Miles Richardson, who writes about our connections to nature, posted a recent blog on A Guide to Nature. This explores our obsessive focus on knowledge at the expense of empathy and valuing. The post gives the background to hie ideas for a new book. It begins: “Nature is in decline and there is a need to promote…
The RHS I Can Grow project is a chance for young people to discover and explore the benefits of gardening, not only to them, but also to their local community and the wider world. I Can Grow is designed to empower young people, allowing them to create a campaign, using plants, to shout about the environmental and…
Crossroads is the blog where IUCN hopes that members and partners will bring new and sometimes controversial ideas on urgent and emerging issues. IUCN has created this to encourage the exchange ideas and opinions on some of the most topical and controversial issues. It says that this is a unique opportunity to address IUCN’s government and civil society members, voice opinions…
There’s a TeachMeet at the 2018 GA Conference on Friday 6 April at 1845 in the Heartsease Atrium. This takes place just before the networking quiz and unofficial #beermeet. It is free to attend. Frog life is holding a toad summit on 19th June (0930 to 1630) to discuss toad conservation. There will be a variety of speakers from academics and from…
The first Global Education Digest – a bibliography of recently (2015-17) published academic and research material relevant to the field of global education is now available. The Development Education Research centre has compiled this on behalf of Global Education Network Europe [GENE], as part of the Academic Network on Global Education & Learning [ANGEL]. This builds on previous Development…