Our Commitment to Sustainability, Responsibility and the Environment.
Here at Wood Pigeon Lodge we:
- Recycle all glass, metal, plastics, soap and paper that we can
- Compost all vegetable based food scraps for vegetable growing
- Feed to our dogs meat and milk based scraps
- Built the accommodation using sustainably grown timber or recycled materials where ever possible.
- Clean and reuse rubbish bags
- Wash all our own linen and either line-dry or use the wood-fired home heating to dry sheets and towels
- Use only biodegradable cleaning products from recyclable containers
We also:-
- Grow our own vegetables all year round and use the sun to heat glass houses to produce food crops that otherwise won’t grow in our climate
- Grow, use and re-plant our own firewood
- Use solar energy and ‘wet backs’ to heat the water and advise short showers so everyone gets some
- Collect and store rain water for all household and livestock needs and supply this with no chemical treatment
- Encourage use of our water to reduce plastic waste and cost to guests. (Bring your own empty bottles and fill from the taps.)
- Supply half and full flush toilet cisterns
- Hand milk a cow and produce butter and cheese
- Use sunlight as a passive heating source. We advise you to open the curtains before leaving for your day’s activities to return to a warmer lodge and close them after dusk to retain the heat
- Have planted hundreds of native plants to encourage and feed the birds. We maintain a trapping and poisoning programme to kill rodents and mustelids which predate on our kiwi, blue duck, wood pigeon and smaller native species
