FEL began life in 1989 as the Kippen Nature Club, to provide environmental activities for local children. The club won several prestigious awards that allowed it to expand to become Kippen Environment Centre. The organisation has continued to grow and became Forth Environment Link, a registered company with charitable status, in 2004. It is now a leading provider of environmental education and action for sustainable living in the Forth Valley area and beyond .To find out more about us click here.

The project aims to make use of and train many volunteers to promote waste prevention ideas around Forth Valley.  The campaigns that are promoted are:  Master Composting; Stop the Drop (stopping unwanted mail); and Love Food, Hate Waste, which helps to reduce food waste in the home.  We are also introducing the “Slim Yer Bin” campaign, which aims to reduce the amount of waste that households send to landfill. Read more about our campaigns here.

Forth Valley Food Links is Forth Environment Link’s local food project. It was established in 2002 and aims to work with individuals, communities and local food producers to increase access to fresh, local produce.   The Forth Valley Food Links’ website brings you the latest news and information on developments towards a sustainable local food economy for the Forth Valley area of Scotland – Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling local authority areas. Read more here.

Forth Environment Link environmental education service works to support schools in the Forth Valley to become more sustainable and to raise achievement through Outdoor Learning. Forth Environment Link has been delivering meaningful education projects across the Forth Valley area since 2001. Since then we continued to built on the successes of our originating body, Kippen Environment Centre, which was established in 1989. Working closely with experience and passionate environmental education practioners from far and wide, our project delivery benefits from ideas and networking at a national and international level. Read more about us here.

Forth Valley Real Nappy Network was established in 2007 to promote real nappies as an alternative to disposables. To achieve this, we provide completely impartial advice about real nappies and support people who are interested in using real nappies so that they can make an informed choice about buying real nappies. We also give them the opportunity to try out different brands of nappies in one of our loan packs. Read more about us

Forth Valley Orchards is an initiative to encourage the creation of new orchards and to manage existing orchards across Forth Valley. Read more about the project here.

From April 2011 the Walled Garden at Callendar House in Falkirk will be available for use by local groups – schools and others (Free to Falkirk-based groups, charge to those from other areas). In conjunction with the staff at Callendar House FEL have developed eight topic kits, available to both independent groups and visits accompanied by one of the guides from Callendar House.