British Birdgirl introduces her peers to wildlife Mya-Rose Craig Wildlife blogger 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…
Today’s guest blog is by Ben Ballin. 255 learning objectives Attentive souls may have spotted that a report was published by UNESCO earlier this year, setting out learning objectives for each of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. It is no doubt a laudable achievement to create fifteen learning objectives for each of the seventeen goals: that’s…
1. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a feature on how birds manage to fly at high altitudes where the oxygen levels are low: “Flying on Fumes”. Over five years, Cornell PhD student Sahas Barve (and others) studied the evolutionary solutions birds had come up with, publishing findings in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Barve’s study focused…
As you will know by now, the annual conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education had to be cancelled owing to hurricane devastation. NAAEE has announced, however, that it will hold a virtual conference, beginning on October 17th. Details are here. NAAEE says: We hope you can join us for virtual conference week…
1. September Is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Ken Krall | WXPR September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month in the U.S., a national event to raise awareness of the problem which affects one in six children in this country. Experts say a rise in idle activities, such as watching television and streaming services and playing video games, has the…
New Scientist Events asks: How did an upright ape conquer the world and all its rivals? Discoveries made over the past few years are re-writing the story of human evolution – and it is far more intriguing than we ever imagined. It is organising a one-day masterclass with six leading experts guide you through the discoveries that are…
Today’s guest blog is by Geoffrey Guy who lectures at Reaseheath College. Geoff is the Director of Education for Bushcraft Education Ltd, and the founder of the Bushcraft Education blog: Reindeer became extinct in the British Isles during the 12th Century, with the last known records of them occurring in the Orkneyinga saga which documents some of the history…
Jane Goodall is something of a conservation superstar and I have been very fortunate to have met her, twice. She is a well-qualified zoologist and environmentalist; a trailblazer in African chimpanzees and as a woman scientist. She is 83 and still going strong, spread-ing the conservation message as she travels world-wide; she certainly draws a…
1. The Natural History Museum in London has published its autumn programme of events and activities. It’s here. The museum says: See award-winning nature photography, learn about some of the world’s most venomous creatures and dive into the evolutionary history of the whale. Exhibitions are open until 22.00 on the last Friday of October and November.…
To celebrate National Poetry day – 28th September – here’s something international from Du Fu (712 – 770) who was a Tang Dynasty poet. He is writing here about the very wet autumn of 754 CE in what is now the Chinese megacity of Xi’an. Lamenting Autumn Rains Blustrous winds, unending rains, autumn of chaos.…