Today’s post is by NAEE President, Prof Justin Dillon. These are his thoughts following a stakeholder workshop for ‘Advancing Action for Climate Empowerment in the UK’. As ever with our posts, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. Every now and again, I find myself in a meeting where I’m not really…
The eePro section of the NAAEE website has a series of features that it describes as ‘learning posts’. These can be courses, webinars, workshops, and other educational activities with degree and state environmental education certification programmes. They include these: Climate and Young Children Webinar Green Learning for a Just Transition Climate Generation’s Inspiring Stories ABC’s…
In this post, NAEE’s Chair of Trustees, William Scott, explores Lorna Smith’s recent The Conversation post in which she argues for a local element to the national curriculum [NC]. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily those of the Association. This is how Lorna’s article begins: Despite only being introduced in 1989, England’s…
Saleemul Huq who has recently died, was not a household name. But the Economist’s climate correspondent Rachel Dobbs says it’s one worth remembering. What follows are extracts from an Economist Climate Issue about his life. This spring I listened to Saleemul Huq, a Bangladeshi-British scientist, give a seminar on climate justice. “Every day, every week,…
The Educators Trust Trust Awards 2024 Robert J. Jones Award Theme: Environmental Education Guidance for Nominators The Trust of the Worshipful Company of Educators wishes to confer an award for outstanding and inspirational practitioners in environmental education. The award is generously supported by Dr Peter Warren CBE, Past Master of the Company and is named after his teacher…
Thanks to Slugger O’Tool for alerting us to three projects at Queen’s University Belfast that are addressing Urban Green and Blue Space (UGBS) and nature-based solutions. These are: The SPACE project is investigating environmental factors (e.g., air, noise, and light pollution) and how they can impact our brain health as we age, specifically looking at, and engaging…
The John Muir Award has a blog which showcases and celebrates its own work and the work of member groups too. Here is a link to recent posts from Glasgow Kelvin College. You can see the Award’s latest updates here.
Our World in Data has been updating its ability to use ‘interactive data visualizations’ in its work. A good way to see this is in its display of per capita CO2 emissions from 1750 to 2021. You can select the countries whose data you wish to study and then see these as maps, tables and charts. You can…
“Education, Climate, Action” – was a teacher-led event in London last Monday aimed at bringing organisations together. NAEE President, Prof Justin Dillon was there and here are his thoughts on the event. As ever with our blogs the ideas expressed are not necessarily those of the Association. Ian, the chemistry teacher from a local school,…
The Labour Party’s Policy Framework has appeared on line. This is the party’s policy platform which is set to shape its next manifesto. As anticipated following much lobbying, Teach the Future’s main asks are contained within it as headlines: Integrate learning about climate change and sustainability throughout the curriculum in schools and on vocational courses…