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JM Country Park Work Day
[ January 21, 2012; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Friends of John Muir Country Park
The next work day will be on Saturday 21st January 2012
The job for the day will be to remove the old fencing from the plantation near the Tyne Estuary
We will meet at Linkfield car park at 10am and will finish around 2pm
Please bring warm clothing, study shoes, waterproofs and lunch
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Photo Sharing Social Evening
[ February 8, 2012; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Friends Social Event with Photo Sharing
Wednesday 8th February, 7.30pm at John Muir’s Birthplace
Following on from similar very successful events in the past, we plan to do the same again! Members are encouraged to show and talk about three of their favourite images. 5 minutes per person! Refreshments will also be served! If you wish to [...]
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Annual General Meeting
[ October 12, 2011; 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. ] Notice of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace will be held on
Wednesday 12th October 2011 at 7.15pm for 7.30pm
Dunbar Town House, High Street, Dunbar
Agenda
(i) Report on year’s activities
(ii) Filling any vacancies on Council*
(iii) Other competent business*
Non-members will be warmly welcomed
Following the AGM there will be an illustrated talk
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One touch of nature makes all kin
[ August 6, 2011 to September 4, 2011. ] This exhibition in John Muir’s Birthplace was inspired by John Muir’s life and writing and has drawn together 28 established and emerging contemporary artists and poets from across Scotland and beyond. Further details at One touch of nature makes all kin | Sustaining Dunbar and one touch of nature : makes all kin | Susie [...]
Sand Sculpture Competition
[ August 6, 2011; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] The annual Friends sand sculpture competition is on Saturday 6th August, to be precise, from 11am to 3pm, at the East Beach in Dunbar. It is at the east end of that beach, accessed from the bottom of the Golf House Road. There are prizes for the best John
Muir-themed sculpture (some years have seen castles, [...]
Earth Day – Advocating John Muir’s vision
[ April 22, 2011; ] John Muir’s Birthday followed by Earth Day – the ideal opportunity for:
Advocating John Muir’s vision | Billion Acts of Green
John Muir Guided Walk
[ April 21, 2011; 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Celebrate John Muir’s birthday with a guided walk around the places that were important to the young John growing up in Dunbar in the 1840s. What games did he play? Find out about ‘sookin in goats’ and Dandy Doctors’. That helped keep him out of trouble! Tean and cake at the Birthplace after the walk. [...]
John Muir the Writer
[ April 18, 2011; ] Monday 18th April to Saturday 7th May
Celebrating John Muir’s written legacy. As well as his campaigns to protect wildness and travel journals, Muir explored poetry and wrote many letters to family and friends.
Venue: Gibb Room, Dunbar Library
John Muir Birthday – Earth Day Celebration
[ April 16, 2011; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Yet another major Muir-related event. This event is organised and hosted by the American equivalent of Friends – the John Muir Association – at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California.
Earth Day Celebration
John Muir inspired people all over the world to “keep close to nature’s heart.” In this spirit, we celebrate John Muir’s [...]
John Muir in the New World
[ April 18, 2011; 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Although the following documentary film is only showing in the US on the PBS channel – so the time stated is for a US timezone – Friends… thought this news to be worthy of wider publicity. Perhaps we could arrange a showing of the video in conjunction with Dunbar Film?
John Muir in the New World
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