Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, 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 views expressed are not necessarily shared by…
Green Steel Plus – NAEE’s curriculum resources are now available together on STEM Learning. You’ll find them here. . Climate Ed in Parliament – Teach the Future’s Climate Education Bill had its first (formal) reading in the House of Commons at the end of January. You can read the Bill’s summary here. Its long title is: ‘A Bill to require matters relating to climate…
Lisa Chilton, CEO of the National Biodiversity Network [NBN] writes about Thor, the walrus which recently paid a visit to the UK’s eastern shores, brought a smile to many faces and managed to disrupt new year celebrations. Lisa begins: “In this monthly (or thereabouts) Nature Positive blog, I’m going to share happy tales from the…
Laure Cugnière, Fiona M. Jones & Ignacio (Nacho) Juarez The polar regions are immensely special, but are rapidly changing due to direct human disturbances, like fishing activity and habitat degradation. Penguins and other seabirds are key environmental health indicators as well as the most threatened group of birds globally. Near the top of the food…
Henricus Peters reviews Flames of Extinction: the race to save Australia’s threatened wildlife by John Pickrell. A carefully researched and deeply empathetic portrayal of the battle to save Australia’s precious wildlife as we cook our planet”. Gaia Vince, author of ‘Adventures in the Anthropocene’ is certainly correct in this statement. John Pickrell has upturned seemingly every possible rock…
Today’s post is by NAEE President and UCL London Professor, Justin Dillon. The views expressed are, as ever, not necessarily those of the Association. Earlier this week I attended a roundtable in London hosted by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Core Cities UK. The topic was “Unlocking the Potential of UK Cities to create…
The View from Sanctuary Buildings – The latest issue of the DfE’s Climate in Education Snapshot is now available. It includes: A welcome message from Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP, Secretary of State for Education An overview of the new deal agreed at COP 15 to protect nature Information on the new report, published by The Royal Anniversary Trust,…
Here’s a further update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration…
A Busy Week – This week brings the International Day of Education (24/01) and the World Environmental Education Day (26/01): opportunities to highlight the importance of education to achieving environmental sustainability. . A Taste of Zero – The next Greener Schools Zero Carbon Schools taster sessions have been announced. These are the times of the sessions with links to register: School Leaders: Tuesday…
Today’s post is by Dr Melissa Glackin from King’s College London. Melissa Glackin is a senior lecturer in science education at King’s College London and former NAEE fellow. As ever with our blogs, the contents do not not necessarily represent the views of the Association. Active hope: The re-worlding of education How are you? […]…