EcoWeeks are residential holidays for children (aged 8 - 15) at the Centre for Alternative Technology in mid Wales. Seven days of exploring ways to save the planet while having lots of fun playing games, singing songs, going for walks, listening to stories round the fire, exploring the area, making friends ... and making some remarkable chocolate cakes.
Every EcoWeek is different - that's part of the fun! The activities are chosen to
respond to everyone in the EcoWeek community (children and adults) - their interests,
skills and enthusiasm help create a unique, unrepeatable experience.
Here are some of the things we've done recently:
Walks in the hills
Indoor games in the CAT theatre
Swimming in Machynlleth
Searching for the druid's gravestone in Corris village
Paddling in the sea at Aberystwyth (brrrrrr)
Making and testing wind turbines
Exploring the woods - blindfold
Riverside barbeque
Cake baking
Having a special train on the Corris Railway
There will be
two EcoWeeks in 2010, each seven days long. We accept children for one, two or even all three weeks.
|
Session |
From |
To |
|
Summer A |
Saturday 17th July |
Saturday 24th July |
|
Summer B |
Saturday 24th July |
Saturday 31st July |
|
Summer C |
Saturday 31st July |
Saturday 7th August |
EcoWeeks cost just £250 per child, covering board and lodging and all activities.
Escorted travel is available from a network of meeting points around the UK on a
pooled basis (if we buy the tickets) or for £10 (if you buy them).
How do we manage to charge so little? Mainly because we're all volunteers - and
because (this is probably obvious) we don't spend much on our website.
Apart from running the holidays, our only costs are staff training (a preparatory weekend for new volunteers every spring), insurance
and some publicity in Clean Slate, the CAT supporter's magazine.