Chalets and Fundraising

Newsletter July 2015

Recently

1st-3th July Introduction to Medicine Making

3th-5th July Advanced Plant Seminar

16th-24th August Seminar Beholding the Heart of Nature

Next Courses

15th –23rd October Seminar Beholding the Heart of Nature

The first student chalet is being built in 2015. Currently Malcolm Lemmon a 30 year- experienced eco-builder and Lawrence Carlisle are working in the construction of this chalet.

Just recently Malcolm and Lawrence have finished the structure of the first student cha-let at Pishwanton. Now the framing and the basic structure for the roof are built. The nest stage will include external larch timber cludding, roof-turf-covering, windows and doors, and insulation. We are looking forward to get more funding required to complete the building. Would you like to help us to complete this project?

You can very easily make your donation via Just Giving within just one click! Please visit:

https://www.justgiving.com/lifesciencetrust/

People make Pishwanton

This year thanks to Community Jobs Scotland we have had on board Lawrence Carlisle helping Malcolm Lemmon with construction of the chalets. He has done a fantastic job. Just a month after him Joshua Curran arrived undertaking different sorts of hard work with great enthusiasm. We are very satisfied with their work!

Successful courses: Plant Study and Seminars Beholding the Heart of Nature

In April we did our first seminar Beholding the Heart of Nature focused on plant study led by Margaret Colquhoun and Margaret Shillan. In July with a larger group we undertook the same seminar focusing on landscape study, listening the land and the mood of the place. We had a really good course on Plant Study with Maureen Robertson from Drimlabarra Herb Farm. We will welcome the next Goethean Science semi-nar in October studying the animal kingdom.

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Voluntary Opportunities We are privileged to be custodians of this beautiful land. We want to share the experience of caring for it with the wider community. We are so thankful for the enormous work of our volunteer, Ange-line Stieger who stayed with us for six months with her lovely son Jacy. They gave us a lot of light! In July we were visited by a group of 40 volunteers from Texas who helped us to dig a pond, move dung from the barn to the herb garden and remove thistle and ragwort (toxic plan for the animals).

New Corporate and Team Building Opportunities We are just updating the booklets, but due to demand we are scheduling already for next year. Get in touch with us, we can tailor a plan for you. Learn more in our website at: http://pishwanton.org/2014/06/corporate-volunteering (Services and Products> Corporate Volunteering).

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Contact Us

Website: Learn more about our history, vision, aims, as well as finding out more details about our courses in our website (www.pishwanton.org) you are more than welcome to make your queries via our page.

Social Media: You are more than welcome to join us and like us on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, Google + and You

Tube . We have thousands of photographs, interviews, documentaries and resources that you might find interesting to learn more about Goethean Science and Arts and The Pishwanton Project and its world wide network. Find us in any of these accounts by searching: pishwantonwood.

Find Us

The Life Science Trust (Reg. Scottish Charity SC020705), Quince Cottage, 4 Baxtersyke, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, EH41, 4PL

Tel: +44 (0)1620810259,

Email: admin@pishwanton.com

Our Team

Chief Director: Dr Margaret Colquhoun.

Administration: Deborah Betts.

Communications and Marketing Officer: Jordi Albacete.

Responsible for Green Building: Malcolm Lemmon.

And many volunteers who do such a fantastic job to the Pishwanton Project possible!

Animals

Our foal Merlyn was born to our Clydesdale horse 13 months ago. He is full of life. We celebrated his first birthday with Roger Burroughes, Chandan and Lillie. Catriona arrived to Pishwanton thanks to two gener-ous donations.