Green Shoots is a captivating activity giving insight into how food is responsible for our carbon footprint. Planting paper pots with  seedlings  is an effective way of learning about recycling and growing food.

All plants and materials supplied

Subjects include

Recycling.

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Food miles.

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 sewage.

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.

Topics covered

• Sc1 – Scientific Enquiry
• Sc2 – Life processes and living things.
• Sc3 – Materials and their properties
• Sc4 – Physical processes

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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.

There is a discount available if you mention the Earthship.

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