WEA Circular Activity

WEA ESOL learners made ‘Incredible Edible’ Window Boxes made from waste as a WEA Green Prescribing Activity. Using the 5 R’s of Circular Economy – RECYCLE, REFUSE, REDUCE, REUSE, REPURPOSE. These window boxes were made entirely from kindly donated waste materials from local partners; Dulux paint, B &Q for the edible plants, and our neighbour Viva (wooden pallet waste). Making window boxes is good for the environment in many ways; aesthetic improvements, reduction of the urban heat island effect (Peck et al. 1999), increased biodiversity, improved health and wellbeing (Honeyman 1987; Kaplan 2001; Ulrich 1983), urban agriculture and green social prescribing! We also made a bird box and bird table to encourage biodiversity in our little corner of Bristol.

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