Anna Carlile’s book accomplishes an impressive merging of style and substance; at first glance stunning and evocative photography draws the reader in yet suggests that this is nothing more than a walk in the woods in coffee-table-reading form. However, on full immersion into the (admittedly slightly hard-on-the-eye) text and projects Carlile has brought together, one…
Here is the summary of research findings from recent research by UCL, the IOL and Just Giving. Overall, it found that there is no comprehensive or regular (repeated) survey of the scale of outdoor learning in the UK. There are some studies of specific outdoor learning activities (eg, of particular types, or in particular parts of the UK),…
This article was first published in NAEE‘s Winter 2015 journal Environmental Education (Vol 110), as our ‘President’s Column’. The views are Bill Scott’s own, not NAEE’s. How does being in ‘quality nature’ contribute to human wellbeing? It is hard to pick up a newspaper or watch TV without coming across somebody official telling us to take more exercise. The NHS, for…
The Parks Alliance is currently undergoing organisation change in its efforts to provide a voice for UK parks, and support the people and organisations that create, maintain, invest in and use the public green spaces that we are proud to have at the heart of British life. As part of the changes it is looking to recruit…