The Eco Tour has been on the drawing board since 2008. Orginally the idea of Melanie Rees, the tour has remained exactly that until early 2011 when it attracted the support of a small group of volunteers and Brighton & Hove Council.

Thanks to the Marks & Spencers volunteer program, employee Heather Quin helped trial the first tour, visiting all venues while mapping the route. Brighton & Hove Council financed the first trial on The Big Lemon and we were privileged to be driven by the man himself, Tom Druitt, founder of the company. Volunteers Chloe Banks (8yrs) and Dan Morgan took the tour and gave us their views and Lisa Miller filmed the day.

Ruth England and Paolo Boldrini at Brighton Peace & Environment Centre (BPEC) met with us and generously shared their wealth of wisdom.

We were fortunate when Gemma Hindi contacted us and agreed to help compile information on all the tour venues so we could develop an Eco Passport to accompany the tour.

Lila Hunnisett, a BPEC volunteer has kindly swapped camps temporarily and agreed to volunteer her energy and design our Eco passport.

Thanks to all these wonderful people. If you want to devote some of your energy to helping develop the Eco Tour please contact Melanie Rees on 01273 687700 or mel@thegreencentre.co.uk