North Pennines Geopark has just opened an exhibition celebrating insect species that live within its confines. It is part of a five year project to promote education, research and knowledge about invertebrates – ‘Cold Blooded and Spineless’ – supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project launched with a spring bio-hunt, which saw volunteers and…
Do you know the difference between re-cycling and down-cycling? If not, this blog in the Guardian about textiles may leave you better informed. And this is a current story about H&M, which is launching an effort to promote recycling, cut its environmental impact, boost its ethical credentials, and address looming shortages of raw materials. As population pressure mounts,…
The Department for Education [DfE] is consultating on the draft new A level Environmental Science criteria, and there is an Ofqual consultation regarding the proposed assessment objectives. Both consultations are open until 24 September 2015. This is the link to the DfE consultation, and this is the link to the Ofqual one.