Reflections on the DfE’s (2025) Curriculum and Assessment Review: Building a World-Class Curriculum for All Now that the final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) has been published together with the Government’s response, we invite members to share their reflections on these publications. In this blog, Melissa Glackin, Heather King and Kate Greer highlight some key features…
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard 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 NAEE.…
Moon cycle: New Moon: 20th December 2025 Full Moon: 3rd January 2026 New Moon: 18th January 2026 Winter Solstice It’s December and the days are getting shorter, little by little, as we head towards the winter solstice on the 21st. As a farmer and a primary school gardening teacher, everything I am doing seems to…
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard 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 NAEE …
Moon cycle: New Moon: 20th November 2025 Full Moon: 4th December 2025 New Moon: 20th December 2025 Traditional names The names we generally use in the northern hemisphere for the different moons are based upon a blend of Native American culture and western European tradition. Indigenous peoples of North America use names evocative of falling…
By Neil Kitching Background Sicily is an island in the Mediterranean, to the south-west of Italy. It is about the size of Wales with a population of six million. It has an interesting history, full of Greek and Roman ruins, but today is one of Italy’s poorest regions with high unemployment. Persistent levels of corruption…
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard 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 NAEE.…
Moon cycle: New Moon: 21st October 2025 Full Moon: 5th November 2025 New Moon: 20th November 2025 Deer Rutting Moon As the days get shorter in the Northern hemisphere and winter draws ever nearer, many wild animals start to behave differently. Native Americans, whose existence is intertwined with nature more than ours, would celebrate these…
Moon cycle: New Moon: 21st September 2025 Full Moon: 7th October 2025 New Moon: 21st October 2025 Traditionally, the October moon is known in the northern hemisphere as the Hunter’s Moon. This was a time of slaughtering animals and preserving their meats in preparation for the coming winter. Native American names for this moon include…
Blog by Neil Kitching Solar power is cheap and clean. Solar pv is the fastest growing energy source on the Planet and will soon become ubiquitous. In this blog I explain why. Falling Costs The cost of electricity produced by solar power has been falling for the last two decades. This trend is likely to continue due to…
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard 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 NAEE.…
Before the advent of mechanisation, people needed to have as much time during a day as possible in order to get the harvest in. This was greatly helped by the Harvest Moon because, if the sky was clear, the moonlight would extend the time when work could be done in the fields.