Sustainability has always been a part of my adult life. I spent more than 10 years living off grid, enjoying a slow life and appreciating the nature around me. I was delighted to be given the opportunity to become the INSPIRE intern for Tir Glas in February of this year. My passion is sheep and…
Wales Community Food Distribution, led by PLANED, is thrilled to have launched its first Ceredigion Food Hub in July on the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter Campus, in conjunction with Canolfan Tir Glas. The project facilitates volunteers to link with food producers and suppliers to have easy access to healthy and great value…
The students from St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean are here in Lampeter on a three year undergraduate scholarship. There are thirty seven students who are undertaking degree courses ranging from International Development, Early Years Education, Health and Nutrition to Civil Engineering and Quantity Surveying. The university in Lampeter has a link to…
CTG are grateful to Esther Weller – Chair of the Lampeter Society for this blog: Esther will be officially opening the Lampeter Food Festival on Saturday 23rd July at 12.30 along with Mr Leno Conti. The Lampeter Society is pleased to support the Tir Glas initiative. As well as acting as a focus for alumni,…
The future of timber in Wales It’s great that decarbonisation and green recovery are at the core of the Welsh Government’s Well-being of Future Generations Act (2015). But what does this mean in practice? The construction industry is one of the biggest employers in Wales providing more than 100,000 jobs, but unfortunately, it is also…
Canolfan Tir Glas is grateful to the Lampeter Resilience Hub for this Blog. Thank you Ladies. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TREES Resilience can be used to describe people and systems that bounce back from negative experiences and disturbances. An example of this could be a tree weighed down by snow – Sepp Holzer learned that…
As Coordinator of Ceredigion Local Nature Partnership, I am excited by UWTSD’s vision for the future of Lampeter. In these trying times, as the pandemic, climate change and the changing policy landscape for food and farming bring so much uncertainty into our lives, it is a comfort to know the University recognises its central role…
Welcome to Canolfan Tir Glas Blog Page Join us every month for a guest feature blog post. We kick start with our January post from Patrick Holden of Bwlchwernen Fawr Farm and who is also the Chief Executive of the Sustainable Food Trust. I am delighted to have been given this opportunity to welcome the…
