NAEE and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) invite you to a reception being held in Bristol on Tuesday May 31st from 1700 to 1900 at the Bristol Science Centre. The reception is to mark the UK launch of the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP), which was established in 2014. It is also being held in conjunction with the…
Birmingham City Council, in partnership with Veolia, is looking for Birmingham’s next “green” champions. The Best Naturally Green (Biophilic) Scheme award is aimed at attracting entries that demonstrate the efforts people and organisations have made to connect to the natural environment by protecting wildlife, creating wildlife habitats and increasing biodiversity; improving access to green living spaces; taking part in…
In this feature, which will soon be published in Environmental Education Vol 112, Matt Roper, CEO of Green Buying explores his company’s work with schools. There is a growing awareness within the education sector of the need and potential to “buy green” and there are plenty of examples of committed individuals taking major steps to…
A new report on Circulate from Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicted that electric cars will be cheaper to own than conventional cars by 2020, and that they will make up about 40% of all vehicle sales by 2040. Currently just 1% of all new cars sold are electric and cost is still a significant barrier. However, this latest analysis predicts…
WWF UK has announced a new school campaign that focuses on what can be done to produce and consume food in a sustainable way so that it is not harmful to our planet. This is the Plant2Plate campaign, and you can register your school here. You can also take on WWF’s Easy Peasy pea challenge. Every school that…
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Grow2Eat says: “Get your children and grandchildren gardening!” as spring, is the perfect time to get your children or grandchildren interested in gardening. Children, it says, will usually enjoy garden tasks such as planting/sowing, light digging and light weeding, adding that: “Planting a wildflower meadow is a great task for children as they can spot…
The Times Educational Supplement – TES – has a webpage on resources related to outdoor learning. This includes: Early Years outdoor play Outdoor fun in the Early Years The Books of Julia Donaldson Song, rhymes and lyrics Collections for resources for creative outdoor learning at Primary school Pattern in art – Primary Art Local study…
A new e-book, Prophet and Loss, celebrates the wildness legacy left by the founder of UK nature conservation, Charles Rothschild. It’s written by Simon Barnes reveals and illustrated by wildlife artist Nik Pollard, and is s a must-read says the Wildlife Trusts. Barnes re-visits seven of the 284 special places which Charles Rothschild and his…
The University of Cambridge’s David Attenborough Building was formally opened in early April after undergoing a £58-million revamp to transform it into a global centre of conservation excellence. A dramatic ‘living wall’ covered in plants forms the centrepiece of the new centre, which will house over 500 biologists, conservationists and students, and provide a base for research, conferences,…