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What is on the northern Orkney Isles coastlines?

Last year, Greener Orkney scoped out a project whose objective was working with local groups from the northern Orkney isles to carry out coastal cleans of areas where marine litter gathers, to remove that litter and to carry out some analysis of the activity gathered....

Bag the Bruck 2025

Greener Orkney is organising Bag the Bruck during the month of April this year. If you or your organisation can help please do get in touch. This year we are once again only providing gloves for children and therefore request that all adults bring their own gloves. We...

Schedule of beach cleans – Spring 2025

The schedule of beach cleans for this spring is set out above.  Please check back regularly to this website and to our Facebook page in case there are any changes. We look forward to seeing you on the beach!

Tern Cargo Bike… the first season!

Tern Cargo Bike… the first season!

At the end of 2023, a joint application was made between the Stromness Community Garden, Greener Orkney, and Incredible Edible Stromness, for an electric cargo bike, which would ‘join up’ some of the links between these groups. Earlier this year we heard that we had...

Volunteers collect bumper harvest of beach litter

A total of fourteen volunteers were out at the Fourth Barrier and Warebeth (Stromness) on Sunday 3 November collecting beach litter.  Between them they removed 149kg of miscellaneous rubbish in just two hours of collecting. New volunteers are always welcome so if you...

Employment Opportunity

Employment Opportunity

Greener Orkney is offering a full-time position of Orkney Northern Isles-Beach Clean Co-ordinator.  This is a contract position with the work to be completed by March 2025.  Closing date for applications is 9 November and suggested start date 1 December. Please follow...