As with every large scale event, there is bound to be controversy…. Rio Olympics, it seems, is no different! Images of a ‘green’ , polluted waters – along with others – have flashed around the internet…. to the concern of environmentalists, and also of Rio games organisers. The Washington Post reported on this But NAEE ‘does…
Over 100,000 people have signed a petition in support of a ban on driven grouse shooting in the UK. Although NAEE is studiously neutral on what is a conservation issue not an educational one, we do understand that learning about the pros and cons of shooting as a conservation measure is important, and that getting a range of…
Here’s Richard Louv writing about nature for the Children and Nature Network He says, “What’s nature? Whilst scientists and poets struggle to find the answer, each of us must capture the mystery.” He goes on: “A few years ago, I worked with a council of neuroscientists, experts on childhood development. When I asked how experiences in…
Luc Hoffmann died on July 21st, age 93. He was heir to the Hoffmann-LaRoche pharmaceutical fortune, but used his money for conservation, being heavily involved with funding WWF from its inception in 1961. His approach to conservation, “with man, not against him” influenced WWF and others, but as this appreciation from the Economist shows, “Few…
You can read the BBC’s take on the report of the natural connections project here. As part of this, the report’s main author told BBC news: “We need to be a little bit clearer about what forms of outdoor learning meet what purposes and aims (of curricula). So rather than just being outdoors magically making…
Earth Overshoot Day is the day in the year when our demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources and accumulating waste, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Earth Overshoot Day is hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network, an international think…
This article was first published in NAEE‘s Winter 2015 journal Environmental Education (Vol 110), as our ‘President’s Column’. The views are Bill Scott’s own, not NAEE’s. How does being in ‘quality nature’ contribute to human wellbeing? It is hard to pick up a newspaper or watch TV without coming across somebody official telling us to take more exercise. The NHS, for…
Today’s blog is by Henricus Peters, NAEE’s social media & e-journal editor. On July 1st, 2015, a beautiful animal was killed, totally needlessly. Social media exploded, rightly so. When wildlife is seen only as a trophy, what does that say for us? Cecil (c. 2002 – 1 July 2015) was a male Southwest African lion (Panthera leo bleyenberghi) who lived primarily in the Hwange…
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Today, rather than a blog of our own, here’s a link to the Children & Nature blog where you will find a number of relevant posts on migration, mindfulness, and forest schools. And here’s a later link to bring you completely up to date.
If you missed the April 28th seminar “Moving on From Paris: Implementation Lessons from Social Science,” a video of the webcast is now available. The seminar explored the benefits and risks of the voluntary bottom-up approach crafted at the 2015 Paris climate summit, in which 196 countries pledged individual Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to meet global…
We are very pleased to hear that Martineau Gardens – a place NAEE knows well and really likes – has been awarded a green flag for 2016. The award, now celebrating its 20th year, recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces across the country – a Green Flag flying overhead is a sign to the…