Today’s blog is a short article that Alan Reid, Editor of Environmental Education Research, posted a while back on the School Education Gateway. In this, he argues that we should refocus education on our responsibility for the present and future, and explains why this is critical to ESD. A fundamental task of “everyday ESD” is learning…
The Wildlife Trusts have serious concerns about the Government’s proposed changes to the planning system, and have identified some key principles which, when adopted, will ensure wildlife recovery and easy access to nature for people are at the heart of reforms. They say “Help us put nature back into planning and back our principles by…
Nicola Simpson, Urban Wildlife Manager at Gloucester Wildlife Trust Gloucestershire is often considered to be a rural county, full of countryside and nature. So many people might be confused to find out that Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT) has an urban programme of work. The county has two major settlements and only one city, Gloucester, which…
Beautifully written and illustrated with clear photographic instructions throughout, Naomi Walmsley and Dan Westall have brought together all of the key elements of forest school into an accessible and easy read. The book encompasses all that is needed to lead successful sessions across the primary age range and beyond, with its abundance of natural crafts,…
Dr Beth Christie is a Lecturer in Education in the Outdoor and Environmental Education Section of the Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh. She is Programme Director for the MSc Learning for Sustainability, and a member of the Childhood and Youth Studies research group. Beth has a particular interest in climate…
Click here for an update on the Youth Climate Summit that’s being held from November 9 to 13. Co-ordinated by the charity Global Action Plan and a team of dedicated teachers, the Youth Climate Summit will be a week-long virtual festival of themed discussions and activities. GAP is inviting schools, teachers and organisations all over…
Is it Silent Spring, perhaps? Or Walden? The Natural History of Selbourne, maybe, or A Sand County Almanac? Then there’s Last Child in the Woods, Small is Beautiful or The Web of Life. The Prelude, perchance, The Deserted Village, or The Mores? Or Emile. Is it Bedford 2046, Marx’s Ecology, The Child in the City, or Streetwise? Or Deep Ecology: living as if nature mattered, Ariadne’s Thread, Environmentalism, or After Sustainability? Is it The Skeptical Environmentalist, or Capitalism as if the World Matters. Or Collapse: how societies choose…
Joe Brindle, a member of the Teach the Future leadership team, writes about the organisation’s new tactics, having failed to engage English school education ministers in serious conversations about the changes they are seeking to the student experience of schools. NAEE is a core supporter of Teach the Future and its aim of curriculum reform.…