Education Greenpeace – these resources for children aged 7-18 include support for teaching about climate change. In addition, there’s more about deep sea marine creatures, through a feature with photographs and factual information.
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Climate Change Resources for Schools – a range of resources is available to download from WWF here . These include helpful information to support discussion and investigation of carbon footprints.
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Thriving Together – The NAAEE 2023 Conference Call for Presentations Is now open with a submission deadline of May 5th. The key dates are: Annual Conference (October 18–20) and Annual Research Symposium (October 12). The theme for this year’s virtual event is “Together We Thrive”. You can learn more and submit proposals here.
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Earth Day – This was April 22nd but there are still resources available. Fact Sheets – Earth Day .
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Fashion Revolution Week 22nd – 29th April 2023 – This follows Earth Day and there is still time to get involved. Fashion Revolution Week 2023 : Fashion Revolution.
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Stop Food Waste Day – This is on the 27th April. See how to tackle climate change while reducing food loss and waste. Find out more here.
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Water Updates – The Environment Agency publishes regular monthly updates on a regional basis about the state of rivers and groundwater levels. This can support background knowledge for teaching about rivers, and water as a natural resource.
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Flood Risk – for areas by postcode is given in this interactive tool. Check the long term flood risk for an area in England – (www.gov.uk).
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Trash free Trails – Spring is the ideal time to get outside and look at ways to improve the environment. EARTH DAY SPRING CLEAN | Trash Free Trails is asking people to actively do this and report findings to a study they are leading.
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Slow Ways – This is a project aiming to link a network of walkable routes across the country. You can locate any nearby trails near you and perhaps even walk and review some of them. View their latest map here.
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Critical Thinking about Climate Change – Tackling inaccuracies and falsehoods on social media is outlined in this BBC news article: The ‘ninjas’ fighting climate change denial on Twitter. A downloadable podcast featuring ‘ninjas’ who do this fact checking is available here.
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East Atlantic Flyway – The UK government this week announced that England’s east wetlands are being put forward as a potential Unesco world heritage site. The importance of this area known as ‘The East Atlantic Flyway’, that links bird migration routes from the Arctic Circle to southern Africa via western Europe, is explained here.
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The Amazon – a new study highlighting the impact of Brazil’s landowner-friendly policies and published in Nature, reveals high deforestation rates in privately owned land.
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Cardigan Bay Marine and Wildlife Centre – The Centre has released a short animation based on some of their research about Bottlenosed Dolphins. It is narrated by Welsh naturalist, TV and radio presenter and author Iolo Williams.
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Dawn Chorus Celebrations – It’s coming close to the best time of year to listen to the Dawn Chorus and the RSPB has a recorded example of this magical event that can be used in school. They also offer a series of local events.
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Helvellyn – A film from the John Muir Trust about some of the conservation challenges involved in caring for Helvellyn, one of the UK’s most iconic mountains.
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Hydro-Power – a proposed pumped hydro scheme at Lochan na h’Earba will, if it proceeds, be the largest such scheme in the UK. Find out more details here.
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Ancient Tree Inventory – The Woodland Trust has a map showing where ancient trees are, and you can add a significant old tree to their inventory. A useful resource to explore your local area and stimulate enquiry-led fieldwork.
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Members Only – NAEE’s 2023 AGM will be held by zoom on Nov 18th 10:00 to 12:00. All members welcome. This can also be viewed on our website along with recent blogs and reviews.