green living and a carbon neutral holiday

 

Despite its huge size and apparent robustness it has become clear that we live on a fragile planet and that how we manage our daily lives has far-reaching effects on this beautiful and extraordinary place.

At Adventure Cornwall at Lombard Farm we strive to minimise our impact on the environment and whilst staying with us we will minimise your carbon dioxide emissions.

Here are some of the things that we are doing right now and our plans for the future:

We currently use a green tariff for all electricity and low energy light bulbs wherever possible, we also have a small solar photovoltaic (PV) panel for the lighting in the yurt. The Link showers are heated by solar thermal when the sun shines and there are recycling facilities for most waste. All our cleaning/washing produces are eco-friendly.

An annual tree-planting program offsets carbon dioxide that is produced by the use of existing oil-fired equipment at Lombard Farm. We have already planted over 1,500 trees and will continue to plant at least 200 trees every winter until we are carbon neutral.

By the end of 2010 we will only use renewable fuels. This will include biomass boilers for underfloor heating in both houses, solar thermal water heating for domestic hot water and we will create all our own electricity with wind turbines and Combined Heat and Power units (CHP) running on focally grown biodiesel, when there is no wind.

Local journeys will be by electric car and longer journeys by diesel vehicles running on biodiesel. All water will come from local springs and our well.

We are moving towards being a carbon neutral holiday destination and to support you if you have similar aims, we offer a discount if you travel to us by public transport, bike, or electric car!

In time we plan to build the Green House, built with the minimum use of fossil fuels and maximum use of recycled and renewable materials, it will not use any fossil fuels in its operation including; heating, domestic hot water or cooking.

It will be a cool, contemporary place to stay and will provide a hands-on insight into how it's possible to live in comfort whilst only leaving a light footprint on this fragile earth.