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Victory Celebrations at the Town Hall! |
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| Many thanks to our friends and supporters, in particular, Burnley's Bodging Mayor and a heartfelt thanks to our lady Mayoress, and celebrity chef and TV personality Nigel Haworth | ||
| CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE CELEBRATION | ||
| International Victory for Offshoots! |
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Best Green Educational and Sustainability Awareness Project |
| Bees in the Borough - watch the video for information about the project | |
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| Want to create your own Permaculture success? - click here to watch our video | |
| Exciting new programme of Wild Things Kids Club activities -click here |
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The Offshoots Permaculture Project
started in May 1997. Offshoots is housed
in the old walled garden of Towneley Park, Burnley. The site had previously been a
council depot and tree nursery that had
stood derelict for 10 years. As a result of lots of hard work from legions of dedicated volunteers, Offshoots is now a thriving 1 acre organic fruit and vegetable garden boasting 5 different forms of eco-friendly buildings that are renewably powered and used daily. |
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Keeping it real!
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What is Permaculture? |
Earth Care |
People Care |
Fair Shares |
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provision for all life systems to continue and multiply |
provision for people to access those resources necessary to their existence |
by governing our own needs, we can set resources aside to promote Earth Care and People Care |
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Permaculture was developed in the mid-1970’s by two Australian ecologists, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. Their idea was to create stable agricultural processes which did not poison the land and reduce biodiversity. Offshoots is in keeping with these principles. We have solar and wind powered buildings, a kiln for making charcoal, a wildlife pond and reed bed, compost toilet, cob building with oven, organic vegetable production, tree nursery, backyard garden demonstration and beekeeping. Offshoots is a Community Project - it is managed by Groundwork Pennine Lancashire on behalf of the Offshoots Voluntary Project Committee. The Committee is made up of local people who are all actively involved with the Project. Offshoots achieves charitable status through the Permaculture Association. Offshoots involves people from the whole community, either through visitors to the site, volunteers, or through colleges and schools running training courses - Offshoots is for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. |
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Offshoots is managed by Groundwork Pennine Lancashire |
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