A Year Around the Great Oak is a beautifully written and illustrated picture book telling the story of two children, Benjamin and Anna, who visit their forester uncle through the year. The story tracks the cycle through the seasons of a three hundred year old oak tree and the children’s relationship with it through the year, as…
The Guardian is reporting that the Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the fourth lowest extent on record. Its report begins: Ice coverage in the Arctic this year shrunk to its fourth lowest extent on record, US scientists have announced. The National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Colorado said that the ice reached a low…
Manchester Metropolitan University says it’s leading the world when it comes to teaching students to become “carbon literate”. Students studying Masters degrees in events, hospitality, food and tourism management in the Department of Food and Tourism Management have become the first in the world to gain a Carbon Literacy Certificate as part of their university course. The teaching programme was…