Local

• http://opentechcalendar.co.uk/

Recycling & reuse

• Sort It Useful information on how you can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your household waste.
  • Recycling Centres & Points
• recyclelocal If you don't want it, recycle it, locally
• Re:use 'Exchange' Sites

• Community Recycling Network for Scotland
• Edinburgh Charity Shop Map

• Community recycling centres

• Old Dalkeith Road CRC, Craigmillar EH16 4TB
  • 8am - 7.30pm Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday

• Fillyside Road CRC, Seafield EH7 6RD
  • 8am - 7.30pm Monday - Friday. 8am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday. Due to staffing difficulties, the commercial side of Seafield Community Recycling Centre will be closed from noon - 1pm until further no...

• Bankhead Avenue CRC, Sighthill EH11 4EA
  • 8am - 7.30pm Monday - Friday. 8am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday

Services

• Edinburgh Libraries

• FixMyStreet Report, view, or discuss local problems (like graffiti, fly tipping, broken paving slabs, or street lighting)
• FillThatHole.org.uk: The City of Edinburgh Council

• Problems with stair lighting form (edinburgh.gov.uk)

• Locating postboxes: EH1

Power

• electricityinfo.org an independent website providing consumers with environmental information on the UK electricity supply industry

Gift economy

• The Frecycle Network Edinburgh
• Edinburgh Freegle Like Freecycle, but freer.

• Freeconomy Edinburgh

Mutual credit

• Edinburgh LETS (Exchange Trading System)

News

Local/Scotland

• BBC News Edinburgh, East and Fife
• BBC News Scotland

• Edinburgh Outlook News from your Local Council
• Edinburgh Evening News, Facebook, Twitter
• North Edinburgh News

• scotsman.com Twitter
• The Herald
• Indymedia Scotland
  • Events

UK/Europe/World

• BBC News Front page
  • BBC News Video stream
• The Independent
• The Guardian
• EurActiv.com
• euronews | europa
• euronews | world
• New York Times Wire
• Wikinews

• El Reg Biting the hand that feeds IT
• Boing Boing A Directory Of Wonderful Things

• The Big Project News
• Chipwrapper Search UK newspapers

• BBC News: The Editors del.icio.us

Weather

• BBC Weather: Edinburgh
• Met Office: Edinburgh
• School of GeoSciences weather station summary

Maps

OpenStreetMap based

• CloudMade
• OpenCycleMap
• Edinburgh CycleStreets
• Öpnvkarte - public transport map

General maps

• Google Maps
• multimap
• multimap (OS data)
• Streetmap.co.uk

Extra info

• Shaded Relief
• Wikimapia
• loc.alize.us
• Panoramio
• Virtual Globetrotting

• Google Maps w/ annotations
• geograph - photographs for every OS grid square

• Dusk / Dawn :: Sunrise / Sunset :: Calendar and Calculator
• Monthly Sunrise Sunset Times

• Sustrans Transport routes
• Edinburgh Traffic ViaMichelin

• The Megalithic Portal and Map
• Heavens Above Daily predictions for brighter satellites

• Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site

• Automatic Packet Reporting System Stations Near Edinburgh

• GeoHack - Edinburgh - Meta, many map links, most already listed above.

Living and working

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohousing
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cooperative

todo; merge with and update Edinburgh co-operative thoughts

• http://wiki.ic.org/wiki/Category:Types_of_Community

• http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/c-programming-pioneer-hacksf-grid-diy-smart-home/

• http://farmhouse.la/

• http://blog.automicrofarm.com/
• http://www.northernaquafarms.com/knowledgelibrary/NAF_PDF_Files/barrel-ponics-Manual.pdf
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Ezuz_-eZTMI

Coworking

• Coworking - How coworking is changing how and where we work
• http://coworking.com/

• http://www.american.coop/content/technology-freelancers-guide-starting-worker-cooperative

• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/fashion/solo-workers-bond-at-shared-workspaces.html?src=dayp&_r=1&

Power

• http://epoverviews.com/

• http://eu-solar.panasonic.net/en/home/
  • Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability - Oct 1, 2009
  • New Panasonic Lithium-Ion Battery to Power Up a House
  • Panasonic to Begin Mass-production of Long-life Lithium-ion Battery System for Solar-powered Homes in Europe - June 4, 2012

• http://wiki.volkszaehler.org/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonintrusive_load_monitoring
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_fuel_cell

• http://jacquesmattheij.com/how-to-build-a-windmill

• http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21566613-electric-motor-does-not-need-expensive-rare-earth-magnets-reluctant-heroes

Other

• http://www.seasteading.org/
• http://www.indiegogo.com/hackert0wn

• http://freecabinporn.com/

Urbanism

• http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=68d_1346936859

• http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/09/12/160996525/odd-things-happen-when-you-chop-up-cities-and-stack-them-sideways

• http://relogik.com/eko

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2012/oct/22/trampoline-bridge-bounce-river-seine-paris - lol