April 26th 2021
Light a Fire in Children's Hearts – Japan's Ministry of the Environment has made a series of videos of talks with prominent Japanese environmental educators. The first season will have 10 stories ranging from young local activist sisters to a University professor with over 50 years experience. The videos are [...]
Earth Day
To mark Earth Day 2021, we are copying a post from the personal blog of Bill Scott, our Chair of Trustees. This looks back to the early 1970s when Philip Larkin was commissioned to write a prologue to a UK government report, How Do You Want To Live? (HMSO, 1972). As ever with [...]
A Garden teaches, but not like a School
Today's post is by actively-retired teacher, Mick Haining. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily endorsed by the Association. Unlike a school, a garden has a timetable that doesn’t use a clock. It hurries or delays events until the occasion is as right as it can [...]
April 19th 2021
There is a Tide ~ The latest edition of Elephant Times from Tide~ global learning focuses on climate change. Contributors include: Katie Riley - describing her climate strike experience; Hannah Boyden - exploring a learning journey responding to the SDGs; and Margaret Barnfield - reflecting on a primary science project ‘Why on Earth?’ [...]
50 Years of NAAEE
Like NAEE, the North American Association of Environmental Education [NAAEE] is 50 years old this year. This is how Judy Braus, NAAEE Executive Director and NAEE Fellow sets out the background to its beginnings: This year is a special one for NAAEE: It’s our 50th Anniversary. We’re excited to celebrate this [...]
Natural England research update
This is part of a recent round up by Natural England of recent and 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 education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People [...]
April 12th 2021
Good grief. What a title! – The Duke of Edinburgh was not known as a champion of environmental education, mores the pity, but he was very interested in young people's development, and in conservation (and the environment more generally). Examples were his presidency of WWF International, his support of the [...]
Beasts at Bedtime
Beasts at Bedtime is a very interesting, imaginative and almost magical book, that illustrates the themed wealth of children’s stories. It recognises that many of the great stories for children feature animals and it is written for all those who imagine that children also see themselves as magnificent creatures. There [...]
Inspiring the Next Generation of Natural Historians
Back in 2011 the House of Lords discussed the ‘Taxonomic Skills Shortage’. This followed years of discussion within natural history: our natural historians are ageing, where is the next generation, who will continue this work?
Waiting for Superman? Time to wake up
Today's blog is the latest in a series from Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, ran the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, launching a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, Richard's views [...]
April 5th 2021
Digital Storytelling – Students in the London Schools Eco Network [LSEN] have traveled to the year 2050 to report back on their hopes and fears for the future. You can see their multimedia letters from the future on YouTube. These were produced through a digital storytelling workshop organised by Bill Finnegan, a [...]
Walk the Global Walk: A European educational project
Today's blog is the first in a series by Ben Murphy who is a member of the University of Glasgow team co-ordinating the Scottish contribution to the Walk the Global Walk programme. The team is led by Dr Ines Alves and Dr Ria Dunkley, along with the city of Glasgow council’s international education officer [...]
