NUS, with others, is holding a two day student sustainability summit at the University of Bristol Students’ Union next Monday and Tueday 09/10 November. Although the event is aimed at students and student officers, staff that work in sustainability roles in are really welcome to attend, as pretty much all the issues being discussed require student-staff…
As part of an EU-funded project, Young People on the Global Stage, TIDE is leading a study visit to Kenya in February 2016. Working alongside teachers from Spain and Kenya, the study visit takes the form of a course which will offer a fresh view on international development, including big questions about poverty and wealth, food and hunger, and sustainable development. There will be…
One of the winners of this year’s Ashden Sustainable Schools Award was Home Farm primary school in Colchester. What follows is taken from the Ashden case study which details the school’s success. The Ashden judging panel said: “The senior management at Home Farm make a formidable team. Their attitude to energy savings and renewables should…
Environmental Worldviews – a historical approach is a book by Richard Jurin with contributions from John Disinger, Clay Schoenfeld and Jennifer Tomsen which will be published by Kendall Hunt in 2016. This, then, is not so much a review as an alert. The key idea behind the book is that human–environment relationships are the result…
This picture, taken at WWCE’s Chelworth solar PV installation, shows a roe deer feeding under the panels, offering some evidence that what solar farmers say may well be true – that such places are good for wildlife. Of course, roe deer are abundant in the south of England and so perhaps it’s no surprise to see…
The WWT’s wetland centre at Caerlaverock, on the Solway Firth, is the host of the BBC’s Autumn Watch This will be broadcast on BBC2 from Monday 2nd to Thursday 5th November.
Are you anywhere near Beauly? If so, the Nature Days at Aigas might be just the thing. Click here to read more and to download programme guides and more information. Nursery programmes are based around sensory learning and allow children to interact with the outdoors whilst being safe and having fun. Aigas focuses on teaching children…
Today’s guest blog is by Geoffrey Guy who lectures at Reaseheath College. Geoff is the Director of Education for Bushcraft Education Ltd, and the founder of the Bushcraft Education blog. The Dartington Conference of 1975 aimed to give a definition of Outdoor Education [OE] that could be accepted by the industry and potentially justify its use in schools…
The Parks Alliance (TPA) in response to the Government consultation on its ‘New Strategy for Sport’ calls for a study of the value of green prescribing. Recognising that investing in prevention is more cost effective than paying for the cure, the TPA calls for a clinical trial to provide the health sector with the verifiable evidence to warrant investment in…
What follows is an extract from a recent Ofsted good practice case study that shows how Netherfield primary school makes highly effective use of resources and space to provide children with outstanding learning experiences. Ofsted says that a range of teaching approaches, both formal and informal, sit side by side in a highly planned curriculum where both…