Learning from the Dyfi Valley
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The Dyfi Valley's regeneration group has been at the centre of attention recently.ecodyfi has been showing groups from Bulgaria, Bangor and Abergavenny how the area is making the most of its natural assets. The Bulgarians were brought to Machynlleth by their hosts at the Draper's Field Council centre in Betws y Coed. The TIME Foundation works for sustainable development across Bulgaria and hopes to establish an interpretation centre to inspire people to use environmental technologies. The delegates spent time at the Centre for Alternative Technology as well as with ecodyfi. They were very impressed with the Centre and were interested to hear about the proposal to build a visitor centre at Aberdyfi. Bangor University brought their community development post-graduate students to see how groups are working together in the Dyfi Valley. They had been studying how activities such as tourism and land use need to be integrated with each other if an area is to prosper in the long term and were pleased to see this approach in action. Most of these mature students work with local authorities, voluntary groups and Communities First partnerships in North Wales, so it was a good opportunity to compare notes. Members of Abergavenny Friends of the Earth were most interested in the energy developments carried out in the community over the past five years.
The organizer, Trevor Houghton, said members had been inspired to investigate the possibility of using water from a former reservoir in their area to generate clean electricity. Andy Rowland, Manager of ecodyfi, showed the visitors nine of the solar installations in Machynlleth, some of which heat water and others of which produce electricity instead. The group went on to visit Paul Whittaker at his house in Ynyslas to see how he uses both the sun and the wind to generate electricity for his home. Picture caption: Tegwyn Jones showing members of Abergavenny FoE his hydro electric power scheme Further information:Andy Rowland, ecodyfi Manager 01654 703965 |
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22/07/2004 
They
walked down the route of the pipe that carries water from Nant y Dugoed
to Tegwyn Jones' turbine at Maesglas, above Mallwyd, and saw that the
heather had recovered really well.