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Living Lightly on the Earth: a Fieldweek at the Centre for Alternative Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

David Hicks ,
Andy Bord  and
Richard Ward
David Hicks
Affiliation:
Bath Spa University College, UK
Andy Bord
Affiliation:
Bath Spa University College, UK
Richard Ward
Affiliation:
Bath Spa University College, UK
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Abstract

Having ascended the water-powered cliff railway that takes us from the carpark up to the main site we stand on the cantilevered deck of the upper station looking out across the hills and autumn colours of the wooded Dulas valley below us. The branches on the silver birches are whipped by a cold wind blowing in from the Dovey estuary as we turn to walk across the old slate workings that are now the site of one of the best known eco-centres in Europe. Later, having been given a guided tour of the site, we retire to our self-catering cabins where we split and stack the wood that will later keep us warm. The annual Gobal Futures fieldweek at the Centre for Alternative Technology has come round again.

Type
Stories from Practice
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 15: Volume 15-16 , 1999 , pp. 147 - 151
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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