Strode Waterfall Land & Story Project
Full Description of Organisation
Our Vision:
- A world of brave, empowered, creative, inspiring, life-regenerating global citizens who act for future generations, understanding the interconnectedness of life.
Our Mission:
- We care for the life-systems surrounding the waterfall.
- We model ecological care for future generations and provide educational and transformative opportunities to support this.
- We provide opportunities for people who do not ordinarily have access to natural spaces, to experience and enjoy them.
Through transformative experiences we may remember our deeper nature, and through reciprocal relationship with the land and story telling, cultivate a love of place (oikophilia). Visitors leave here inspired, rested, restored and reset.
We have an endless list of tasks to get involved in, delicious food to share, a magical waterfall to revere, other-than-humans to observe, a swing to play on, a sauna to get hot in, a space to be in awe and wonder of this incredible world we are part of.
The project is within Waterfall Farm, 19 acres of land being regenerated. With seven generations ahead in mind, we have planted over 5000 trees and focus on soil regeneration, water capture, flood mitigation for nearby villages (primarily Chew Stoke), carbon drawdown, and a programme of rewilding, ponds and more tree planting. We are committed to lowering our carbon footprint and continually assess how we can live lighter on the planet.
Our work has been recognised on Countryfile representing Chew Valley Plants Trees - a local volunteer-led campaign Ben co-founded to double the tree cover in the Chew Valley by 2030.
We've been quietly working away for years with organisations such as National Centre for Integrative Medicine, Bristol University, Black2Nature, Friends of the Earth, Shambala Festival, Somerset Scythe School, The Woodland Trust, young people from local schools, as well as hundreds of volunteers from the Chew Valley, Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas.
By choosing to visit us, you fund others less privileged the opportunity to visit. This means we don't have to rely on external funding to offer our services.