Today’s bog is by Ian Humphreys, CEO of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. For decades Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful has been championing the often disparaged subject of litter. But now, through research and TV shows such as Blue Planet II, the ramifications of our convenience and throwaway lifestyles are being fully understood. Even something as simple as plastic pollution…
Today’s blog is an extract from the Oakridge Parochial School Allotment blog From the Ground. This is an account of a visit to the Stroud school by David Drew MP, the Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It’s written by Gill Skeffington and is reproduced from her blog with permission. The original post has lots of action photos of the…
In a recent Circle of Life Rediscovery blog, Jon Cree asks in the context of challenging behaviour: How does the outdoors promote a balanced brain? This is how the blog begins: Challenging Behaviour – how does the outdoors promote a balanced brain? This was a question put to me on a play structures course last weekend. I had been…
Kate Parker writes in the TES about how primary schools have worked with the Eden Project on an art project to bring climate change to life. This is how the article begins: The art project opening pupils’ eyes to climate change “Climate change can be a difficult concept for primary pupils to grasp – but one art project…
The following data are taken from a presentation made by Alan Reid, editor of Environmental Education Research, in April. A Nature Conservancy enquiry report, presented at the 1965 Keele Conference, stated that funds being spent on research into the education of all our future citizens equalled the amount devoted to research on glue. Sean Carson said that in the 1970s the UK’s…
As we noted a couple of weeks ago, Stephen Sterling has a new website, and on this you’ll find his new blog. We draw this to your attention because we think it will be something to watch as it develops over time. It might even be his main mode of communication from now on. Today,…
Along with others interested in environment and sustainability, NAEE responded to Ofsted’s call for comments on its draft Inspection Framework. This was our response, and others can be seen here. Ofsted says: “The proposals generated a significant amount of interest. In total, we received more than 15,000 responses to the consultation. This included almost 11,000…
This post sets out further links to the most recent evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items. This supports the Strategic Research Network for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between research, policy…
This post sets out links to the most recent evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items. This supports the Strategic Research Network for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between research, policy and…
Here’s a link to the latest research digest from the Children & Nature Network. The work reported is: Attention Restoration Green Schoolyards & Surrounding Greenness Link between Childhood Experiences and Adults’ Connectedness to Nature Research Tools Social-Emotional Benefits Special Needs Here’s more detail on two of these: Natural environments near schools are positively linked to the…