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Experience the rainforest

Explore the rainforest without leaving the UK. The Living Rainforest is home to 700 species of plants and animals. Watch birds, lizards and butterflies roam free in our tropical glasshouses.... Read more

Schools programme

Each year, The Living Rainforest's acclaimed education programme welcomes over 20,000 school children. Four tours are available, supporting key subjects in the national curriculum.... Read more

Our history

The Living Rainforest stands at the former site of one of Europe's leading orchid nurseries. In 1993, it re-opened as a rainforest visitor centre. Today, with registered educational charity status, we welcome over 80,000 people a year.... Read more

Solutions for sustainable living

The Trust for Sustainable Living, which runs The Living Rainforest, hosts occasional conferences and events on contemporary sustainability subjects. Subscribe to our newsletter (below) for updates on future events.... Read more

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Conference Archive

Meeting of Minds, Human Impact Building

Embedding Sustainability, 29 September 2010

Sustainability: Where Are We Going?, 24 March 2010

Greening the Greenhouse: Designing a Carbon-Neutral Future, 2 April 2008

Green Feast: Exploring the Multiple Meanings of Sustainable Food, 12 March 2008

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A Meeting of Minds: Science & Indigenous Knowledge in the Colombian Amazon, with Fundacion Entropika, 22 June 2007

Bridging the Barriers … between Man and Nature, 7 November 2002 (previously appeared on the Living Rainforest’s discontinued ‘peoplenature.org’ subsite)

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