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    96 Church Road
    Perry Barr, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Birmingham
    B42

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    About Us

    We began in 2013 as Foraging in Birmingham (FiB). After a year of investigating the frugal life in Birmingham however, we discovered there was a wealth of areas we wanted to explore including building from reclaimed wood, bushcraft, keeping livestock and other free foods. We therefore expanded on 25th March 2014 with Sustainable Life and created a new facebook page to showcase our new website.

    Basecamp – Humble Beginnings

    Our base of operations is now in Perry Barr, we started life in a small terraced house in south Birmingham with nothing but a small paved back yard. Many of our courses are available across Birmingham including Stirchley/Bournville, Highbury Park (Kings Heath), Kingstanding, Perry Barr, Hall Green. We are always looking to expand our venues to make our courses more accessible so if you have a venue you think we may be interested in please let us know!  

    Who We Are

    Stephy Name: Stephanie Adelaar Title: Course Leader & Admin Jobs: Maintain the Sustainable life blog/website/facebook, manage courses, create marketing materials, manage accounts/finances and run or assist with courses. Experience/Skills: Foraging, “allotmenteering”, managing livestock, preserving foods, IT and graphic design. Extra: Stephanie is currently working with teachers at Raddlebarn primary school to introduce kids to edible foods and growing plants in their school playground. You can read more about this and other community projects here.   Alan Name: Alan Bale Title: Primary Course Leader Jobs: Run courses, engage with the community, manage training opportunities. Experience/Skills: Foraging, “allotmenteering”, trees, outdoor learning. Extra: Alan Bale is a qualified and experienced tree surgeon, an experienced forager, a bushcraft enthusiast and is currently working on his Forest Schools Birmingham qualification. He is currently working as a gardener for the Kingstanding Food Community (a lottery funded charity) where he teaches vulnerable adults how to grow and cook their own food.   1930837_87146575371_3731_n Name: Natalie Rose Title: Associate – Crafting Specialist Jobs: Run courses in and around Barnard Castle and Darlington area that specialise in craft work. Experience/Skills: Craft market stall owner and specially trained in willow weaving basketry courses by Sustainable Life. Extra: Natalie Rose has several years of experience as a crafter creating wonderful and unique vintage style items for the home. She has now undergone training with the Sustainable Life team to teach willow weaving basketry and we also hope to expand her courses skills to upcycling craftwork.

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    Wild food - courses , Earth ovens - courses , Basketmaking - courses , Cheesemaking - courses , Nature awareness - courses , Bushcraft - courses , Seed saving - products & services , Low-impact kids - products & services

    There’s a crash coming – a slap from Mother Nature. This isn’t pessimistic; it’s realistic.

    The human impact on nature and on each other is accelerating and needs systemic change to reverse.

    We’re not advocating poverty, or a hair-shirt existence. We advocate changes that will mean better lives for almost everyone.

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