Learn With Us
Learn With Us
Our courses are deliberately non - accredited.
Our tutors teach for the love of learning; enabling students to engage with the curriculum from their own impassioned and empowered perspective, developing critical skills to operate within a curious and collaborative culture.
Non-accreditation also enables us to evolve our course content, adapting our curriculum with each new cohort: therefore embedding each year’s learning into the next year’s teaching.
We champion our dedication to creating a course container that empowers students to bring their authentic selves into the room. Past students have appreciated the non-pressured learning environment and with it the opportunity to explore their own unique pathways – free from examination and testing.
We provide high quality education and we support our tutors and practitioners to bring their extensive practical, lived experience into the classroom in dynamic and accessible ways.
The only entry requirements are an open mind and curiosity for the range of subjects we cover, and the ability to commit to a year learning with us. You do not need previous experience or credentials in any of the subjects we teach.
Practical Sustainability Course
Renewed hope in the face of uncertain times
Permaculture Design Course
A holistic exploration of commonsense design approach to low-impact living
Introductory Courses
Coming Soon!
Field Trips
Across Bristol, Wales and the South West
Design Projects
Place-based learning, where Shifties get to give back to the network
Open Days
Come and learn more about our courses - we’d love to meet you!
Classrooms
Our vast array of spaces and places which we call our Classrooms
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After graduating, Shifties frequently move into green, social & community careers with a strong focus on entrepreneurship, local economic development, and community leadership
Examples include:
Sustainability or Food System leads in local authorities, public and third sector.
Researchers contributing to Masters and PHD programmes in ecology, sciences, climate resilience and social justice.
Educators delivering ecological, sustainability and Permaculture literacy across the UK
Professionals active in conservation, food systems, community development, green building, ecology and education.
Dozens of new Social Enterprises, CIC’S and CIO’s and small businesses have been launched, contributing to a thriving Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) sector.
