Survival Ecology: what it means, how it can help, and what we can do with it.

An extraordinary day at Asthall Manor, combining an outdoor sauna, an introduction to Survival Ecology and a tour of our kitchen garden and wild meadows.

Full timetable below.

What is Survival Ecology? Learn why it is a valuable approach for our future, and how we can use it in practice to benefit our own areas of life.

Many ecologists say we need a paradigm shift in our approach to nature recovery. Traditional conservation seeks to preserve or restore habitats back to some defined state, perhaps based on what we remember from our childhood. However, what the future will bring is now highly uncertain, due to human activity, so it’s hard to know what such state we could or should now aim for.

Instead, Survival Ecology is all about encouraging highly dynamic, resilient ecosystems with many diverse relationships and a multitude of species, all working together, equipping them to adapt themselves and thrive whatever the future may bring.

This workshop will explore the simple, practical things that each of us can do to put this concept into practice. This talk and Q&A will be an hour starting at 14:00.

The talk will be followed at 15:00 by a tour of Asthall Manor’s kitchen garden by permaculturist Tim Mitchell. You can also tour the meadow area and the various ponds and pools. Both tours will explore how Survival Ecology principles can be applied in each setting and will last 30 minutes each, so an hour total.

We will round off the day with a discussion at 16:00, on practical steps we each can take to apply what we have learned in our own areas.

Once you have booked your place on the workshop, you will receive an email with a 50% off code and link to the sauna booking website. Sauna sessions will be at the beginning of the day. You can chose between two sessions (sessions: 11:00-12:00, or 12:30-13:30).

To book the Survival Ecology talk and Asthall Manor outdoors tour click here

11am sauna session booking link.  (using discount code emailed to you upon booking for the talk)

Schedule for the day