Poppy Flint ‘This is Rubbish’ (TiR) is a community interest company focused on large scale, pre-consumer food waste. It is a crucial climate change issue and a useful subject for looking at both the environmental and social impacts of modern life. Recently, TiR’s education and outreach work has moved on from an environment and climate…
Planktonia: the nightly migration of the ocean’s smallest creatures by Erich Hoyt Whilst our planet is covered 75% in salt water to the extent it should be called ‘Blue Planet’ or ‘Planet Ocean’, we still know very little about the ocean waters and their treasures: the amazing organisms that call these waters home. This is especially true…
Meaningful Connections – London’s Natural History Museum, the Royal Horticultural Society and the Royal Society, are developing the DfE’s National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Awards scheme. This aims to make sure every young person in England has opportunities to develop a meaningful connection to nature, understand the concepts of climate change and biodiversity loss, and feel able to…
If you are reading this then you will likely be a member of that lucky UK tribe that finds fulfilment from being in the natural world, and a just cause in its protection. Our tribe has a long history, and the wonder is that it doesn’t have more members. But that is what environmental education…
Council for Learning Outside the Classroom – CLOtC has published an evidence summary for learning outside the classroom in natural environments. Natural England commissioned this following the publication of 2 new reports. One of the lead authors of these is CLOtC trustee and NAEE President, Prof Justin Dillon. CLOtC hopes the evidence will be useful for encouraging more schools to feel…
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…
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…
Sue Fenoughty reviews I Love My World by Chris Holland. Another Devonian, children’s author Michael Morpurgo, strongly recommends this book as being “a must for all”. Chris Holland is obviously passionate, and very knowledgeable about the natural environment, especially plants, and the activities in the book aim to pass on his passion and knowledge to the…
Juliette Green When the children at Kings Norton Primary School, Birmingham, returned from lockdown in March, Year 4 began a cross-curricular theme based on the book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Over a period of four weeks, we carried out a range of activities based on the characters, settings and events of…
The Golden Thread – UCET, the Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers, has a new report on teacher professional development. It has a section on climate change and the ecological emergency which we covered in a blog last week. The report says that that the entire ‘golden thread’ from the Early Career Framework (ECF) to the National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) is silent on these issues. Meanwhile…