Rachel Carless Project Manager at the RSPB’s Arun & Rother Connections explores the project’s work with local primary schools. The Arun & Rother Connections (ARC) project is a landscape scale project being delivered by a partnership of seven organisations in West Sussex. The aims of the project are to: Promote a rich and thriving river…
The winners of the 2015/16 Alu D&T Challenge, a design competition for 11 to 14 year olds, were announced at a prize-giving event at the Thinktank Science Museum in Birmingham on 24 February. The national schools’ competition, linked to the Key Stage 3 Design and Technology curriculum, helps teach pupils learn about the properties and sustainability…
Margaret Bates, professor of sustainable waste management at the University of Northampton, allowed the BBC go through her rubbish, weigh it out and chart its journeys from her home to various points near and very far. The results are revealing. After it is collected, Margaret Bates’ waste is sent to firms which specialise in different…