Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…
On warm Autumn nights, the sky fills with seeds. The seeds are produced by thistles. They float easily on any updraft. A small breath of air will lift them into the air, where they float through French doors – flung open on a sultry evening – or drift past sausages dripping their fat into a barbecue’s flaring flames.
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by…
To the east the moon is rising, over the farmland where the haymaking of high summer gave it its name. Those fields of seeding grass and flowers, their corncrakes, yellow hammers, clouds of sparrows and hunting barn owls are long gone.
We are naming this lunar month the ‘Strawberry Rose Moon’ in recognition of the value of simple, natural food coupled with the importance of peace and harmony, especially between humans and the rest of the natural world.
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…
The May Moon is also called the Flower Moon. This is because many of the spring flowers are at their best at this time of year.
….. By Professor Justin Dillon, President NAEE ….. The Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report In July of last year, fresh from its election success, the newly-formed Labour Government commissioned Professor Becky Francis CBE to convene and chair a panel of experts to conduct a Curriculum and Assessment Review. The committee’s interim report was published…
Moon cycle: New Moon: 29th March 2025 Full Moon: 13th April 2025 New Moon: 27th April 2025 Pink Moon / Egg Moon April’s full moon is known in North America as ‘Pink Moon’ after an early blooming pink wildflower native to parts of the continent – the ‘Creeping phlox’ or ‘Moss phlox’ (Phlox subulate). An…