World climate leader Greta Thunberg calls for global panic. A global crisis but one calling for a local response. It is clear our governments are paralyzed in the face of this challenge, absolutely unable to actually do anything seemingly other than water down agreements they still fail to fulfill. It takes a school pupil to…
Read MoreWe can be confident in saying that we really dont know the answers of how to respond to the huge challenge that is cliamte change. It is a many headed beast and is going to affect us in all sorts of ways we cannot anticipate. We need to mitigate and adapt we are told but…
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Here is a another big conversation that needs to he had. As a housing co-operative group we actually began the process in 2013 in Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant, talking the future of energy and how that will impact on our lives, are we in any way prepared for what is coming? Climate change Oil depletion Escalating…
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The theme for Week 3 was ‘Catch and Store Energy.’ The first taught session with the class aimed to explore how natural systems function – specifically in the context of soil ecosystems and trophic pyramids. To begin we introduced the theme of soil, and asked students to think about something they probably hadn’t really thought…
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We have been back in school working with year 10 Welsh Baccalaureate students this week. On Wednesday Steve and Jemma gave a session based around the theme of ‘Observation.’ Jemma created a worksheet for students to work on as the lesson progressed. First students were asked about progress on their Severn Suzuki-inspired speeches. The class…
Read MoreOne School One Planet is a groundbreaking educational project, emanating from Llanfyllin in Mid-Wales but with a global outlook. Following the success of our first year (2016-17), we have secured funding from Arwain/LEADER and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for a further two years of work on the project! The project simply asks…
Read MoreOn Saturday afternoon, April 22nd 2017, members of the Llanfyllin Transition Project team and recent Sector39 permaculture graduates from Chester and Reading launched a new leaflet in Llanfyllin in celebration of Earth Day and in solidarity with the global march for climate science. The leaflet gives some basic information about the Paris Climate Agreement, which…
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