A research team from the UK and Ireland have a paper in the journal Ecology and Evolution which explores “the botanical education extinction and the fall of plant awareness”. This is the Abstract: “Civilization is dependent upon plants for survival. Plants permeate our every moment and our relationship with them will dictate how we will…
Letters to the UN – Manchester University’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (in collaboration with Save the Children UK and UK-Med) ran a competition for UK school children to write a speech or letter, addressed to the UN, on the climate emergency. They were asked to focus on: How is climate change affecting you and what actions, initiatives, and policies should…
Vol 131 of Canada’s Green Teacher magazine is now available. There are two freely available articles: Green Buddhism by John NegruAn introduction Navigating Inquiry-Based Instruction by Pamela ChinThe “Four Cs” in a middle school ELA classroom ……………………………………………………….. Other articles (available only to subscribers though you can read the abstracts) are: Where’s the future in teaching? by David FernsPreparing…
Today’s post comes from our Chair, Bill Scott. As with all our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily those of the Association. News comes today that the threat to biodiversity on Earth might pose an existential threat to humanity. This warning comes from the Environment Agency. Many would likely contest the “might” in that…
Cushions Recommended – Teach the Future is holding a teach-in to raise awareness of its climate education bill and the campaign more generally. They day that there will be “some great speakers, so it should be very fun and informative, as well as being an important act of protest.” It’s taking place in Westminster on Saturday 23rd July at…
Through two international sharing sessions, students in the United States met seven student teams in Africa who described the innovative projects they developed to overcome environmental and public health challenges in their communities. This international exchange of information among young scholars provided an opportunity for students at Nysmith School in Virginia to hear about environmental challenges in…
Neil Kitching has written for NAEE before, for example about climate optimism. Here he draws some of the themes of his blogs together. As ever with all our guest blogs, the view’s expressed are his and are not necessarily shared by the Association. In this article, I weave the various themes of my blogs together. …
The Sound of Transformation – The Salzburg Statement for Education Transformation sets out questions for education systems to consider. The Statement says that a “growing consensus for education transformation is emerging to prepare young people for their futures and our sights need to be set on transformation, not reform. While reform starts with processes and improves the system, transformation begins with values…
Here’s another 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 in…
The University of Bath declared a climate emergency in 2020 and has set out its ‘whole institution’ approach to addressing climate change through its Climate Action Framework – Climate Action (bath.ac.uk). As part of this there’s a blog series to explore the results of Bath’s first Annual Climate Action Survey. It looks at a different area of…