From making your own cheese, to shearing sheep and fly-fishing, we pick the best holidays teaching sustainable living.

Foraging, Cornwall

Hogweed seed biscotti, Champagne and elderberry cocktails, nettle frittata and butter-fried seaweed – these are just some of the gourmet treats you'll produce during a forage and feasting weekend run by Fat Hen, near Land's End in Cornwall. The two-day course costs £165, which includes three foraging excursions, cooking demonstrations and meals.

Fat Hen       01736 810156   fathen.org)
Accommodation at nearby Trezelah Farmhouse b & b costs £85 a night for two (01736 874388)      trezelah.co.uk)