Welcome to Eco Valley

Ideas Day 2010

The story so far…

Eco Valley: Day One at ‘The Grand’

80 students representing 6 Ribble Valley schools.

8 mixed school teams - individual professional roles:

• Managing Director• Architects• Land Surveyors• Landscape Designers• Marketing Manager• Brand Manager• Sustainability Officer

• Teamwork, communication, enterprise skills• Design ideas exchanged and discussed• Final designs issued to the director• Speech and presentation to judges by the

Director and Architect. • Three winning teams selected

(30 students)

Eco Valley: Day One at ‘The Grand’

• Arrival at Pendle Fisheries – the site of our Eco Classroom

• Site tour

• Role group tasks:

Management - preparation for Launch DaySurveyors - setting out (c2 = a2 + b2)Architects - building design Landscapers - landscape design

Eco Valley: Day Two – On Site

• Management Team roles decided• Launch Day further preparations• Speeches• Invitations• Sustainably sourced refreshments• Power point• Name badges

Eco Valley: Day Three – Team Meeting

• A Sustainable Vision for all• Raise awareness of our global impact:

Environmental issues, poverty, health, increasing consumption, debt, unsustainable human development, increasing amounts of waste

• Community building available for everyone • Lots of people + education = BIG CHANGES• Support Clitheroe’s Transition Town aspirations• Bring the community together through

education• Global warming awareness• Demonstrate everyday sustainable practice• To make the world a better place

Sustainability – Our Aims

Architecture

• Renewable Energy• Sustainable Materials• Local supply chain• Recycled• Reused• No waste• Minimal transportation of materials (max 50 mile radius)• Flexible Learning Environment• Indoors meets outdoors• Information Centre• Access for All

Landscaping

• Natural Environment• Composting• Polytunnels• Beehives• Retention of existing species• Recycled Material in hard landscaping• Rainwater Harvesting• Raised beds for easy access • Orchard

Support“Thank you to everyone for your kind words and letters of support. We really value your help!!!”

We hope you enjoyed our presentation…

Thank you for listening!

The Eco Valley Team