North West England John Muir Members’ Gathering
The first North West England John Muir Members' Gathering will be in Ambleside on October 10th with a range of speakers giving their unique perspectives on enhancing wild land in the North West. Dr Will Williams, a Trustee of the John Muir Trust, will open the gathering by giving an overview of [...]
Proposed changes to Feed in Tariffs
Energy Live News has the story on government proposals to change FiT payments to new renewable producers. Its report begins: The UK Government is proposing to drastically reduce incentives for solar power and has threatened to close the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme. It has launched a consultation with revised tariffs “based on [...]
How can FE meet environmental education objectives?
Today’s guest blog is by Geoffrey Guy who lectures at Reaseheath College, and is the Director of Education for Bushcraft Education Ltd, and the founder of the Bushcraft Education blog. The very first time Environmental Education (EE) was discussed in depth on an international scale was at the Tbilisi conference in October 1977. [...]
The Southern Ocean and climate change
Climate Action reports that the Southern Ocean around Antarctica is absorbing an increasing amount of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and hence limiting the impacts of climate change, according to a new study released on Thursday. The study found that the amount of carbon being absorbed by the vast [...]
Groundwork at Lyme Valley Parkway
Groundwork West Midlands, working in partnership with the Environment Agency, the Wild Trout Trust and Stoke City Football Club is working with young volunteers who are helping to improve the Lyme Brook at Lyme Valley Parkway, Newcastle-under-Lyme, a social action project that benefits those taking part and the wider community. The [...]
New Global Citizenship Guides from Oxfam
Oxfam's recently updated and revamped global citizenship guides are aimed at teachers in all subjects, and across all age groups. They introduce the key elements of Oxfam's Curriculum for Global Citizenship, as well as providing case studies outlining best practice in the classroom, activities that can be adapted for use in many [...]
A welcome to the Year of Fieldwork, 2015-16
We confess that we were unaware that 2015/16 was the Year of Fieldwork, but welcome it anyway. We especially like the logo, and hope that the tread on the boot gets worn away in the next 12 months because of overuse. Esri UK, the Field Studies Council, the Geographical Association, [...]
Rewilding the UK: living in the past or preparing for the future?
This was the title of a debate at the RGS last year. Earthwatch says: "Could we really hear a wild wolf’s howl in Britain again? If human activity is to blame for the wolf’s demise in the UK, along with the local extinction of bears, lynx and beavers, is it now [...]
School Grounds Day
Rupert Brakspear writes about Bretforton First School's work to involving everyone through the Eco-Schools Challenge. Bretforton is a small, vibrant school for 73 Foundation to Year 5 pupils. The school catchment serves families from the village and neighbouring communities lying to the east of Evesham. The school’s motto is ‘Small enough to care, Strong enough to [...]
High Quality Outdoor Learning
A new guide to High Quality Outdoor Learning Guide has been published by the Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel to encourage and support provision of high quality experiences. The guide provides information and ideas on what high quality learning can look like, what it can achieve and methods of evaluation. Backed [...]
NAEE 2015 AGM
NAEE’s 2015 AGM is on October 24th this year. It’s being held at the imposing Birmingham and Midland Institute in the centre of Birmingham. It starts at 1030, and we hope to see you there. More details nearer the time.
Renewable energy and household bills: the facts
Here's a recent summary of UK renewable energy subsidies c/0 regensw. The recent wave of announcements of cuts to renewable energy support have been justified on the basis of cutting costs. The Office of Budget Responsibility has calculated the cost of supporting low carbon power by 2020/21 has risen from a budget of [...]
