PRACTICAL SELF SUFFICIENCY
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Since our move to Cornwall we have run courses to help attendees understand low impact technology and to become intelligent customers in the green marketplace.
New course dates for 2010
All the information for the 2010 courses are listed below. The courses include: an Introduction to Sustainable Living, How to make your own Biodiesel, Harness the Wind and Make the most of your Water. Plus we're adding some exciting new courses to our repertoire for 2010: Eco-Engineering, Poultry for Beginners, Build an Earth Oven in a Day, and Managing a Sustainable Smallholding.
The courses are run by either Dick Strawbridge or James Strawbridge.
To book a course
Courses are first come first served so to register interest please email to courses@newhousefarm.tv stating the course you are interested in.
All the available dates for 2010 are now shown.
For further details on each course and for booking information click the course title.
An introduction to all aspects of sustainable living in the 21st century, led by Dick Strawbridge with assistance from James Strawbridge. This involves looking at all the systems we have at Newhouse Farm including practical demonstrations of self sufficiency, solar power, water power and management, harnessing wind power, waste management (recycling/ compost loos), biodiesel. Click here for more information.
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29th August (FULLY BOOKED!)
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29th October
Dick Strawbridge will teach you to make your own biodiesel from cooking oil and talk you through all the pitfalls of using biodiesel. There is theory, but in a digestible form, and at the end of your course you will be able to make your own biodiesel reactor and have the confidence to conduct titrations and turn out high grade biodiesel. Click here for more information.
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Dates Available: 16th October
COURSES
If you are not scared of DIY and want to understand more about renewable technology then this is the course for you. You will get to understand how to generate electricity from wind turbines, water turbines, solar panels (both PV and thermal) and how to determine the system that best suits you needs, and if that’s not enough you will also get to understand the ins and outs of making biodiesel! This course is led by Dick Strawbridge. Click here for more information.
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28th August (FULLY BOOKED!)
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17th October,
Dick Strawbridge will explain what is achievable from a given blades, turbine and mast. Siting, planning, best bang for the bucks, to grid link, or not to grid link, all will be answered. As well as theory and demonstrations, during the course the attendees will be given a whole collection of bits and we will build a system that will make electricity - the only thing we can‘t guarantee is the wind! Click here for more information.
We held this course on 21st February 2010, but will be planning to hold another one later in the year. Please email us to express your interest and be placed on the waiting list.
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21st November
This course covers waterwheels, turbines, demand pumps and hydraulic ram pumps. If you have a source of water Dick Strawbridge will explain how to exploit it. As well as theory and demonstrations, between us we‘ll turn a pile of plumbing bits into a ram pump and, with a little luck, it will work! Click here for more information.
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30th October
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