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Pyromania! rockets to rumfords…

Do you like to burn stuff?  You are not alone!

Fire has been at the heart of community since time immemorial. The Pyro-courses take a sacred and a profane look into this element.

The practical focus looks at ways for heating and cooking on burning wood fuel extremely efficiently.

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Natural Learning Cycle- A toolkit for youth and outdoor learning providers.

Natural Learning Cycle- A toolkit for youth and outdoor learning providers

This residential training course is for people who work with young people. This experiential learning course will give both an experiential immersion, clear pedagogical method and a realistic pathway to apply the methods you have learned into your existing program structure. 

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Keep it arboreal…

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I’m ready to announce that my apprenticeship with Alaistair Cunningham of Inverness Trees has begun!

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Muddy Tasters!

Subsoil and soulful cob discovery sessions…

Laura Gamwell and I are very pleased to offer some affordable, practical and enjoyable Cob-building taster sessions that we have dubbed (or is that daubed?!) -Muddy Tasters!

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Where men and mushrooms meet…

Some of the best ideas are cooked up around campfires… and this years Hairth O’Knokrach was no exception.

I, like many folk have become completely fascinated by mycelia and have been immersing myself in the subject of late.  A longstanding friend, Mark Williams knows a thing or two about the Fungi family, and has been offering his expertise through his company Galloway Wild Foods.

We dreamed up a perfect journey, in prime fungi season; traveling by open canoe through the spectacular Speyside valley.

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