This article was first published in NAEE‘s Spring 2016 journal Environmental Education (Vol 111), as our ‘President’s Column’. The views are Bill Scott’s own, not NAEE’s. Do we need to learn to be more welcoming of nature’s migrants? The current migration of people into Europe from North Africa, the Middle East, and farther afield because of war and other…
The Learn from Nature blog is always worth a second look as it sets out to contribute news and ideas to the debate around finding ways of humans living lightly on the Earth. It’s writer (NAEE’s Henricus Peters) says: Humans, as regions and nations, even as individuals, share the Earth with many billions of peoples…
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A few days ago, our Webwatch pages celebrated 100 years of the US National Park service, and that same week, at the Bristol Science Centre, NAEE and its North American Cousins from NAAEE came together at the UK launch of GEEP – the Global Environmental Education Program(me) – to celebrate another 100 year milestone. We…
Remain for Nature is a short film urging us all to vote to stay in the EU. The blurb says: “Europe’s protections keep Britain’s wildlife, countryside and nature safe. Wildlife doesn’t queue up at the border with its passport. We can only tackle these issues across borders. On 23 June, vote remain – for nature.”…
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Click here to view a gloomy set of stories about wildlife and the human condition that the Gurdian featured last week. Whether it’s Indonesian birds facing extinction because of the pet trade (right), or yet more elephant poaching (below), or a viagra drug class – kamagra 100mg – how to become a registered pharmacy technician…
Here’s a link to a feature about a new World Bank report on how Shanghai manages to be so high (1st!) in the global educational attainment tables. The key findings are: Shanghai’s performance on international tests is linked to a strong education system with efficient public financing. Shanghai’s policies and investments have created a great…
The Children & Nature Network has alerted the world to the UK’s problems with a feature on 2-year olds and their iPads and tablets. It begins … “Most kids start using tablets by the age of two and get a smartphone when they are seven, a survey has found. More than half of parents admitted they…
Bill Ballantine was a noted New Zealand marine biologist and grassroots activist who successfully promoting the establishment of “no-take” marine reserves, both in New Zealand and internationally. These unprecedented reserves are widely considered to be a critical means of protecting marine resources which are quickly being depleted around the globe. In a Conservation Blog, marine…
Here’s NAEE President, Bill Scott, with some thoughts from his University of bath blog on the reception last Tuesday involving NAEE members and those from NAAEE in the USA, and the members of the Global Environmental Education Project steering committee: The GEEP event last week ended with a reception at @Bristol hosted by the UK’s National Association for Environmental…
The Innovation Award for Environmental Educators recognizes outstanding nursery, primary and secondary school teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as a context for learning for their students. Up to two teachers from each region will be selected to receive this award. We know that this sounds too good to…