Knowledge Hub
​Sustainability in Action

Here you will find a series of articles and advice sheets which provide you with all the facts and learning from the many sustainability projects that we understake. We also aim to share our knowledge on a great many green and eco topics and practical ways to live as sustainably as possible. 

These advice sheets and the knowledge sharing, come from the expertees within our team, our tutors and collaborators. It also stems from our dogged determination to remain as green and sustainable as possible in every layer of our work, teaching and activities, as a learning centre and charity in the UK.   

Advice Sheets

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Articles

Growing

​​On the Wild Side
By Janet Hammerton

Making a case for letting the wild in to all garden spaces and working with and not against nature in our own back yards.

​The sights and sounds of these forays into wildness became so embedded in my consciousness that as an adult I instantly respeond to wild spaces with joy, I feel my body relax and my breath ease.

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Growing Your Own Food
By Rachel Mairey

Its April and the last couple of weeks have brought unprecedented uncertainty. Why not beat supermarket shortages and get your minds busy with growing food.

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Health

​Make Cleaver Tea
By Sarah Hillyer

You have probably picked Cleavers as a child and thrown them to stick on your friends’ clothing, with their Velcro-like hairs. Yoiu can also use cleavers to make a refreshing tea.

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Nature Meditation
By Jonathon Huet

Being in nature uplifts our mind and body and many look to nature as a place for healing and personal growth. In this guided meditation you can connect to nature and allow it to infiltrate your entire life.

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Craft

Painting as Meditation
By Janet Hammerton
 
" I have found that painting helps to anchor me in my quest for a deeper peace and awareness of the world around me and so I include painting here as a meditative pastime and an aid to well-being." 

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Make a St Brigid Cross
By Louise Arthur

A Brigid cross is usually woven from rushes. Typically it has four arms tied at the ends and a woven square in the middle. Watch this delightful short film, where you can join Louise crafting away in her shed.   
 
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​Young People in the Wild
By Jonathon Huet

The Sustainability Centre in conjunction with Jubilee Hillcrest School has been creating long-term conservation tasks to instill a fondness for nature for young people, to appreciate the wild landscape and improve lowland woodlands and chalk-downland of the South downs.

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Go Eco for Easter
By Julie Aplin

Decorate your own individual paper mache Easter Eggs. Have fun filling them with quality chocolate or home-made cookies?

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