Did you know that it’s estimated that up to 100,000 wildfowl die each year by ingesting lead ammunition, left on the ground after shooting? Lead is toxic, which is why it’s been removed from paint and petrol, but it’s still used in shooting and at least 2,000 tonnes of lead pellets are left scattered across fields every…
If so, then look at the GlobalCarbonAtlas. It is hard to do justice in words to the richness of the data that this site has to offer by way of per-country emissions. Not only can you look at total emissions, but at the contribution of different fuels as well. Then you can change the data to…
The UN has published The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World. Apparently, this guides us on how we can all on how to save the world, without even moving from the sofa, although if you want to move from Level 1 to Level 3, you will have to move around. The UN website says: End extreme poverty. Fight…
Here is the latest newsletter from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation with stories about: German worms devouring food waste smart hybrid electric buildings in the USA LED LiFi technology – and more Although what the Foundation does is not directly related to environmental education, we think that what it does relates to how we might come…
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.