The 3rd annual North Norfolk Coast Earth Day happens this Thursday, hosted by Deepdale Backpackers & Camping and Deepdale Farm in Burnham Deepdale on the beautiful north Norfolk coast.

Over 40 organisations, including renewable technology installers, conservationists, advisors and trainers will be on hand to help you learn more about a sustainable lifestyle from greening up your business and home to building sustainable buildings and caring for the environment, nature and wildlife in your locality.

Deepdale holds the North Norfolk Coast Earth Day each year, as they believe that the environment is key to their success. People come to visit Deepdale throughout the year because of the beauty of the north Norfolk coast and its uniqueness. Unless the businesses accommodating and serving those visitors continue to care for the environment around them, then the area will become ruined and no longer supply a living for those working there.

The North Norfolk Coast Earth Day is a chance to share the knowledge and experiences of developing the eco-friendly facilities of Deepdale Backpackers & Camping, including the campsite, backpackers hostel, group hostel, tipis and yurts.

Visitors can meet many organizations who have helped with the development of the facilities at Deepdale and see first hand the facilities Deepdale offers and the environmental steps they have taken to be sustainable and reduce their impact on the local environment.

2010 is the first year for the Scrap Heap Art Challenge, where artists are creating sculptures from the recyclable waste of Deepdale. They will be building their creations throughout the day and visitors can watch the artistic process. Some artists may even be looking for volunteers to help at various points throughout the day.

Visitors can attend any of the 6 presentations happening in the Granary throughout the day. Subjects include Insulating Solid Walls, The Norfolk Diet, Renewables, Green Energy Investment, Feed in Tariffs and CRed. We suggest visitors sign up for places, as each presentation can only accommodate 30 and we don’t want people to miss out. Please contact Deepdale Information – Tel: 01485 210256 to book. You can also sign up for tours of Deepdale, to learn more about the technologies in use and the facilities. There will also be demonstrations of solar hot water systems, biomass and cob building.

To start the day, Shaping Norfolk’s Future are holding a business breakfast from 8am to 10am, to help businesses network and discuss sustainable tourism. Jason Borthwick, one of the creators of Deepdale, is due to be speaking at that breakfast. Places are limited, so if you’d like to attend the Business Breakfast then you need to register by contacting Fiona Atkins – Email [email protected] – Tel: 01603 638307

North Norfolk Coast Earth Day is FREE to attend and is open to visitors from 10am to 4pm on Thursday 22nd April. The team at Deepdale are looking forward to you visiting their ecofriendly facilities and sharing their knowledge and experience.