Waitrose has made a donation to Countryside Classroom, allowing the site to “grow more quickly, reach more teachers sooner and expand the scope of resources available on the site.” Tina Varns, Manager, Sustainability and Responsible Sourcing at Waitrose, said: “We think it’s really important to encourage children to learn about where their food comes from, how…
The latest feature from Outdoor Families is here. Pacific Coast Highway: OFM’s Guide to an Epic Family Road Trip by Jennifer Fontaine is the story of an epic summer family road trip and “is as American as warm apple pie ala mode”, but the intricacies of planning one can prove a bit more challenging than simply…
The GLP is a funded programme of support that aims to help teachers in Primary, Secondary and Special schools (Key Stages 2 and 3) to deliver effective teaching and learning about development and global issues. With free training, guidance, resources, and funded CPD, the GLP is building a national network of like-minded schools committed to…
A new study from the Center for Biological Diversity has revealed that out of more than 4,000 known species of native North American and Hawaiian bees, over half the species with available data are declining, and about 1 in 4 are at growing risk of extinction. The Center’s Pollinators in Peril study found that more than 700 species are…
The problems that our sister organisation in North America [NAAEE] is having over its funding have now become clearer. You can see the detail of the difficulties here, and this quote from NAAEE’s recent message to its members illustrates the significance of the problem the USA as a whole now faces: “The Administration’s budget, as many of…