Events

Explore a new timber-frame home with straw bale insulation, airtightness & ventilation technologies, solar PV & rainwater harvesting

Explore a new timber-frame home with straw bale insulation, airtightness & ventilation technologies, solar PV & rainwater harvesting

Homesteading, green building, upcycling & repairing are all on the itinerary for this year's grand tour!

Visit the National Trust's straw-bale Footprint building & hear how this quirky, handsome centre was constructed

Drop in with Simply Repair South Lakes to get your clothes and gadgets mended for free by community volunteers.

Visit the 100kW hydro turbine powering the James Cropper paper mill.

Join Burneside Community Energy to hear how solar PV & a business partnership are benefitting their area.

See how an ordinary '70s bungalow went from an E energy rating to an A+!

See how an ordinary '70s bungalow went from an E energy rating to an A+!

Learn about the principles of the Passivhaus approach to creating low-energy buildings.

Visit a new home built using Passivhaus ideas & features, on a budget.

Bring along broken items to be repaired at this pop-up repair café in Appleby.

Get worn or broken items fixed, and help re-home unwanted items, all for free!

Visit a new home built using Passivhaus ideas & features, on a budget.

Visit a new home built using Passivhaus ideas & features, on a budget.

See how an older house can be upgraded for ultra-low energy use, featuring clever technologies

Learn how to forage for wild food at this hands-on workshop.

See how an older house can be upgraded for ultra-low energy use, featuring clever technologies

Find out about the 'no-dig' way of growing veg at a private veg garden, polytunnel & orchard.

Our tastiest event! Sample a low-carbon menu at the National Trust's Sticklebarn & hear about their hydro power.

Learn about growing & arranging your own cut flowers. Make a posy to take home!

Includes simple ways to boost water temperature from back boiler and solar PV

Includes simple ways to boost water temperature from back boiler and solar PV

This new food hub in Kendal will save food that would otherwise go to waste and make it available to those who need it.

Got something that’s broken? Don’t bin it – get it fixed for free at the Repair Café!

Learn about using free pallet wood for projects including how to find & split them. You’ll make a pallet box to take away.

Tour the Eden Insulation factory where they make insulated, airtight timber frames for highly energy-efficient buildings.

Find out what it’s like to live in an ultra-low-energy home, certified to Passivhaus standard.

Find out what it’s like to live in an ultra-low-energy home, certified to Passivhaus standard.

Find out how a solar PV and battery system can work well without a south-facing roof.

Gain inspiration to make your life more sustainable, from food & mending to relationships & shelter.

Find out how a solar PV and battery system can work well without a south-facing roof.

Find out how a solar PV and battery system can work well without a south-facing roof.

See an amazing transformation under way, with green roof, lime insulation, airtightness layer & Passivhaus technologies.

Gain inspiration to make your life more sustainable, from food & mending to relationships & shelter.

Find out how a solar PV and battery system can work well without a south-facing roof.

Find out how a solar PV and battery system can work well without a south-facing roof.

See an amazing transformation under way, with green roof, lime insulation, airtightness layer & Passivhaus technologies.

Learn about financial & technical changes in renewable energy, battery storage & electric vehicles.

This film addresses the most significant challenges now facing humanity and how we can navigate them.

Eco-I 2019 brings together academia, industry and policy to drive eco-innovation to solve key global challenges.

Stunning low-energy home designed to principles that harmonise it with the occupants.

Stunning low-energy home designed to principles that harmonise it with the occupants.

A week-long call for international climate strikes starting on 20 September 2019.

Learn about types of lime, benefits, when and how to use it for pointing, plastering, insulation & more.

Hop on board for a chance to learn about life in an innovative co-housing complex.

Get an introduction to the essentials of growing your own fruit and vegetables at this full-day course.

See how the #ReadyForRain house is being transformed to a warm, dry, flood-resilient home.

See how the #ReadyForRain house is being transformed to a warm, dry, flood-resilient home.

See how the #ReadyForRain house is being transformed to a warm, dry, flood-resilient home.

See how the #ReadyForRain house is being transformed to a warm, dry, flood-resilient home.

Get an introduction to the essentials of growing your own fruit and vegetables at this full-day course.

Visit a renovated 16th century farmhouse with woodland, veg gardens & food landscaping, composting toilet, solar & wood heating.

Learn about techniques & materials for insulating traditionally built properties.

A free workshop to help food sector businesses and hospitality venues reduce their carbon footprint

This hands-on training covers installing insulation and airtightness membranes, tapes and seals.

See how an ordinary '70s bungalow went from an E energy rating to an A+!

This hands-on training covers installing insulation and airtightness membranes, tapes and seals.

Join us for a practical guide to cutting your carbon footprint with the UK’s leading carbon expert.

See how an ordinary '70s bungalow went from an E energy rating to an A+!

One man’s mission to document climate change around the world. Ashley Cooper delivers the 2019 ‘One World’ talk at Borderlines Book Festival.

Pete Postlethwaite is an archivist in the future, looking back at 2008 to understand why we failed to stop climate change. Screening by Miller Clear Architects.

Learn about types of lime, benefits, when and how to use it for pointing, plastering, insulation & more.

Tour this ultra-low-energy home with clever technologies, with a Passivhaus consultant.

Tour this ultra-low-energy home with clever technologies, with a Passivhaus consultant.

Tour this ultra-low-energy home with clever technologies, with a Passivhaus consultant.

Bring along broken goods and our volunteers will have a go at fixing them - free!

Gain inspiration to make your life more sustainable, from food & mending to relationships & shelter.

Visit an off-grid, deep eco-retrofit of a traditional upland farmhouse and renewable energy system in an attractive rural location.

Gain inspiration to make your life more sustainable, from food & mending to relationships & shelter.

Visit an off-grid, deep eco-retrofit of a traditional upland farmhouse and renewable energy system in an attractive rural location.