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[edit] Gift economy
- The Frecycle Network Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Freegle Like Freecycle, but freer.
[edit] Mutual credit
[edit] Classifieds
- Gumtree
- craigslist
- flog.co.uk The totally free, classified advertising service
[edit] Recycling & reuse
- Sort It Useful information on how you can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your household waste.
- recyclelocal If you don't want it, recycle it, locally
- Re:use 'Exchange' Sites
[edit] Services
- 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)
[edit] Power
- electricityinfo.org an independent website providing consumers with environmental information on the UK electricity supply industry
[edit] News
[edit] Local/Scotland
- Edinburgh Outlook News from your Local Council
- Edinburgh Evening News, Facebook, Twitter
- North Edinburgh News
[edit] 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
[edit] Weather
[edit] Maps
[edit] OpenStreetMap based
- CloudMade
- OpenCycleMap
- Edinburgh CycleStreets
- Öpnvkarte - public transport map
[edit] General maps
- Google Maps
- multimap
- multimap (OS data)
- Streetmap.co.uk
[edit] Extra info
- Google Maps w/ annotations
- geograph - photographs for every OS grid square
- 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
- GeoHack - Edinburgh - Meta, many map links, most already listed above.
