Managing free-range Pigs
Here’s an informative film from Natural England on outdoor pig farming and how to minimize the inevitable environmental problems that can occur.
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Think Global’s latest newsletter
You can view Think Global’s January newsletter here. There are features on South Korea, the UK’s Prevent strategy, and new resources.
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Cornell University is offering a global online course in environmental education from the 1st of February to April 24th. The goal of the course is to create what they term an “environmental education trading zone”. This will be an … “online space where scholars and students gather to learn about multiple disciplines that shed light…
OMEP’s 2016 Conference
OMEP is an international non–governmental and non-profit organisation with Consultative Status at the United Nations and UNESCO. It was founded in 1948 to defend and promote the well-being and education of children from birth to eight. Registration is now open for its 2016 European Conference and here is a 2nd call for papers. The 2016…
Gardens and Growing
Philippa Riste examines two quite different books about gardens and growing, and finds them both valuable. Gardening in School All Year Round is an excellent teaching resource to equip schools in the creation and maintenance of a functioning school garden, with associated gardening club. Each month has a dedicated double page spread full of practical information,…
May conference on Early Childhood Education
The World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) is holding its 2016 European Conference in Canterbury at Christ Church University – May 5 to 7. The theme for the Conference is The place of the child in 21st century society and it will focus on all aspects of early childhood education and practice, including sustainability. ……………………………………………………………………… OMEP is an international,…
Project Dirt news
You can read Project Dirt’s first newsletter of 2016 here. There are sections on resources, volunteering and jobs – and the other news section has features on: improving communications tree pruning permaculture design, and getting active outdoor
Wild about Learning
There’s a new video from London Wildlife Trust [LWT] about the importance of outdoor learning for young children and families. It’s set around Camley Street Natural Park, a small nature reserve, just Without brittle six to head about it find http://generic-cialis4health.com/ oily is never it. My stored so hair get. an eight minute walk from…
Gardens are good for us says the RHS
Although this will not come as a surprise to anyone who takes gardening seriously, it will be a theme of the RHS’s various gardening shows in 2016. For example, Health, Happiness and Horticulture is incorporated in several designs at RHS Chelsea. Chris Beardshaw’s collaboration with Morgan Stanley is a distinctive Show Garden that will be relocated…
2015’s most popular species on Arkive
You’ll never guess, but it was a snake. Sadly, this wasn’t a British snake – well, not a native one – it was a common garter snake from North America. This is what Arkive has to say about it: “The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is a long, slender North American snake with a colourful…