the GROW network: Forest School Training

Monday, April 27, 2015

There a still a few places left on the Forest School training course in Galway, well worth doing if you're interested in getting kids out into nature again and if you're inner kid is dying to go an play in the woods!

Forest School Leadership Training Galway website

Forest School Leadership Training - Galway - facebook page.

Meet GROW...Lucy Bell

Lucy Bell is an organic horticulturalist and community artist from Kildare. Lucy is co-author of 'The Year Round Organic School Garden' with Kerry Earth Education Project and irish Seedsavers, which specialises in aiding schools set up organic school gardens. Lucy is a heritage specialist for the 'heritage in Schools' scheme, and has been setting up organic school gardens for over 5 years now with KEEP in Kerry and with GROW in Kildare. Lucy is also a facilitator with Sustianable Energy Authority of Ireland, facilitating priimary and secondary school education workshops based on climate change and energy efficiency .

Meet GROW...Pat Bell

Pat Bell is a mechanical engineer with over 30 years experience in sustainable energy. As a founder director of ENTRAC (1996-2009) he worked mainly for the European Commission on sustainable transport projects. While in the Irish Energy Centre he pioneered the introduction of energy issues into Irish schools. He is currently striving to achieve zero carbon status for his house which has one of the few grid connected photovoltaic (PV) systems in the country (see posts of July 16, 2012 and March 27, 2012 respectively).

He is an active member of Birdwatch Ireland, Bat Conservation Ireland and Butterfly Conservation Ireland (see post of March 4, 2012) in addition to working on his award winning biodiversity suburban garden.

This is Pat's new blog: https://therecordingbellandthebutterfly.wordpress.com/

the GROW network

Monday, April 27, 2015

Forest School Training - Galway, July 2015

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