Sustainable Features
The facilities and systems at The Uplands Center are developed to reduce our ecological footprint. Some of our sustainable features include:
- Organic Garden – We use a permaculture approach and bio-dynamic techniques to create a healthy garden ecosystem. Our garden provides nourishing food for the kitchen, offers educational opportunities, attracts native pollinators, and improves soil biology.
- Regenerative Agriculture – We employ our small chicken flock in our garden and fields to increase fertility, reduce pest pressure, and aerate the soil. In addition to our garden, a food forest is being developed with the aim to provide food and medicinal herbs while improving biodiversity, building and maintaining soil, and providing wildlife habitat.
- Solar Panels – Our solar array provides us with a renewable source of energy.
- Composting – Food scraps are transformed into soil for our garden.
- Recycling – A user friendly sorting system promotes waste minimization.
- Supporting local, organic farms – Food purchased for retreats comes from local and organic sources whenever possible
