Sustainable Communities Initiatives
Description
Sustainable Communities Initiative Scotland (SCI Scotland) is an educational charity founded in 2000. Sustainable Communities Initiatives is a charity based in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. It was established in 2000 to support and take actions to:
- promote sustainable lifestyles
- minimise waste
- protect natural environment
- build sustainable communities
The mission is being achieved through:
- workshops
- green ways days
- eco school days
- storytelling
- team building activities
- festivals
- guided tours
SCI runs Earthship Fife Visitor Centre - the first Earthship built in United Kingdom. This year is its 10th anniversary. The construction programme started in July 2002 during an intensive 8-day building programme with American Earthship builders, including Earthship pioneer Michael Reynolds, and 11 trainees from across Scotland and England. From July 2002 - 2004 more than 200 volunteers completed the Earthship during weekends and work experience days.
An Earthship is a passive solar building with thermal mass. This means that it maintains a comfortable living temperature year round. It is made from natural and recycled materials - predominantly earth-rammed tyres and aluminium cans. It is powered by renewable energy, such as wind, water and solar power. It catches its own water supply from rainwater, and treats and contains its own sewage in planter beds.
Earthships are a concept, not a set design. They can be adapted for any climate worldwide. Earthships offer people the opportunity to build their own homes and make a conscious decision to live lightly on the earth.
Earthship Fife Visitor Centre is open every Thursday and Friday from 11am to 2pm.
Feel free to drop by and have a look around the Earthship and our Mongolian Yurt, take an audio tour and have a cup of tea/coffee.
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Christmas Fair at Kinghorn Loch
Christmas Fair
Saturday 3 December 1-4 pm Cafe/Shop: Barn at the Loch (Facebook) Cafe/Shop: Barn at the Loch (Twitter) Wreath-making Storytelling Christmas crafts Workshops Supported by Fife Council http://sci-scotland.org.uk/2016/11/16/christmas-fair
Natural Connections - vote for us now in the Aviva Community Fund
Please vote for us so that we can run a 12 month outdoor learning programme for children aged 8-12! Only one week left. All you need to do is register with your name, email address and a password, then click the link in the email they send you and you can vote for us TEN times. Yes, ten! If everyone who likes our Facebook page voted, we would win :)
sci-scotland.org.uk
Hi Folks SCI has applied for a one-year Natural Connections projects for kids struggling at school. It's a voting system so I wonder if I could ask you to consider supporting it by clicking the link below. If you think it's a good idea to get kids that are not coping so well with school and family life outside in the woods every month for a year - to get themselves connected to a good path again - them please click below. [ 80 more words ] http://sci-scotland.org.uk/2016/10/23/1890
Timeline Photos
We're at Edinburgh Eco Fair at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall today! Come see us, you can even buy an earthship toolkit book :)
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The fire is lit! Come along at 2pm to learn how to make a rocket stove and get some yummy food, we've got the perfect weather for it :)
Wolf Ways - October Holiday Club
It's Not Rocket Science!
It’s not Rocket Science!
Saturday 8 October 2016 2-6pm - at Earthship Fife, Kinghorn Loch Learn how to build a Rocket Stove from a bean tin. Then stay for delicious warming food and a fire themed family ceilidh 2pm Rocket Stove demonstration workshop 4pm Fire ceilidh and food - bring a bowl and a story, song or poem if you can Sustainable Communities Initiatives - paula@sci-scotland.org.uk - 0796 006 3731 http://sci-scotland.org.uk/2016/09/18/its-not-rocket-science
WolfWays October 2016
WolfWays October Holiday Club Oct 10 -14, 9am - 5pm 7-12 year olds Earthship Fife, Kinghorn Loch Nature connection through play, challenges and listening Experienced Outdoor Educator & PVG member tel 0796 006 3731 - paulacowie1@gmail.com http://sci-scotland.org.uk/2016/09/14/wolfways-october-2016
Monthly Volunteers Needed for Earthship Maintenance!
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