30 Under 30 – The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) has announced the names of its EE 30 Under 30 Class of 2022. This recognises 30 leaders under age 30 who are using environmental education to build sustainable and equitable communities around the world. This year they range in age from 15 to 30, and include social entrepreneurs, artists, journalists, researchers, and educators from 19 countries. Their collective work reaches more than 360,000 people each year, many of whom are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. This year, two of the 30 are from the UK: Rosalind Skillen and Jack Baker. You can find out more about them all here.
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Education Futures – UNESCO’s International Commission for the Futures of Education has led a global debate on rethinking future education. This has resulted in a report that the UN hopes will influence international education policy. The Climate Commission for UK Higher and Further Education held focus groups to collect input from students and their findings have been sent to UNESCO to contribute to their work on global education policy.
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Exploring Cultures – The British Council says its classroom resources, will enable you to enhance the classroom experience, explore different cultures, discuss international issues and carry out joint projects. The topics covered are applicable to all age ranges and can be used by teachers regardless of their location. You can explore these here.
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The Facts of Biodiversity – WWF (USA) has a biodiversity resource guide that says it’s designed to give you all the information you need to teach your students about biodiversity and the impacts of human activity. The guide provides basic biodiversity facts, why biodiversity and nature matter, what threats our planet’s biodiversity is facing, what WWF is doing to help, and what young people can do to help.
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Quality Education – The World’s Largest Lesson has a new collection of teaching resources for SDG4 to help students take action on Quality Education. There is a short, animated film, a data skills lesson plan, a survey allowing students to share their views on education, and an activity for them to teach their own lesson. Details here.
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Measuring Up 2.0 – The UN Global Compact Network UK has been Measuring Up the UK’s performance against each of the 17 SDGs and their 169 targets to understand how and where the Government, and other organisations, should focus efforts for the remainder of the Decade of Action. Its report will be launched at Shoosmiths, 1 Bow Churchyard, London EC4M 9DQ on Wednesday 28th September, from 16:00 to 18:30. Save the Date.
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Marine Debris – It’s not too late to apply to the Youth Innovation Challenge (YIC). This gives young people around the world a chance to win $1,000 USD for their innovative solutions to the problem of marine debris, using environmental education as a key strategy. Applications are due by September 1.
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Stories Wanted – GEEP News is curated by the Global Environmental Education Project (GEEP) network. It’s asking us all to submit new and interesting opportunities, resources, or anything else worth sharing. Post your updates to eePRO Global Group or email GEEP@naaee.org.
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Global Climate Change – The Organising Committee for Global Climate Change Week is looking for groups within universities that could run events in mid-October. A media release about the event, and the website is here.
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Making Space for Nature – Last week, the BBC’s On your Farm programme had a feature on the Wild East. This looked at farming and conservation in East Anglia with an emphasis on getting everyone involved in restoring nature and in finding a balance between farming and wildlife interests.
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The Sands of Time – Our World in Data has an hourglass graphic to show the human population now in relation to all the humans who have ever lived. Every year 14 grains of sand enter the hourglass (representing 140 million babies) – and currently 6 grains fall into the bottom of the glass to join the 10,900 grains already there.
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Packaging and Climate – In episode 168 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts a conversation between David Kuhn and Ben Jordan. Parsons is the lead for corporate resilience at the World Wildlife Fund and Kuhn is the Senior Director of Packaging and Climate at The Coca-Cola Company. They discuss why engaging the corporate sector is important to WWF and why the private sector will be important for the emerging adaptation sector.
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OVERSTORY – We’re all invited to go to Bristol and gaze in wonder at the spectacular tree-inspired art installation by Studio Morison. Inspired by native trees across the city. OVERSTORY has temporarily transformed Broadmead West, with suspended artwork that hangs high up over the street. The piece aims to encourage discussion around the importance of trees in our lives and the necessity of equal tree canopy coverage across the city. There’s further news of the Bristol Natural History Consortium here.
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Flu Cull – It is now believed that Britain’s worst avian influenza [ H5N1 ] epidemic has killed tens of thousands of wild birds. The National Trust says that it has collected more than 5,000 dead birds from the Farne Islands off Northumberland. However, it fears that actual deaths are likely to be between 30,000 and 50,000 birds. The Farne islands are a national nature reserve with around 200,000 seabirds living there including guillemots, kittiwakes, razorbills, shags, arctic terns and puffins. Guillemots and kittiwakes are thought to have been the worst affected. More than 300 outbreaks have been reported in British seabird colonies; many coastal areas have been closed to the public.