The learning behind it.
A five-day programme that moves from local ecosystems to global ones and back again. Students investigate the coast or Dartmoor on their doorstep, spend a day in the Eden Project's rainforest and Mediterranean biomes, and see conservation in practice at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, finishing with a sustainability challenge they present as a team. Choose a coastal base or a Dartmoor base with a lake day of kayaking and raft building.
What students take away
- Biodiversity and ecosystems, local and global
- Climate change and sustainability
- Conservation and food systems
- Design, communication and problem-solving
An indicative outline
- LocalCoastal or moorland investigation and an evening team activity.
- GlobalA full day at the Eden Project with a curriculum-linked workshop.
- ConservationThe Lost Gardens of Heligan: ecology workshop and a design challenge.
- OutdoorsCoastal fieldwork, or a Dartmoor day of kayaking, raft building and gorge scrambling.
- ActionTeams apply the week's learning to a sustainability challenge and present it.
BFC signature Can include our Walking Hunt, a gamified challenge in place of a standard tour, and a Photo Marathon shot on disposable analogue cameras. How they work ↗︎
Every journey is designed around your brief. Length, activities and accommodation change with your group.
Teams finish by pitching a practical sustainability idea for their own school, built from what they saw that week.
Practicalities
- Accommodation
- Chosen for the destination and your budget. Two bases: a coastal centre (up to 35 students) or a Dartmoor centre (up to 50).
- Transport
- Private for your group throughout, with flights or rail where needed.
- Access & medical
- Planned case by case from the first conversation, so every student can take part.
- Dietary needs
- Vegetarian, vegan, halal, gluten-free and allergies catered for; kosher and other requirements on request.