In two recent blogs, junior climate change negotiators Prakriti Koirala from Nepal and Olivier Ishimwe from Rwanda share their experiences of working with Least Developed Country (LDC) senior negotiator mentors. They discuss how this experience improved their confidence, honed their skills and helped them focus their negotiating at COP27. For junior negotiator Prakriti Koirala, the agreement reached at…
Emily is a young nature enthusiast and writer living in Warwickshire. She enjoys photographing her local wildlife, wildflowers and fungi, sharing photos on Instagram, Twitter and Vero. She is particularly fascinated by corvids, having rehabilitated a fledgling jackdaw last year. This comes through in her writing, including To The Roost which won the Young Wild…
The 2023 FutureBuild conference took place in early March at ExCel London. Its purpose was to provide the stage for inspiring ideas, innovative solutions and knowledge sharing to drive sustainable construction and help us reach our goal of net zero. The end of event press release is here. One of the presentations to the event…
Natural England produces regular evidence summary reports on a range of issues. Here is a sample of recent ones: Links between natural environments, learning and health: evidence briefing – EIN063 This record was published by Natural England on 26 September 2022. This briefing focuses on the impacts of learning in natural environments and the impacts of natural environments…
Today’s blog is by regular contributor, Ben Ballin. Here he explores recent comments by activist, author and Guardian columnist, George Monbiot. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. In unmistakeably Govean fashion, the 2014 National Curriculum for England channelled Matthew Arnold and boldly announced itself as an introduction to…
Here’s an 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…
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…
Today’s post is by Stephen Scoffham and Steve Rawlinson who made a presentation to NAEE’s 2022 AGM in November. Their latest book Sustainability Education A Classroom Guide (Bloomsbury 2022) explores the issues raised in this blog and offers practical advice on teaching activities and curriculum organisation. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily…
Today’s post is by Cameron, a Year 13 / S6 student from Scotland who was a member of the UK Schools Sustainability Network delegation to COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. Conversations we Need to Have – My Experience of…
RICE is a project that sets out to help Welsh industry reduce its carbon emissions. It explores the role that education can play in this. Examples of outputs are: 20/06/2022 RICE working with additional educational need students 28/01/2020 Education for our planet and our future 22/10/2019 Climate Change Education to Support the Curriculum for Wales…
Our Chair of Trustees has been reading and reviewing Leadership for Sustainability: saving the planet one school at a time, written by NAEE Trustee David Dixon, and published by Crown House Publishing, 2022: 250pp, paperback, £18.99, ISBN 978-1-78135-401-8. The full review will appear shortly in the Spring 2023 issue of FORUM (volume 65, number 1), but is available here as…
the Edge is a multi-disciplinary built and natural environment think tank and network which started as a means of creating a shared space between the architectural and engineering institutions. It is a voluntary group with no staff, only multiple stakeholders across the built and natural environment professions. It encourage cross-disciplinary debate and campaign for change…