Today’s blog comes from Dr Melissa Glackin, an NAEE Fellow who works at King’s College London. Melissa is commenting from the perspective of science education on Alan Kinder’s recent NAEE blog. The contribution of fieldwork It was great to read Alan Kinder’s blog for NAEE earlier this month: The contribution of fieldwork to geography education.…
The Center for Biological Diversity has a wide range of (mostly US-based) features on biodiversity issues. Some of it makes gloomy reading. Here are couple of recent features: That Wall Study: Trump’s Border Wall Threatens 93 Endangered Species. If Trump’s border wall is built, it’s going to put 93 endangered species in harm’s way, from jaguars to ocelots to…
Here is the first part of Natural England’s recent round up of evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items. This supports the Strategic Research Groups for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All in order to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links…
1. The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom annual conference 2017 will take place on Thursday 16th November at Ingestre Hall Residental Arts Centre. There will be inspirational speakers reflecting on topics relevant to LOtC, and sharing their experience of implementing high quality LOtC provision, and a series of practical and informative workshops to allow you to find…
Mya-Rose Craig is a 15-year-old British Bangladeshi young naturalist, birder and conservationist. She writes the successful Birdgirl blog and was a Bristol European Green Capital Ambassador along with Shaun the Sheep. She has also been listed with singer George Ezra and actress Maisie Williams as one of Bristol’s most influential young people. The article which…
The idea of an environmental handprint is the positive side of the environmental footprint. For example: Handprint is positive action, commitment, measurement; it also means connecting – joining hands and a symbol of care. Environmental issues have become part of one’s life and so there is a dire need to practice positive sustainable actions from…
UNEP has a Young Champions of the Earth scheme and anyone between 18-30 can apply online here. Six Young Champions of the Earth are selected every year, one from each global region (Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and West Asia). Each winner receives the following: US$15,000 in seed funding; Attendance at the United…
The GA says that, following the success of previous photo competitions by its Physical Geography Special Interest Group, the Physical Geography Photo Competition returns. The theme for this year is ‘Landscape Story’. The aims are … to promote students’ observation and awareness of physical geography in their environment to apply young people’s knowledge of physical geography…
London has had more than its fair share of tragedy recently, and so it seems almost inappropriate to focus on positive news. However, amidst all the gloom and disaster, there are good things happening, especially in relation to (environmental) education. Read on … 1. LEEF’s Summer Party This is on Wednesday 5th July at Holland Park Ecology Centre 1800…
NAEE’s recent featured book was a report by the social change consultancy, NotDeadFish: Work on the Wild Side. You can download it here. The report “attempts to debunk the myth that outdoor learning and residentials are not viable teaching mechanisms“. I’m not sure that this myth actually exists, and neither, I suspect, do the authors of the report…