Falls Brook Centre is offeringan exciting range of educational, hands-on and demonstrational workshops that are appropriate for groups all ages and interests.
For a full day visit, you can select up to 3 of the workshop themes listed below. Each workshop will run for 90 minutes and includes a mix of indoor, outdoor and hands-on activities that will get participants thinking about sustainability, ecology and justice in new and exciting ways!
The day will begin with a tour of the centre’s facilities and an introduction to FBC’s four program areas: Forest Stewardship, Appropriate Technology, Organic Agriculture and Community Development.
Food at Home– Local and Organic
- Learn how far your average meal travels
- Sustainable eating games and activities
- Get your hands dirty in our organic garden
Composting– For Your Yard and the Planet
- Get up close and personal with a compost heap!
- Learn about worms and other critters that make
agriculture possible
Global Currents– Food Security and Justice
- International food sovereignty and human rights
- Seeds: The beginning and end of sustainability
- Learn about our kitchen garden projects in Central America, and cook an international snack on an efficient model woodstove!
Natural Building Materials– Strawbale Homes
- See a slideshow of the construction of a straw house
- Visit our Strawbale Museum
- Learn the basics of alternative building materials
Acadian Forest Walk
- Fresh air and exercise!
- Enjoy the beauty of New Brunswick’s native forest!
- Tree and plant identification
Wetland Experience
- Go ‘critter dipping’ in the pond
- Learn about beavers and visit an old beaver dam
- Learn about the importance of wetlands for people
Waste Management
- The 6 Rs...yes, there are 6 of them!
- Visit an active compost pile
- Waste audit– take a closer look at your lunch
Puppetry and Theatre Leadership
- Create a skit or puppet show of your own
- Build ecological leadership and team work
- Learn to use drama as a tool for social change
Self-Reliant Rural Living
- Learn the fundamentals of self-reliant living
- Composting and waste management, kitchen
gardens, storing food for winter and seed saving
Off-Grid Living
- Environmental benefits of renewable energy
- Learn about local and overseas projects
- Hands-on system sizing exercise
Netmetering and Community Power
- Power policies in NB and elsewhere
- Tour our netmetering facility
- Exercise: calculate payback time
Solar Thermal
- Learn about different types of thermal systems
- Visit solar thermal drying and heating systems
- Economic analysis of solar water heating
Solar Electric
- Introduction to solar photovoltaics
- Solar resource evaluation exercise
- Build your own solar battery charger
Wind Power
- Introduction to wind power
- Wind power resource evaluation exercise
- Lower and analyse the small wind tower onsite
