Active Travel, Active Hope - daytime event and 24 hour relay

"[P]athways are valuable only if they are used. Humanity has procrastinated for far too long on climate change - now we have to walk the path, or rather we have to run it." - Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett Carnac

Join A+E (a socially engaged art project) and St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh as we celebrate active travel and active hope in response to the climate and ecological crisis.

Supported by the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans), this event reframes Active Travel in the context of Active Hope: a practical and joyful approach to engaging with difficult world situations by moving from overwhelm to empowered action.

Alongside guided walks, talks, performances, info stalls, tours of the bell tower, exhibitions, art workshops, and a bike repair station, this event celebrates the recently opened cycle path along Bishop's Walk, and includes a 24 hour relay around the perimeter of the cathedral.

The relay is a symbol of the individual and collective energy we need to address the climate and ecological crisis, political polarisation and war; to transform the land within our care into a place of healing and renewed hope.

Daytime event: 10am-2pm, 9th May 2026
Relay and vigil: 12pm 9th May - 12pm 10th May

Join us on the day for this celebratory event. If you can contribute to the relay please do. Contact details below. All speeds and ages welcome: both tortoise and hare! (Running, walking, wheeling - whatever suits you!)

'[C]elebration is characterized by action. Celebrations that can be called creative ... are marked by the active participation of the whole celebrating community. ... [A]cted out in assembly, the celebration becomes a tensive symbol - an environment for the creation and realization of life.' - Elochukwu E. Uzukwu

Book a free ticket or drop-in on the day!

To find out more, or to sign-up for the 24 hour relay and vigil (with time slots allocated by negotiation), please email [email protected]. More information and programme updates to follow.

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