Elements which could be easily covered at Woodland Valley include: Woodland habitats – comparing broadleaved woodland at Woodland Valley with intensively managed commercial conifer plantations nearby, assessing management objectives and practices.

Organic cf conventional farming
giving students a balanced and informed view of the pros and cons of organic farming, including the differing impacts they make in terms of bio-diversity, soil and water quality, nutrient cycles, food quality and economics.

Sustainability renewable energy, large scale vs local energy generation and use. Assessment of the farms suitability for a range of technologies, and assessment of the existing renewables being used. Water Quality The Fal catchment has a wide range of land uses, from mining through industrial to agriculture, which students can relate to issues of ecosystems, resource management, and animal and human health.

Settlements
local towns and villages display very different characteristics, which will enable students to gain an understanding of changing economic and social pressures in the context of history, and more recently town and country planning issues.

Coastal Processes The north and south Cornish coasts are each only 25 minutes away and offer great opportunities for studying a range of coastal processes and littoral ecosystems. The impact of human activity and intervention past present and future may also be assessed.
Mining Past and current mining activity may be examined, giving students the opportunity to judge the economic and environmental impacts of that activity, as well as study the specialised habitats that have been created by mining.

‘live as if we’ll die tomorrow, but farm as if we‘ll live forever.’