Easy Peasy WWF

WWF UK has announced a new school campaign that focuses on what can be done to produce and consume food in a sustainable way so that it is not harmful to our planet. This is the Plant2Plate campaign, and you can register your school here. You can also take on WWF’s Easy Peasy pea challenge. Every school that…

Commonwealth Science

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Outdoors with the TES

The Times Educational Supplement – TES – has a webpage on resources related to outdoor learning.  This includes: Early Years outdoor play Outdoor fun in the Early Years The Books of Julia Donaldson Song, rhymes and lyrics Collections for resources for creative outdoor learning at Primary school Pattern in art – Primary Art Local study…

Prophet and Loss

A new e-book, Prophet and Loss, celebrates the wildness legacy left by the founder of UK nature conservation, Charles Rothschild. It’s written by Simon Barnes reveals and illustrated by wildlife artist Nik Pollard, and is s a must-read says the Wildlife Trusts. Barnes re-visits seven of the 284 special places which Charles Rothschild and his…

David Attenborough opens the David Attenborough Building

The University of Cambridge’s David Attenborough Building was formally opened in early April after undergoing a £58-million revamp to transform it into a global centre of conservation excellence. A dramatic ‘living wall’ covered in plants forms the centrepiece  of the new centre, which will house over 500 biologists, conservationists and students, and provide a base for research, conferences,…

Connecting communities for good

Here are some forthcoming Project Dirt activities: Saturday 30th April Vegan Permaculture Design Course, Puglia, Italy, with Graham Burnett– Outside UK… (9am – 5pm) Introduction to Permaculture – Totnes, Devon (9:30am – 5:30pm) Discover Nature at the Urb Farm – Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (10am – 1pm) Staffordshire Day Celebrations – Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (10:30am – 4:30am) Pigpen Radio Crowdfunder…

Circle of Life report

Circle of Life Rediscovery and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Learning Disability/ Family Intensive Support Service – held a Celebration Day on 31st March to mark the huge success of their three year project.  Children and young people with learning disabilities often have fewer opportunities in life and…