Teach those Goals – SOS-UK’s fifth annual SDG Teach In will take place between Monday 21st February and Friday 11th March 2022. The campaign calls on educators across all disciplines and levels of education to pledge to include the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) in their teaching throughout the three weeks. The 2021 campaign saw nearly 500 educators reach around 50,000 students in discussion around…
In today’s post, Kate Greer and Melissa Glackin write about what counts as meaningful climate change education in schools drawing on a recently published article. As ever with our blogs, the authors’ views are not necessarily shared by the Association. Recent civil action has called for ‘more!’ climate change education but ‘more’ of what and…
Juliette Green reviews A Tiger’s Message by Martin D Hill & Marisa Morgan (illustrator) A Tiger’s Message is a beautifully colourful book that helps children learn about the wildlife of tropical rainforests, the threats that they face, and what people can do to help. At first glance, it appears to be a picture book aimed at Key Stage…
To ArtScape – verb / ArtScaper – nounTo create a response from materials and feelings in order to express new ideasTo enhance the environment in ways that delight Mayfield Primary School’s involvement with arts and wellbeing charity Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination started six years ago with the project called ArtScapers: an arts education programme that…
DfE Consults – The Department for Education has launched a survey to gather feedback on its Sustainability and Climate Change draft strategy. This will run until 20th February. The survey ask us which actions set out in the strategy are the most important to us and seeks our our opinions of the overall approach. This is the link. . Union Letter – At the…
In a recent post to the British Educational Research Association [BERA] blog, Lynda Dunlop and Lizzie Rushton write about the place of education in the government’s draft sustainability and climate change strategy. They begin: “Recent research on climate change education in England indicates an absence of policy and pro-environmental ambition, and obstruction in relation to…
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 are not necessarily shared by…
Sue Shanks reviews I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast by Michael Holland & Philip Giordano I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast is a book that explodes in front of you as soon as it comes out of the envelope or as it sits in the bookshop. The intriguing title and vibrant front cover ensures that the reader is compelled…
Jessie Turner OA Alliance, International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification Ocean and climate are intrinsically linked. The ocean is a major driver and amplifier to our climate system and the ocean is impacted by changes to our climate. As project manager of the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification (OA Alliance), I’ve thought a lot…
Who Drew the Sky? – Professor Andy Stables died last week. He contributed much to UK environmental education research in the early 2000s, bringing expertise in literature and philosophy. He only wrote one article for our journal. This restated the case for a liberal education using the idea of literacy, and set out 7 pragmatic principles associated with this. It…