ECO-CENTRES & COURSES
Over 150 places which offer practical
courses and fun days out
Terena Plowright
Green Books
ISBN10:1 903998 90 5
ISBN13:978 1 903998 90 8
234 x 156mm
192pp
£12.95
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ECO-CENTRES & COURSES
Over 150 places which offer practical courses and fun days out
The only comprehensive guide to practical eco-learning
Would you like to:
- learn how to install a solar panel on your roof?
- build with cob or straw bales?
- learn how to keep bees, or make cider?
- see wind and hydro power in action?
- learn how to safeguard seed varieties for the future?
- take part in a wildlife workshop?
Then you need Eco-Centres & Courses! This book gives over 150 places which offer fun days out and/or practical courses on a wide variety of subjects. Whether you’re looking for an interesting day out or a wanting to learn more about different aspects of green living, Eco-Centres & Courses has the information you need.
Besides listing a large number of courses, Eco-Centres & Courses includes eco-centres both big and small—such as the Eden Project, the Dorset Centre for Rural Skills, the Falmouth Green Centre in Cornwall and the Magdalen Project in Somerset—where you can meet and talk to people working on the development of sustainable lifestyles, and see demonstrations of eco-technologies.
Courses include:
- Designing a forest garden
- Renewable energy basics: wind, solar, hydro, biomass
- Wildlife workshops
- Growing in a hotter climate
- Community plastics recycling
- Alternative building techniques
- Ecovillages
- Organic food production
- Growing uncommon nuts
- Growing herbs
- Making natural cosmetics and healing creams
- Seed saving
- Bee-keeping
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