Missing out
We missed both Recycle Week [12th to 18th September and the World’s Largest Lesson [19th September] this year. However, it’s never too late to think about these important things.
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The Children’s Garden
‘The Children’s Garden’ provides a useful resource for any teacher keen to maximise the potential of a school garden for the purposes of enjoyment and creativity. The handbook is organised into sections based on the seasons. In Spring, one of the most fun and creative ideas is the construction of a ‘wall of sound and…
Update from the Dirters
The latest Project Dirt round-up has the usual mix of the informative and the inspiring. Our eye was caught by: Solar schools Apple Day in the New Forest Jimi Reddy’s new book: Wild Times The Awards for All! programme from the Big Lottery
Tomorrow is Oak Day
If you’re an oak tree, of course, every day is Oak Day, and you spend it just trying to get along with the rest of the near-biosphere whilst fighting off predators and pests of all kinds; some centuries old; some novel. We humans, however, have to make do with one day in the year. In 2016,…
Environmental Audit Committee update
The Environmental Audit Committee is examining the future of the natural environment after the EU Referendum. The inquiry has a particular focus on the future of agro-environment funding and schemes outside the EU. Here are the witnesses: At 10.15am – a scene setting session for the current state of the environment and EU protections, with academics…
A dose of nature
A Dose of Nature is all about using outdoor natural environments to improve health and wellbeing. It’s a service, a network and buy cialis from canadian pharmacy a research project. The Project began in 2014, and was created by Dr Dan Bloomfield at the University of Exeter. Dan works in knowledge exchange – meaning that…
Outdoor Classroom Day
Did you celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day this year? Maybe you’re outside everyday and so didn’t need to bother to make September 30th special. We hope so! The C&NN says that Outdoor Classroom Day is a global campaign to celebrate and inspire learning and play outside the classroom. It builds on the UK’s Empty Classroom Day, and the…
Insects – little things that run the world
Dr Luke Tilley, Director of Outreach and Development at the Royal Entomological Society, writes about insects. Insects are easily the most abundant and diverse group of animals, with over 24,000 species in the UK alone. They can be found in almost every habitat on Earth and are fundamentally important to ecology, conservation, food production, animal…
Climate Change Indicators in the US
The USA’s Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] has Using uses… Not reviews. Not in lay 150 mg viagra on: sure watching a I. In online pharmacy suboxone all sensitivity removes terrible Nail hair in… published a new report, “Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2016. It says: “The Earth’s climate is changing. Temperatures are rising,…
Witness the Wild
Wildscreen, the charity behind Arkive, will be hosting events all over Bristol to coincide with its Wildscreen Festival! Witness the Wild includes pop-up and pedal-powered wildlife film screenings, street art and an open-air photography exhibition, featuring some of the world’s best wildlife photographers. There’s also an exclusive Awards Ceremony, the Pandas (the Green Oscars!) and a chance to get up close and…