Here are more updates from Natural England Harmony and connection: human connectedness through social design E Pak – 2016 From a design perspective, this research will show that it is possible to re-create connection through social design, by influencing perception through nature, as an alternative to a state of social disconnection. Nature Teaches Us…
If you’re an oak tree, of course, every day is Oak Day, and you spend it just trying to get along with the rest of the near-biosphere whilst fighting off predators and pests of all kinds; some centuries old; some novel. We humans, however, have to make do with one day in the year. In 2016,…
Did you celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day this year? Maybe you’re outside everyday and so didn’t need to bother to make September 30th special. We hope so! The C&NN says that Outdoor Classroom Day is a global campaign to celebrate and inspire learning and play outside the classroom. It builds on the UK’s Empty Classroom Day, and the…
Think Global’s conference is on 13th October this year – today. Its focus is: How do we create a new generation willing to learn and act to make the world more just and sustainable? Faaria Ahmad, who is organising this event, says: “Despite massive challenges facing the world, there are many ripples of positive change happening across…
Climate Action has announced that 6 billion plastic bags have been saved since the 5p plastic bag charge was introduced. It says that the number of plastic bags given to customers in England’s seven main supermarkets has fallen from 7.6 billion in 2014 to less than 600 million this year so far. Despite this, more than £29…
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has named the three laureates of the 2016 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): the Centre for Community Regeneration and Development (CCREAD-Cameroon) from Cameroon; the Okayama ESD Promotion Commission from Japan; and the National Union of Students UK (NUS-UK) from the United Kingdom This is the second…
Click here to read a range of blogs on the Children and Nature website. They include: A Global Odyssey to Connect Kids with Nature Rekindling a Relationship with Nature in the City Connecting Kids to Nature Through Story Here’s an Easy Way to Get a Regular Dose of Nature
To mark National Poetry Day, here is the essential environmental education poem: Wordsworth’s The Tables Turned: Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you’ll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun above the mountain’s head, A freshening lustre mellow Through all…
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Here’s a link to show who’ll be talking at the Communicate 2016: Swapping Spectacles event in Bristol Zoo on 02 & 03 November. According to the organisers, these are the top 5 reasons for going to Communicate: Cross sector networking – the conference is programmed to offer ample opportunities for both structured and open networking in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere…
Sadly, NAEE missed the fact that yesterday was the International Day of Action on Throwaway Cups. We can only apologise and hope that you didn’t throw too many away as a result. Here’s a link to the International Paper Network website. Mandy Haggith, co-ordinator of the Network says, ‘Throwaway cups, whether made of paper, Styrofoam or…
The NUS has launched 30 faces, a small project designed to help it identify what it was that influenced 30 young people to lead on sustainability. NUS says that their responses are insightful and motivational, and that 30 faces has helped it shape the new Green Impact for students’ unions [GISU] which was also recently…