A fundamental part of our education role at Arthog is to engage students with the natural world and inspire and empower them towards taking more responsibility for looking after their planet. For schools wanting to do more, we can incorporate a conservation project into the course, qualifying students for a John Muir Award.   www.johnmuiraward.org

 

 

We start with the 'Arthog' environment.............here you will see carparks made of plastic mesh protecting grass rather than concrete. You will see literally hundreds of trees that have been planted. You will see a majority of new fuel efficient Diesel minibuses.You will see Double glazing, heat exchangers, and other attempts to retain heat.   

Then there is our local environment: We try to make minimum impact, but 5000 pairs of feet a year are a lot, so we try and reduce our impact on particular venues by varying them and using them sensitvely. We do pick up our own litter and regularly do litter sweeps on local beaches. We work with local landowners to reduce the impact of Rhododendrons. We keep our group sizes as small as economically practical. We rebuild walls where we can. We keep our groups on paths where they exist, and don't add to human path errosion.

The global picture can be seen clearly, many of the plastic bottles we pick up off the beach have foreign languages on them : what we do here has global impact Our buses bringing students to Arthog should be full both ways if we can facilitate it. Individuals carbon and other footprints might seem small but around 5000 people visit Arthog annually.....................and there are over 300 Outdoor education centres in Great Britain................the message is  'even a liittle helps and if everyone does at least a little, then a lot will happen'

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