - Sun, 26/06/2011 - 12:00am

Pumpkin Stall

Come along and check out what to do with your leftover pumpkin.  The Zero Waste Volunteers will be on hand to give advice on composting and reducing food waste.  Free face painting, pumpkin soup to try and seeds to take home.

We are at North Kessock 10-12pm; and Simpsons Garden Centre 2.30-4.30pm.

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Where & When

Sat, 30/10/2010 - 10:00am - 4:30pm
North Kessock Community Market and Simpsons Garden Centre, Inverness

RoWAN's Scarecrow Festival 26th June to 16th July 2010

Golfer ScarecrowCalling all Scarecrows!  RoWAN is holding a Scarecrow Festival.  Scarecrows will beBikini Babe Scarecrow popping up all over the Inverness area as part of a new festival.  The RoWAN Scarecrow Festival is a fun way to get people thinking about food and packaging waste.  Scarecrow makers and voters will pledge to cut down on the food waste they create at home, work or school.  It is open to businesses, households, schools and community groups.  Entry is FREE and the Entry Deadline is now the 15th June.

 There are 3 categories: Read more

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Where & When

Sat, 26/06/2010 - 9:15am - Fri, 16/07/2010 - 9:15am
On-line at www.rowan.org.uk and all over Inverness

Let's Talk Rubbish

 

RoWAN are hosting a talk entitled “Archaeology is Rubbish” by local archaeologist Susan Kruse. Susan will be giving us food for thought with a talk entitled "Archaeology is Rubbish". She will explore the way people have treated rubbish through the ages, from the earliest Mesolithic times through to today. From this perspective she will suggest that there may be valuable lessons from the past, as well as sobering reflections on what archaeologists of the future may think about us today. Read more

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Where & When

Tue, 01/06/2010 - 7:30pm
Dingwall Community Centre

Smart Living @ Eastgate

Eastgate LogoClick here to see the programme of events happening on stage! On 7th-8th May, RoWAN will be hosting a Smart Living exhibition at Eastgate Shopping Centre in parntership with several waste aware organisations. Including: New Start Highland, Energy Saving Trust, Highland Council, Highland Real Nappy Project, Master Composter and New Start Bikes.  Inverness High School and Merkinch PS will also be taking part on the Friday. Read more

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Where & When

Fri, 07/05/2010 - 12:30pm - Sat, 08/05/2010 - 6:00pm
Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness

Gardening and Composting Advice

Come along and ask the Master Composters anything about composting!  Or buy a great raised bed from The Greenhouse and get advice on how to make compost to fill it!  Browse the gardening books and have a look at the demonstration compost bins.

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Where & When

Sat, 03/04/2010 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Greenhouse, Dingwall