The Green Shoots workshop gives an insight into seasonal food, nutrition and how bringing it to our tables accounts for about 20% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. Making hand made paper pots with seedlings to take home is an effective way of learning about food and where it comes from.

All plants and materials supplied

Subjects include

Recycling.

Local food.

Organic.

Seasonal food.

Sowing and Planting.

Growing food at home.

Subjects Covered

Food and drink.

Energy and water.

Travel and traffic.

Inclusion and participation.

Local well-being.

Global dimension.

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Earthships are cutting edge ‘green’ buildings, constructed using waste car tyres and other recycled materials. They use the planets natural systems to provide all utilities – using the sun’s energy and rain to provide heat, power and water. They are buildings that heat and cool themselves, harvest their own water and use plants to treat their waste.

Earthships enjoy the weather, regardless of season. If it’s raining they catch free water, if it’s windy they generate free power and if it’s sunny they are capturing free heat and electricity. Apart from using all the resources immediately around them they also employ extensive energy efficiency and water conservation measures, ensuring that the rainwater and renewable energy they harvest goes as far as possible.

When visiting the Earthship we strongly encourage using the Big Lemon Bus Company. Its an alternative to using diesel run buses, the bus is run on 100% recycled cooking oil this is not only an easy way to be green it also makes a fun and educational way to begin and finish the day.

A discount is available if you mention the Earthship.

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