The Trust has undergone an environmental audit and setup a Green Team to formulate an action plan and make improvements. Occombe has been designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible.

This has included:

Using our own timber from local woodlands to construct the new Visitor Centre roof and the Nature Trail boardwalk :
Timber Story >>

Installing a rainwater recycling system to collect rainwater from the roofs and use it to flush the toilets in the Visitor Centre

Installing Solar Photovoltaic Panels on the roof of one of the barns

Making the new Visitor Centre as energy efficient as possible

Using recycled paper and selling material bags not plastic ones