Rewilding Monthly Bite produced this update on last mon this activities. There has been a flurry of papers, bills, reports, and strategies published this month in line with World Rewilding Day, here is a summary breakdown of the most interesting ones. Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions – LINK Addressing challenges for large-scale trophic rewilding…
Each week subscribers to The Times can receive an environment-themed email newsletter. This one is about children and soil. It’s reproduced in full here with permission. When was the last time you got your hands dirty? Not just a bit mucky, but really caked in mud? And how about your children? According to children’s charity…
The Winter 2023 edition of Canada’s Green Teacher magazine [ Vol 134 ] has now been published. It has a focus on energy transitions. You’ll find details here. The full contents is only available to subscribers but every edition contains two articles that are freely available. This is the contents: Clean Energy Ready to Displace…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that tens of thousands of species are threatened with extinction. But what does it mean for a species to be ‘threatened with extinction’? How do researchers evaluate extinction risk? The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is regarded as the definitive source of extinction risk. Every…
Here’s a further update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration…
In two recent blogs, junior climate change negotiators Prakriti Koirala from Nepal and Olivier Ishimwe from Rwanda share their experiences of working with Least Developed Country (LDC) senior negotiator mentors. They discuss how this experience improved their confidence, honed their skills and helped them focus their negotiating at COP27. For junior negotiator Prakriti Koirala, the agreement reached at…
Emily is a young nature enthusiast and writer living in Warwickshire. She enjoys photographing her local wildlife, wildflowers and fungi, sharing photos on Instagram, Twitter and Vero. She is particularly fascinated by corvids, having rehabilitated a fledgling jackdaw last year. This comes through in her writing, including To The Roost which won the Young Wild…
The 2023 FutureBuild conference took place in early March at ExCel London. Its purpose was to provide the stage for inspiring ideas, innovative solutions and knowledge sharing to drive sustainable construction and help us reach our goal of net zero. The end of event press release is here. One of the presentations to the event…
Natural England produces regular evidence summary reports on a range of issues. Here is a sample of recent ones: Links between natural environments, learning and health: evidence briefing – EIN063 This record was published by Natural England on 26 September 2022. This briefing focuses on the impacts of learning in natural environments and the impacts of natural environments…
Today’s blog is by regular contributor, Ben Ballin. Here he explores recent comments by activist, author and Guardian columnist, George Monbiot. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. In unmistakeably Govean fashion, the 2014 National Curriculum for England channelled Matthew Arnold and boldly announced itself as an introduction to…