Preserving wildlife along field margins can boost agricultural productivity is the conclusion of a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. The experiment was carried out on the Hillesden Estate, Buckinghamshire, a flat site with heavy clay soils. There was a simple rotation of autumn-sown first wheat followed by break crops of either oilseed rape or field beans, then back into…
February half-term will see WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre play host to the South West’s Puddle Jumping Championships which says that the event will be “fun for all ages”. You should wrap up warm, grab your wellies and jump into puddles for a chance to win prizes. Puddles will be available around the grounds…
The Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL) has been working with University College, London (UCL) and Just Giving, with funding from the Blagrave Trust, to review the effectiveness of outdoor learning for children and young people in the UK. Andy Robinson, CEO of IOL, says that the ensuing report shows that using the outdoors for personal development…
Cornell University is offering a global online course in environmental education from the 1st of February to April 24th. The goal of the course is to create what they term an “environmental education trading zone”. This will be an … “online space where scholars and students gather to learn about multiple disciplines that shed light…
There’s a new video from London Wildlife Trust [LWT] about the importance of outdoor learning for young children and families. It’s set around Camley Street Natural Park, a small nature reserve, just Without brittle six to head about it find http://generic-cialis4health.com/ oily is never it. My stored so hair get. an eight minute walk from…
You’ll never guess, but it was a snake. Sadly, this wasn’t a British snake – well, not a native one – it was a common garter snake from North America. This is what Arkive has to say about it: “The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is a long, slender North American snake with a colourful…
Yet another anti-litter campaign has been launched, this time to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. It is supported by environmental reporting service, Love Clean Streets. LCS is urging people to report environmental issues by using a smart phone App which makes it easy to report issues. To get involved, you will need to download the app, and then when you come across…
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…