Today’s post by regular contributor, Richard Jurin, is a follow up to a recent post. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the…
Connecting to Nature – The National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Award scheme is launching in the autumn. Working with the Department of Education, the project aims to ensure every young person in England has opportunities to have a meaningful connection to nature. You can take part. . Failing the Test – Teach the Future has published its report into exam boards and the…
A while back NAEE published a feature on ways of making steel without using so much carbon. It noted that currently steel production makes up around 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. The article explored the use of hydrogen as the reductant instead of coke. To be ‘green’, of course, the hydrogen has to be…
The Climate Book, which was “created” by Greta Thunberg, weighs in at a hefty 1.4kg so you might need to reinforce that coffee table. It has 5 sections: How climate works How our planet is changing How it affects us What we’ve done about it What we must do now Each of these is sub-divided into…
Each week subscribers to The Times can receive an environment-themed email newsletter. This one is about preparations for COP 28 in Dubai. It’s reproduced in full here with acknowledgement. As we reach the halfway point between Cop27 and Cop28, the prospects for success at the summit in Dubai this December are looking increasingly uncertain. Yesterday…
#SchoolsForNature – During the week of 12th June RSPB, WWF, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts, Wildfowl & Wetland Trust and Woodland Trust will be leading a national celebration for schools that have taken practical action for nature this academic year. They will send them a Save our Wild Isles certificate signed by Sir David Attenborough and encourage them…
Callum Woolman It’s a bright sunny day, quite warm actually; it’s playtime without coats. All of which is taken away from us the following week with temperature ten degrees cooler. I am asked why is this happening most days and it allows me to introduce the topic of climate which then leads to the conversation…
Reviewed by Henricus Peters “Just another book on the environment?” I hear you say… No, actually, Protect Our Planet is different as it comes from a young conservationist: an 11-year old eco-warrior from Durban in South Africa, who has already done more beach cleanups and tree-planting than most adults. The book, aimed at children but…
This is a link to an April blog by Neil Kitching which explores the greenhouse effect. Neil blogs at carbonchoices.uk and can be contacted at carbonchoices@gmail.com His content is freely available for sharing with an acknowledgement of the source. This is how Neil begins: “My thoughts on why things might be even worse if there was no…
The DoE goes Green – Young people doing their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award can work with Young Climate Warriors’ on the ‘Skills Section’ of the award. Details here. . Change the Curriculum – Teach the Future has launched 5 new subjects in its Curriculum for a Changing Climate project. If you didn’t see the launch webinar last week, you can catch up on the…