Here’s a further update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration…
In two recent blogs, junior climate change negotiators Prakriti Koirala from Nepal and Olivier Ishimwe from Rwanda share their experiences of working with Least Developed Country (LDC) senior negotiator mentors. They discuss how this experience improved their confidence, honed their skills and helped them focus their negotiating at COP27. For junior negotiator Prakriti Koirala, the agreement reached at…
Select Committee Opportunity – Click here for details of the House of Commons Education Select Committee inquiry into teacher recruitment, training and retention. NAEE will be making a written submission to this arguing for the importance of including climate / environmental education within both pre- and in-service teacher professional development. . Are Students ready to take on Environmental Challenges – A…
Emily is a young nature enthusiast and writer living in Warwickshire. She enjoys photographing her local wildlife, wildflowers and fungi, sharing photos on Instagram, Twitter and Vero. She is particularly fascinated by corvids, having rehabilitated a fledgling jackdaw last year. This comes through in her writing, including To The Roost which won the Young Wild…
The 2023 FutureBuild conference took place in early March at ExCel London. Its purpose was to provide the stage for inspiring ideas, innovative solutions and knowledge sharing to drive sustainable construction and help us reach our goal of net zero. The end of event press release is here. One of the presentations to the event…
Green Grounds – A Children’s Nature Network initiative: Global Lessons on Greening School Grounds & Outdoor Learning project sets out to help leaders and practitioners around the world to learn more about successful approaches and scalable strategies for greening school grounds. . Gulf Stream – WEEC 2024 takes place at the end of January 2024 in Abu Dhabi. It seeks…
Natural England produces regular evidence summary reports on a range of issues. Here is a sample of recent ones: Links between natural environments, learning and health: evidence briefing – EIN063 This record was published by Natural England on 26 September 2022. This briefing focuses on the impacts of learning in natural environments and the impacts of natural environments…
Today’s blog is by regular contributor, Ben Ballin. Here he explores recent comments by activist, author and Guardian columnist, George Monbiot. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. In unmistakeably Govean fashion, the 2014 National Curriculum for England channelled Matthew Arnold and boldly announced itself as an introduction to…
OECD+ – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is consulting with education stakeholders in seven countries including the UK. The aim is to explore broadening the purposes of education; ie, what does education need to be like if all learners are to really flourish? In the UK, the Department for Education (DFE) has asked the FED, its partner Parentkind, and Teach for All, to organise a series of…
Here’s an update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration in…