The DfE has announced that the optional GCSE in Natural History, promoted by OCR, is to go ahead. This will be formally announced on Thursday at the launch of the Department’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy in London. For those blessed with 20-20 hindsight it’s easy to see why this is an opportune time for…
Here’s more news 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…
Today’s blog is the latest in a series from Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, ran the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, launching a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, Richard’s views are not necessarily shared by…
Today’s post is by Richard Dawson and Ben Ballin. Almost three years ago they embarked on an ambitious project called Change the Story. A key aim was to reframe how young people age 9-12 respond to the climate crisis, and enable them to reflect on and rethink positive futures. Now, having piloted with KS2 pupils,…
Here’s more news 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…
Competences in Education for Sustainable Development: Critical Perspectives is the title of a book edited by Paul Vare, Nadia Lausselet, and Marco Rieckmann, and recently published by Springer. In this post, Stephen Martin, Hon Professor in Learning for Sustainability at Nottingham University reflects on what the book says. As ever with our blogs, these views…
Blackmoor Copse near Salisbury, was the first nature reserve established by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust back in 1962 when the Trust was first established. One of the ways in which this anniversary is being marked is by the publication each month of a video walk-through tour of a reserve, beginning with Blackmoor. You can see…
Today, March 21st is World Poetry Day, and the International Day of Forests. Many are the poems that celebrate nature in all its forms, and so it is always hard to choose just one to mark today. There is one, however, that explicitly shows what is at stake should we fail to hang onto that which not only…
In case you missed any of the recent events from Our Shared World, you can catch up with them here. There’s [i] voices and perspectives from COP26, [ii] the COP26 education pledges, [iii] the DfE’s sustainability and climate change strategy, and [iv] the UK environment act. There are videos associated with each of these through…
Today’s post is by NAEE’s Chair, Bill Scott who asks a question that has puzzled him for some time. As ever with our blogs, what is written is not necessarily the view of the Association. The Wildlife and Countryside Link website says that the Link is the largest environment and wildlife coalition in England, bringing…