Being green in the UK: why we need a better understanding of the relationship between climate concern, behaviours and wellbeing is the title of a recent UCL blog by Lisa Fridkin, Neil Kaye, and Katie Quy. This is how it begins: “Much media attention is given to climate change denial and arguments over the impacts of human-driven climate change,…
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. . 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. .…
The General Teaching Council for Scotland invited Dr Beth Christie, Senior Lecturer, and Director for the Learning for Sustainability programme at the University of Edinburgh, to provide “a provocation” to help the GTC review its Code of Professionalism and Conduct. Beth was one of a series of invited education professionals and experts with diverse, and…
Volunteers Needed by the DfE – The government has allocated £3.9 million to help schools implement the government’s climate change strategy for education – including recruiting and managing a team of expert volunteers to provide advice. An early tender for the ‘sector engagement and support’ contract shows the successful bidder will “identify appropriate experts” to help schools develop their…
Rewilding Monthly Bite produced this update on last mon this activities. There has been a flurry of papers, bills, reports, and strategies published this month in line with World Rewilding Day, here is a summary breakdown of the most interesting ones. Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions – LINK Addressing challenges for large-scale trophic rewilding…
Each week subscribers to The Times can receive an environment-themed email newsletter. This one is about children and soil. It’s reproduced in full here with permission. When was the last time you got your hands dirty? Not just a bit mucky, but really caked in mud? And how about your children? According to children’s charity…
UNESCO-JAPAN Prize – A call for nominations has been issued for the 2023 UNESCO-Japan Prize in Education for Sustainable Development. The three Prize winners are selected by the Director-General of UNESCO on the recommendation of an expert panel. Winners will receive USD 50,000 each and will be invited to establish a long-term collaboration with UNESCO by joining the ESD…
The Winter 2023 edition of Canada’s Green Teacher magazine [ Vol 134 ] has now been published. It has a focus on energy transitions. You’ll find details here. The full contents is only available to subscribers but every edition contains two articles that are freely available. This is the contents: Clean Energy Ready to Displace…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that tens of thousands of species are threatened with extinction. But what does it mean for a species to be ‘threatened with extinction’? How do researchers evaluate extinction risk? The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is regarded as the definitive source of extinction risk. Every…
DfE Snapshot – The next issue of the DfE’s Climate in Education Snapshot is now available. It includes: A reminder about Outdoor Classroom Day coming up on 18th May A form to sign-up to our first stakeholder good practice session An update on the SCCU Stakeholder User Group Jon’s visit to the Bristol Education Partnership Sharing the good practice…