Environmental Education Research [EER] has published a paper from the USA on practitioners’ perspectives on the purpose of environmental education. You can download it here. The Abstract says: Since the 1980s, scholars have suggested that environmental education (EE) has a ‘definitional problem’ represented by a multiplicity of perspectives that have critically impacted its discourse, practices,…
We recently carried a guest posting from Geoff Guy about the enclosure of land and the benefits to environmental and outdoor education arising from more recent legislation open it up again through the ‘right to roam’. If you are interested in the enclosures, then you might like A Short History of Enclosure in Britain by Simon Fairlie which is published in the Land…
You can read the latest Learning Away newsletter here. You will remember that Learning Away was a Paul Hamlyn Foundation [ PHF ] special initiative, and due to finish at the end of this month. However, in December, the PHF trustees agreed to provide a further two years of Learning Away ‘legacy’ funding to help ensure that…
Here’s a 3-minute YouTube video from Arjen Wals explaining his views on how schools need to change in order better to prepare young people for their [sustainable] futures. But to what extent can young people “change things” in the way described? Or, to what degree can schools prepare young people to change things once they have…
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. The clash between game keepers and ramblers from Manchester and Sheffield on Kinder Scout on the 24th April 1932 and other ‘mass trespasses’ which followed helped pave the way…
Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril is a new book from Trinity University Press. It contains eighty essays from theologians, naturalists, scientists, politicians, business leaders, activists, and writers each of which examines why it’s wrong “to wreck the world.” The publishers say: In the face of environmental degradation, species extinction, and climate…
Here’s a selection of blogs that address learning, environment and sustainability (viewed in a broad sense): http://www.education4sustainability.org Education 4 Sustainability is a project coordinated by Nektarina in order to help embed sustainable development into the curriculum, and educate students about sustainable living, practices and futures. http://www.educationforsustainability.com.au/blog Education for Sustainability provides professional development in designing and implementing…
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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…