WWOOF - World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms blog - opportunity to join a low-impact smallholding in Devon << read other blog articles Posted: Jun 21, 2013, by Shaun Chamberlin of the Ecological Land Co-op the land at Greenham Reach Here's some background to the Ecological Land Co-op's project in Devon, and here's a post celebrating the fact that they were successful in their planning application. Now they're looking for people. Over to Shaun. I am seeking one or more people with ecological growing experience who would like to help me establish a low-impact smallholding on a beautiful five-and-a-half acre piece of land on the Devon/Somerset border. We have been working on the project for several years – the land is bought, and two months ago planning permission was secured to build a house on the site, so we are finally in a position to get started. A positive consequence though is that I am able to offer an opportunity to others who may be interested in living a low-impact lifestyle on the land, rent-free. Shaun Chamberlin
Moor Trees Plan-it Earth, Sancreed, Cornwall - Home Plan-it Earth Eco Project offers a variety of Eco Holidays, Environmental Education Programs, Courses and Events at a traditional smallholding in an idyllic eco-friendly location near Penzance, Cornwall. As well as Environmental Education we also offer three types of Eco Holidays: Roundhouse Holidays - we now offer Self-catering, Eco-friendly holidays in one of our two gorgeous roundhouses: an opportunity for a romantic or family week of back to nature experience in unique, stunning accommodation! Eco Adventure Camps - long weekend adventure holidays aimed at providing groups and families with a nurturing and instructive taste of living sustainably. An opportunity to explore how you can reduce your environmental impact, whilst having a fun outdoor activity holiday. All our activities are designed to be environmentally sensitive and sustainable, and we actively encourage all our visitors in working towards their stay being entirely Carbon Neutral.
Ecological Land Co-operative ‘The Hillyfield’ A Woodland Farm on Dartmoor This is the virtual porthole for The Hillyfield, a beautiful wooded valley in Devon. Find out about forthcoming events, activities, and opportunities at this heavenly woodland farm on Dartmoor. Check out the ‘GET INVOLVED’ page (using the top-bar) to find out what’s going on right now. We are beginning to re-develop this website to make it more accessible. Please be patient if we are slow to update information at this time. Acoustic Haven - March 28th and April 25thOur woodland fundraiser is back on the last friday of each month until end of April. March 28th features two exquisite acts. Master Mbira player Chartwell Dutiro, and the awesome string quartet Collectress. check Chartwell Dutiro’s music online and Collectress at www.collectress.com Tickets can be bought at Sacks Wholefoods at the top of Totnes narrows - or at www.wegottickets.com The Great Hillyfield Egg Hunt Bank Holiday Monday - April 21st. Introducing The Hillyfield Community Interest Company New Access for Hillyfield
Action for Happiness Paper Flowers Japanese Kusudama, this tutorial is featured on Craftuts Anyone can do that, I assure you. The proof: I can, just take a quick look at my result below. And, believe me, I am neither meticulous nor particularly patient. You could even say I’m the opposite. Below you can see my very first attempt to create paper flowers. What you will need to make your own Kusudama paper ball? 1. 3. 4. (optionally) I prefer torn paper instead of cut. You have to start with a single petal. Now you have to glue your 5 petals into a flower. Apply the glue to only one side of each petal, except for the last one, in this case cover both sides with glue. Your first flower is done. Don’t glue every petal right after you make it. When all 12 flowers are finished you have to glue them together. When two halves of Kusudama Flower Ball are ready you have to glue them together.
justfortheloveofit.org | Promoting Skillsharing | Learn Skills, share tools, save money and make great new friends Pink Tree Wood Fair, Delamore, Cornwood, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 9QT PledgeBank - Tell the world "I'll do it, but only if you'll help" Sean Hellman - Woodwright Designs People and the planet This project was a major study investigating the links between global population and consumption, and the implications for a finite planet. The final report People and the Planet was published on 26 April 2012. Rapid and widespread changes in the world’s human population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption present profound challenges to human health and wellbeing, and the natural environment. The combination of these factors is likely to have far reaching and long-lasting consequences for our finite planet and will impact on future generations as well as our own. These impacts raise serious concerns and challenge us to consider the relationship between people and the planet. It is not surprising then, that debates about population have tended to inspire controversy. This report is offered, not as a definitive statement on these complex topics, but as an overview of the impacts of human population and consumption on the planet.
the hothouse band