TG Escapes Blog
The latest articles from the TG Escapes team. Read on to keep up to date on the latest innovations and stories in the world of modular eco building for education, business and residential.
Add more value to your home in your own back garden
The fluctuating housing market is a challenge for any homeowner and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find new and innovative ways to increase the value of your home. A good kitchen and bathroom are always top of the value checklist but more homeowners are...
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Form Following Function in Environmental Architecture
Architecture is only beautiful so far as it is consistent with natural forms and landscapes. In his essay 'Form Following Function in Environmental Architecture,' Gabriel Sistare, a writer and editor, considers how architecture is necessarily restricted by the...
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Five questions to ask your garden room designer
Starting a garden room project from scratch can leave you asking a lot of questions... Will that hill get in the way? Who do I need to contact about planning permission? How can I make sure I’m making the most of the sunshine? It’s your garden and your home so...
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Garden Rooms vs. Conservatories & Extensions
It’s not breaking news that homeowners are running out of space. Families are getting larger and new homes are becoming smaller. Rather than moving somewhere bigger, more and more people are choosing to make the most of the space they do have available and creating...
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The Learning Escape highlights Anti-Bullying week
Bullying in schools is a battle for pupils, teacher and parents. We may not have eradicated it completely but schools are campaigning to make a difference. This week, between 19th and 23rd November, is Anti-Bullying Week and schools across the country are working...
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Nurtured By Nature – The Importance of Making the Environment Accessible to All
This week, the attention of the media has once again been turned to Government Funding after the Educational Watchdog, OFSTED, expressed concern that the ‘Pupil Premium’ funding scheme that is designed to support disadvantaged students, is failing to have the desired...
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Goodbye to the Eco Schools Show 2012
To finish off the day at the Eco Schools show there was an Olympic Torch Parade involving Olympic athletes, drummers and of course lots of enthusiastic children.Here are some colourful snaps. Thanks for having us Sheffield. If any of you need any help to...
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Exploring the Eco Schools Show
The sun has come out for us at the Eco Schools Show in Sheffield today. We're here at stand 19 promoting our eco classrooms and this morning we gave a workshop on Outdoor Learning and Environmental Citizenship. Throughout the day we've been exploring the rest of the...
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Here at the Eco Schools Show 2012
Here we are at the Eco Schools Show 2012. We enjoyed our workshop this morning on Outdoor Learning & Environmental Citizenship. There were some very bright children there and they could all recognise Daleks and Magpies. We talked about Nature Deficit Dissorder and...
read moreEco Schools Show 26th June 2012
It's the Eco Schools show today and we will be holding our workshop on Nature Defecit disorder and Environmental Citizenship at 10am. Come along if you are going to be there. You can also find us on Stand 19. We have made a video called Inspiring Environmental...
read moreSome kind words
We would like to thank one of our customers Katie Kelk for her kind words the other month. "I just wanted to take the opportunity to say how very pleased we have been with everything related to the planning and construction of our office. The guys working on it -...
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5 ways to build a clutter-free office environment
It’s not just homeowners that are having trouble finding space, some offices across the country are becoming cramped and desks are becoming overcrowded. Finding an efficient way to store office essentials and creating a productive environment for workers is becoming...
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