Our environmental training courses are suited to those keen to develop their knowledge and understanding of the natural world. We offer Continued Professional Development (CPD) for outdoor instructors and educators so that you can develop your skills. These courses and workshops are recognised as professional development with Mountain Training and BAIML because they are valuable to enhance and develop your knowledge.
We support outdoor learning and our environmental training courses combine innovative techniques and engaging activities which promote learning in a safe and informed way. These courses are run as a series of workshops and can contribute to CPD events for members of the Mountain Training Association BAIML and Institute for Outdoor Learning.
These courses have huge value to you whether you’re a member of a mountaineering council or association. they will equip you to lead in a more informed and educated way and also aim to allow you to develop your personal skills in identification and perception.
Tour du Mont Blanc and its alpine flowers The Tour du Mont Blanc is, perhaps, one of Europe’s most famous and iconic long distance circular paths. It’s approximately 170 kilometres long and has 10 kilometres of ascent/descent. It passes through three countries – Switzerland, Italy and France and affords all walkers some of the most […]
The Origins of Alpine Flowers The European Alps are alive with brightly coloured flowers and a very diverse array of flowering plants. The origins of alpine flowers illustrates great tectonic and geological movements of the past. This period in Earths history occurred when central Europe was largely under an ancient sea and with global average […]
The Alps are nearer than you think! There’s a taste of the Alps closer to home in the British mountains than you might think. The British mountains are home to a range of alpine flowers and reveal Britain’s alpine past. These hardy plants we commonly refer to as ‘arctic-alpines’ and form a record of our […]
The life of alpine flowers! The European Alps are renown for their biological diversity and are home to an estimated 650 truly Alpine species. They support many beautiful and distinctive plant species that are superbly adapted to the their specific habitats. The shear quantity and scale of alpine flowers is testament to the importance of […]
Remedies while you walk! Back in March I ran a practical workshop at a North Wales Environmental Outdoor Charter event with an audience of outdoor instructors. The theme was to develop engagement with the environment and provide some activities to use with groups. I wondered how I could inspire those at the event and as […]
Purple saxifrage – The purple haze of spring Purple saxifrage is a remarkable plant. It is the highest flowering plant in the European Alps, it is also the most northerly flowering plant in the world and is found across the northern hemisphere from Canada to Japan. What’s more you can see this plant at home […]
National parks in the European Alps. national Parks are treasured as a national asset in many countries. Jim Langley looks at protected areas in the central Alps. They offer protection for ecosystems and landscapes whilst allowing access and education for visitors and scientists. The level of protection that these parks offer varies from country to […]
Inspiring those we lead As a child I was brought up not with the wide open spaces of ocean and mountain views but with a canal way where kingfishers would dart with their flash of brilliant blue and orange, the murky waters home to perch and roach that I would catch and verdant banks with […]
What’s the difference between grasses, sedges and rushes? Sedges have edges, rushes are round and grasses have knuckles right down to the ground Whilst you are out enjoying your various pursuits in the mountains of Britain the vast areas of grassland that make up extensive areas of our upland regions often go without much consideration […]
Deglaciation in the Alps. We live in a time of great change regarding world climate. The retreat of the world’s ice caps and glaciers continues, exposing new surfaces once covered beneath vast frozen rivers of ice. With the unearthing of these rocky surfaces, comprising of glacially scoured bedrock, boulders and gravels, comes an opportunity for […]
