The following is a letter sent to the two Conservative Party leadership candidates at the end of August from Unchained UK. Unchained was incubated by The Ecology Trust, a grant-making charity established in 2003. It seeks to tackle the root causes of environmental and societal problems that makes the case for “common-sense protections which help keep…
This week’s news round-up had an update on the 2022 TEESNet conference on September 28th. Here is more detail of the paper presentations: Understanding the factors affecting engagement with issues of climate change and sustainability, including social media, through case study research across schools Exploring ‘eco-capabilities’ at the intersection of concerns about children’s wellbeing, their apparent disconnect…
Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that highlights what are felt to be breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, it acts as a hub of social and scientific innovators to create practical solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social…
Here’s a recent 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…
The finalists of the 2022 Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) International Competition have now been assessed by the International Jury, and the awarded entries have been selected. This year, the YRE programme received more than 230 entries from 35 countries. Organisers say that the number and high quality of journalistic pieces submitted to the YRE International Competition show…
We have focused on the two most recent issues of Canada’s Green Teacher recently. If you want to see the back issues, you can do so here. They run from Vol 130 to Vol 33 (back in 1993) The recently published issues all have two freely available articles in them, but the rest are available…
Today’s post is by 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. Today he writes about about human involvement in forest fires in the USA. As ever, with our…
Today’s post is by Marina Robb, the founder and managing director of Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC and The Outdoor Teacher Ltd, organisations that aim to transform education and health through nature. Marina has written (with Jon Cree) The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy (2021) and (with Victoria Mew and Anna Richardson)…
The Summer edition of Canada’s Green Teacher magazine (Vol 132) is now available. The bulk of this issue is dedicated to wild native bees and it has been produced in partnerships with Friends of the Earth Canada. There are two freely available articles: Leaf Your Devices at Home by Britta MooreA lesson plan to combat plant blindness The Lives…
Today’s post is by Mary Colwell the author and activist who did so much to bring OCR’s natural history GCSE to fruition. Mary is Director of Curlew Action and the author of Beak, Tooth and Claw – Living with predators in Britain (William Collins 2021), Curlew Moon (William Collins 2018), and John Muir – the Scotsman who…
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…
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…