The Global Footprint Network has launched a city pledge to #movethedate of Earth Overshoot Day. The city pledge is the fourth to be unveiled for Earth Overshoot Day. This marks the date we will have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the whole year. Earth Overshoot falls on August 2 this year. The…
The latest feature from the Science Geek looks at the exploration of the solar system and what we have learned. It begins: Nearly 40 years ago, on 20 August 1977, the Voyager 2 space probe was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to study the Solar System’s four outermost planets. It was followed…
Business Connect has a feature titled: 4 Stark Realities Of The Global Water Crisis. This begins: Everyday, millions of people take clean water for granted. We don’t give a second thought to taking a long shower or cleaning our cars. We bathe our children in crystal clear water and cool off with the hose. We drink…
Natural England has published the latest Nature Connection Index (NCI) report as well as the most recent Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) report on visit frequency and environmental attitudes. You can read these here: Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment Survey: developing a method to measure nature connection across the English population (adults and…
We were pleased to see that Environmental Education Research, the leading academic journal in our field, featured the NAEE website as weekend viewing last week. This is how they introduced us: The United Kingdom’s National Association for Environmental Education curates a website with a blog, weblinks and a webwatch, ideas for curriculum, fellowships, links to…
There is a growing realisation that children benefit by being involved in ‘wild’ spaces; that so many children today grow up in a city environment – far from any ‘natural encounter’ – with youngsters who simply do not know what ‘nature’ they are missing. These are the new generation of kids experiencing ‘nature deficit disorder’,…
Here is the second part of Natural England’s recent round up of evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items. This supports the Strategic Research Groups for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All in order to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between…
1. The Business Connect website has a feature by John Hawthorne on 50 Heartbreaking Facts and Stats About The Global Water Crisis. It sets out a range of information (with sources) about the inequitable access to potable water across the planet. It begins: 1,800 child deaths every day are linked to water, sanitation and hygiene 2,000 children…
Here’s an update from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership. The Natural Capital Impact Group launched a new metric to help corporates improve their impact on the natural environment. The network of global companies, including Kering, Interserve, Mars and Asda are working together to determine how business can sustain the natural world and its resources. Find…
A recent Economist has a special feature on the Earth’s oceans. It begins, EARTH is poorly named. The ocean covers almost three-quarters of the planet. It is divided into five basins: the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Arctic and the Southern oceans. Were all the planet’s water placed over the United States, it would form…