Every year NUS surveys UK students nationally on their attitudes towards, and expectations on, sustainability. Consistently more than 60% of students report that they want to learn more about sustainability, regardless of their academic discipline, with a clear preference for sustainability to be woven into existing course content rather than through separate electives. Through the Responsible…
Countryside Classroom has announced that the the Bumblebee Conservation Trust has won top funding from the Aviva Community Fund. They have been awarded £25,000 for Pollinating the Peak. This project is based in Derbyshire and has education and community engagement at its core. There are five strands: buzzing gardens buzzing communities buzzing schools buzzing tourism and skills…
This is what Project Dirt is up to next week; Sunday 2nd April Seed Saving Masterclass – Bristol (9:30am – 1pm) Friday 7th April Building with Straw Bales – Brighton, East Sussex (9am – 5:30pm) Saturday 8th April Introduction to Permaculture – Brighton, East Sussex (9:30am – 5pm) Open Garden Day @Bleakhouse Library – Sandwell (11am – 3pm) Sunday…
A team of researchers from King’s College, London, has embarked on a research project funded by Leverhulme and the British Academy to ask … Where is environmental education in secondary schools, what is it, and what should the future be? It will run from March 2017 to September 2018 and is led by Drs Melissa Glackin and…
Even if you missed British Science Week – last week – it’s still worth looking at the website for ideas and inspiration. The theme for this year’s British Science Week was “Change”, encouraging young people to think about and investigate the changes happening in the world all around us; from seasons and climate, to materials…
CC & Me is an Australian project that sets out to empower children and young people in Northern NSW to engage in climate change research and action. The aim is to learn about and develop the awareness, attitudes and actions of children and young people towards climate change. The project is working with local children and young people…
Click here to see the latest offers from the Natural History Book Society: NHBS.
Click here to see Easter activities at London’s NHM. There are butterflies, Dinosaurs (of course), wildlife, and the Dodo. Click here for a preview that shows a shake-up that’s been proposed for how we think about Dinosaurs.
UNESCO has launched “Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives”, a new publication aimed at policy-makers, curriculum developers and educators. It contains learning objectives and suggestions for classroom activities to address each of the Goals as well as guidance on how to integrate ESD into policies and teaching. To download the publication, click here.
The deadline for Rotary’s endangered species project has been extended to April 30th. Teachers are invited to encourage their students to participate in an endangered species project and design and produce a leaflet showing how arctic animals particularly Polar bears are affected by Climate Change. Students are also encouraged to produce a depiction of a polar bear in any size using…