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The Cumbria Outdoors Sustainability Programme delivers hands-on environmental education to school children across Cumbria.

The programme offers 3-5 day residential courses to groups of primary school children, encouraging them to think about sustainability issues. The courses focus on biodiversity, water, waste, weather and energy, and include simple audits to measure their impact on the environment. Groups may visit a reservoir to learn about water consumption, or a wind farm to debate the impact of wind turbines on the landscape and their contribution to reducing CO2 emissions.

By increasing their knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues, the programme allows children to take home ways of reducing their impact on the environment and the skills to help protect it for the future.

Over the past year more than 300 children have benefited from the course. Money donated by visitors and local businesses helps Cumbria Outdoors reduce the cost of the courses, making them accessible to more schools and more children.

location: Keswick and North Lakes
project delivered by: Cumbria County Council

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