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.…
Behaviour Change for Net Zero – The University of Bath’s next I-SEE webinar is on Tuesday March 5th – 1630 to 1730. Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh will argue that most measures required to reach climate change targets require behaviour change and social transformation. To achieve this, she says, measures will be needed to change people’s behaviour at home, work and elsewhere. Findings from…
This was the headline in the recent Sunday Times and the sub-head was: Schools are responding to surveys showing that children want to learn more about climate change — and how to stop it. This is how it began: Last year was the warmest since global records began, at 1.18C above the 20th-century average of…
Key messages, resources and events in February The National Education Nature Park empowers young people to make a positive difference to both their own and nature’s future, through creating a network of green spaces in schools, nurseries and colleges across the country. Young people lead the way in taking action to boost biodiversity on their…
NCD UK 2024 – National Children’s Day provides an opportunity for everyone to share the work that they are doing to protect the wellbeing of children and families. This year, NCDUK2024 will take place on Sunday May 12th. Discussions are already taking place on social media #NCDUK2024 @NCDUK2024 . DERC Webinar – There’s an online event on Wednesday February 28th (1600) when Matthew Hayes…
The latest edition of The Conversation’s Imagine newsletter is a feature on animal migration by Jack Marley, Environment commissioning editor. This is how it begins: “Throughout Earth’s long history, myriad beings have taken flight when conditions became too harsh – as seeds or spores, or on feet, paws, wings and fins. The same is happening…
Dr Ian Humphreys is the Chief Executive of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, and an NAEE Fellow. He recently wrote a post for the Slugger O’Toole blog on the idea of a Deposit Return Scheme. This is how it begins: “An ambitious new initiative has come into force in the Republic of Ireland on February 1st that…
Reviewed by Professor William Scott Just how bad are bananas? I don’t mean as a food; that’s quite a different question. I’m referring to carbon footprints. You might have wondered about this as you unzipped that most convenient and ubiquitous of fruits, given that it will have been carted half-way across the planet to sit…
Scotland and Equity – The Equity Toolkit from Education Scotland [Foghlam Alba] aims to provide an accessible and adaptable resource for local and sectoral needs to support the new mission of the Scottish Attainment Challenge. The Toolkit has been designed to support practitioners and decision making. . Learning Conversations – Foghlam Alba [Education Scotland] says listen to its Interim Chief…
Neil Kitching’s latest blog is about his experience of going ‘all electric’ in 2023 – heat pump, solar pv, battery, electric car and smart meter. As Neil’s regular readers will suspect, this is a thorough and honest evaluation of 12 months of what is an (almost) all-electric experience. There are a lot of positives reported…