The USA has signed up to the Paris Agreement, but doing what it has pledged will be hard work – as it will be in the UK. For anyone teaching about all this, the Washington Post has produced some great graphics which you will find here. These show how each State generated its electricity in…
Which do our 7 year-olds need most, asks Ben Fogle in a recent Guardian article. He begins: Government plans to introduce national tests for seven-year-olds shows just how far our exam obsession has come. Our kids now face constant assessment as politicians attempt to measure the success of schools. Children have become tiny cogs in a box-ticking…
Just before Christmas, it was announced that Tony Juniper, the campaigner, writer and environmentalist, had been appointed President of The Wildlife Trusts in order to “help the Trusts to support nature’s recovery on land and at sea and to put nature at the heart of society.” His recent book What Nature Does For Britain explores the far-reaching impact…
Here’s a link to a Wildlife Trusts blog which featured the writings of Abi Elphinstone. “It was the holly tree in my garden that taught me to be brave. I’d climbed all the others – the wellingtonia, the beech and the sycamore – through the maze of jutting branches until I emerged into a world of buzzards…
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. Re-wildling for the environmental educator It’s tempting in environmental education or sustainability education to get enthusiastic about new and revolutionary ideas about sustainability and start to promote them; ideas…
Is the world safer today? Is it the beginning of the end for King Coal and the Oil Oligarchs? Will the waters stop rising in the Pacific islands? Does the UK have a strategy to meet it Paris obligations? Should we feel optimistic? Etc. There are probably more questions here than clear answers. Here’s what…
The Government is to create a national litter strategy to help address the dreadful litter problem that is found across the whole country. This has been welcomed by Keep Britain Tidy, which says it reflects its campaigning for government leadership on the issue of litter. However, KBT thinks that the Government should have taken specific action on littering from vehicles…
A couple of months ago, we reported on a conference in Telford that NAEE attended: Growing up Green and Global. Now, a 10 minute video of the events has been released on YouTube. It’s here with an introduction from Chris Southwood who put the whole thing together.
For every 1,000 cards dropped into one of its stores in January, M&S will fund the Woodland Trust to plant a tree. The charity and M&S have set an ambitious target to collect and recycle more than six million Christmas cards, which would mean more than 6,000 new trees in the ground. Julia Bradbury is setting up her…
An international conference: Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals is being organized by Centre for Environment Education (CEE), in partnership with UNESCO, UNEP and the Government of India. The Conference will take place from January 11-13, 2016. It aims to bring together global experience and expertise to “highlight and strengthen the role of education” in realizing…
Huge congratulations to NAEE trustee and Coventry environmentalist and artist Gabrielle Back, who has been honoured as an International Green World Ambassador at a presentation ceremony at the Houses of Parliament. This recognition comes as a result of the success of Gabrielle’s Creative Recycling and Climate Change Surveyance project, which has won an International Green Apple…
Exploring Global Issues: Social, Economic, and Environmental Interconnections is a student text and teacher’s Guide CD from the USA. The text includes 24 chapters on topics such as food, water, economics, governance, health, air, globalization, and sustainable design. In addition to case studies, career profiles, and youth-as-heroes features, readings intentionally interweave social, environmental, and economic threads…