Todays post is from Ronald Rovers and is a cautionary tale about our habit of using resource stocks in our pursuit of the good life at a speed beyond natural replenishment. This is how it begins: “Suppose you eat a orange from a well known brand like Jaffa from Israel, you might expect there is nothing…
You can read all the latest Natural England newsletter here. Environmental education highlights include: The state of school residentials in England: 2017 A new study examining ‘the state of school residentials in England: 2017’ has been released by Learning Away. The study assesses the quantity and quality of residentials currently delivered in schools and is…
Today’s post is c/o the BERA Blog. Its focus is the whys and why nots of taking primary pupils on a farm visit and is written by Leanne Mattu and Bethan Wood. It draws on research funded by the Mains of Loirston Charitable Trust into the use of farm visits for primary school pupils, and how…
Today’s featured blog is by Nadia von Benzon, a Lecturer in Human Geography at Lancaster University. In this, she discusses her research into children’s engagement with nature, particularly the experiences of disabled children, and the use of nature for children’s health and wellbeing. You’ll find this (and other blogs) on the Tree Charter website. The post begins:…
Today’s post is from the PSYCHREG blog, and is by Miles Richardson, Head of Psychology at the University of Derby and founder and coordinator of the Nature Connectedness Research Group. He says that whilst there is plenty of research to demonstrate that spending time in nature is good for us, there’s rather less to explain why this should be…
You can see the September round up of evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news from Natural England here. This supports the Strategic Research Groups for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between research, policy…
As you might recall, in March 2013 Scottish government ministers accepted all 31 recommendations of the Learning for Sustainability (LfS) report which put forward that every learner should receive their entitlement to LfS and every practitioner should demonstrate LfS in their practice. In addition, it called for every school and centre to develop a coherent, whole school approach…
IUCN says that it champions nature’s role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is the UN agency whose role it is to monitor progress towards the biodiversity-related targets amongst the goals. IUCN understands that the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda, and the 17 SDGs that underpin it, recognise that the natural world and its life-giving services must…
You can see the late Summer round up of evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news from Natural England here. This supports the Strategic Research Groups for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between research,…
Today’s guest blog is by Ben Ballin. 255 learning objectives Attentive souls may have spotted that a report was published by UNESCO earlier this year, setting out learning objectives for each of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. It is no doubt a laudable achievement to create fifteen learning objectives for each of the seventeen goals: that’s…
1. September Is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Ken Krall | WXPR September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month in the U.S., a national event to raise awareness of the problem which affects one in six children in this country. Experts say a rise in idle activities, such as watching television and streaming services and playing video games, has the…
Today’s guest blog is by Geoffrey Guy who lectures at Reaseheath College. Geoff is the Director of Education for Bushcraft Education Ltd, and the founder of the Bushcraft Education blog: Reindeer became extinct in the British Isles during the 12th Century, with the last known records of them occurring in the Orkneyinga saga which documents some of the history…