Upcoming courses
11-13 September 2020
An Introduction to Permaculture and Meditation
2–4 October 2020
An Introduction to Permaculture, Vegan Cooking, Fermentation and Foraging
23-25 October 2020
An Introduction to Permaculture and Meditation
Future courses: 6-8 November 2020 – Permaculture, Vegan Cooking, Fermentation and Foraging.
Surviving lockdown at the farm
We’re back! We had to cancel three courses because of coronavirus, but we made it through lockdown...
Filling the pond, burning wood, planting trees…
Winter has well and truly arrived here at The Big Raise and the pond is full for the first time...
New course dates for 2020, food growing and bottling, WWOOFers and fields of gold
Good news – our September permaculture and meditation course was full (and the participants were...
Global warming is melting our sense of time
On June 20, in the small Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, north of the Arctic Circle, a heat wave...
May 2020 was hottest ever recorded on Earth
Earth had its hottest May ever [recorded] last month, continuing an unrelenting climate change...
Scientists find coronavirus crisis has had little impact on overall CO2 concentration trend
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen strongly to a new peak this year, despite the...
E is for Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion is an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience in an...
S is for Schools Strike (for the climate)
When she realised that her generation wouldn’t have a future unless the world’s politicians acted...
M is for Milk
You want milk for your breakfast, but you’re starting to think that cow’s milk, which is mostly...