Have you caught up with Gary Mantle’s blog: A Daily Dose of Nature? Gary is Chief Executive of the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and President of the Sensory Trust, but his blog provides personal reflections about his experiences of nature with occasional comments on both environmental issues, generally, and on how both Trusts are working to reconnect people and nature.…
What do you think about zoos? If you’re ambivalent about their message and morality, then you might find Gordon Eaglesham’s blog a useful aid to your thinking, and that of your students. The post refers to Chris Packham’s recent article on zoos and their role in conservation, for the BBC Wildlife magazine. This is as honest…
UNESCO has released two education-focused reports: Global Citizenship Education: Preparing Learners for the Challenges of the 21st Century This is an overview of the delivery of yet another adjectival education: GCE – Global Citizenship Education. The report makes recommendations on how GCE can become a more integral part of teaching and learning. It focuses on support for teacher education, better…
Today’s Guardian reports that global warming has not undergone a ‘pause’ or ‘hiatus’. A new study looked anew at the temperature records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) in the light of changing methods of measuring the global surface temperature over the past century. Adjustments to the data were slight, but removed a flattening of the graph this century…
George Monbiot is a great fan of rewilding, and writes about it frequently. He would like to see parts of Britain rewilded, especially its uplands. Essentially, this means humans getting out of the way, although opinion varies on the extent a rewilding process would need to be managed (by humans). Last week’s Spectator carried an…
On June 17th, there’s a lobby of the UK parliament in London – 1300 to 1700. WWF says “This will be the UK’s biggest ever meeting with MPs on climate change. It will be an unforgettable, colourful day of fun, community spirit and inspiration and a big step towards a better, safer world for us…
The University of Stirling is offering a full time PhD studentship in environmental education. It will involve researching and evaluating aspects of a school-based citizen science and environmental education project that focuses on pollination. The project is led by Learning through Landscapes with £1.4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Partners include Buglife, Butterfly Conservation,…
There has been much fuss on Twitter recently about research reported in the Daily Telegraph which appears to show that younger people (25 to 30) know less about nature than do older folk (over 51). Whilst there is something rather inevitable about that (they are younger, after all, and have had less time and inclination,…