Environmental Education Feature Archives - UK NAEE https://naee.org.uk/category/environmental-education-feature/ Supporting education for sustainable development Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:54:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Teaching with a Rounder Sense of Purpose at the University of Gloucestershire https://naee.org.uk/teaching-with-a-rounder-sense-of-purpose-at-the-university-of-gloucestershire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teaching-with-a-rounder-sense-of-purpose-at-the-university-of-gloucestershire https://naee.org.uk/teaching-with-a-rounder-sense-of-purpose-at-the-university-of-gloucestershire/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:22:57 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=23407 Discover how the University of Gloucestershire embedded sustainability into teacher education, empowering future teachers with the knowledge, confidence and practical skills to deliver meaningful education for sustainable development.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/teaching-with-a-rounder-sense-of-purpose-at-the-university-of-gloucestershire/feed/ 0 Putting sustainability at the heart of the curriculum https://naee.org.uk/putting-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-the-curriculum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=putting-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-the-curriculum https://naee.org.uk/putting-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-the-curriculum/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:12:26 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=23338 We are living in unprecedented times. We face multiple interrelated problems, including soil degradation, forest fires, flooding, pandemics, plastic pollution, sea level rise, extreme weather events, mass migration, and widespread ecological collapse.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/putting-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-the-curriculum/feed/ 0 Tracked Changes: Curriculum for a Changing Climate https://naee.org.uk/tracked-changes-curriculum-for-a-changing-climate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tracked-changes-curriculum-for-a-changing-climate https://naee.org.uk/tracked-changes-curriculum-for-a-changing-climate/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:17:58 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=23343 Whilst influencing wider curriculum reform – with high-impact examples including the Climate Education Bill and Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review, and influencing the Francis Review – Teach the Future has developed Tracked Changes: Curriculum for a Changing Climate.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/tracked-changes-curriculum-for-a-changing-climate/feed/ 0 Facing the ecological crisis: Teacher education and the ecology of the heart https://naee.org.uk/facing-the-ecological-crisis-teacher-education-and-the-ecology-of-the-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facing-the-ecological-crisis-teacher-education-and-the-ecology-of-the-heart https://naee.org.uk/facing-the-ecological-crisis-teacher-education-and-the-ecology-of-the-heart/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:03:15 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=23346 Facing the ecological crisis in education raises difficult questions about fear, grief, hope and action. This reflective essay explores how educators can nurture care, vulnerability and meaningful responses.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/facing-the-ecological-crisis-teacher-education-and-the-ecology-of-the-heart/feed/ 0 Embedding Learning for Sustainability in photography education https://naee.org.uk/embedding-learning-for-sustainability-in-photography-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embedding-learning-for-sustainability-in-photography-education https://naee.org.uk/embedding-learning-for-sustainability-in-photography-education/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:57:16 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=23351 Explore how embedding Learning for Sustainability into photography education can connect students with their local environment, foster creativity and critical thinking, and inspire meaningful engagement with climate change, biodiversity loss and ecological wellbeing.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/embedding-learning-for-sustainability-in-photography-education/feed/ 0 Connecting water to global citizenship https://naee.org.uk/connecting-water-to-global-citizenship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=connecting-water-to-global-citizenship https://naee.org.uk/connecting-water-to-global-citizenship/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 08:03:09 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=21311 Connecting Water to Global Citizenship via Education for Sustainable Development (CW2GC) was an ESRC
funded research project at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge that investigated the impact on young people’s learning through participation in community-based water regeneration projects.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/connecting-water-to-global-citizenship/feed/ 0 The Earth Museum: an experiment in global citizen learning https://naee.org.uk/the-earth-museum-an-experiment-in-global-citizen-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-earth-museum-an-experiment-in-global-citizen-learning https://naee.org.uk/the-earth-museum-an-experiment-in-global-citizen-learning/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:35:54 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=20665 The Earth Museum is an experimental not-for-profit enterprise with a vision to create a virtual learning resource which can be used in every home, classroom, museum and place, sharing and connecting the world’s cultural and natural heritage with people and places; empowering us to understand each other and look after the planet better.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/the-earth-museum-an-experiment-in-global-citizen-learning/feed/ 0 Broadening horizons in conservation education https://naee.org.uk/broadening-horizons-in-conservation-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=broadening-horizons-in-conservation-education https://naee.org.uk/broadening-horizons-in-conservation-education/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:27:37 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=20662 The remit of a conservation educator is to connect audiences with the natural world and encourage the uptake of positive environmental behaviors. At Knowsley Safari, we are looking to achieve this more broadly in our community.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/broadening-horizons-in-conservation-education/feed/ 0 Cetacean research and rescue https://naee.org.uk/cetacean-research-and-rescue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cetacean-research-and-rescue https://naee.org.uk/cetacean-research-and-rescue/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:18:54 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=20659 In 1985, sixty-two False Killer Whales [a species of dolphin: Pseudorca crassidens] stranded at Crowdy Head on the north coast of New South Wales. The whales were being thrown around and bashed to death on the rocks by the surf, with rescuers struggling in the appalling conditions.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/cetacean-research-and-rescue/feed/ 0 Promoting environmental awareness: a whole school approach https://naee.org.uk/promoting-environmental-awareness-a-whole-school-approach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=promoting-environmental-awareness-a-whole-school-approach https://naee.org.uk/promoting-environmental-awareness-a-whole-school-approach/#respond Wed, 31 May 2023 09:49:03 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=20270 Throughout the science programme of study there is opportunity for pupils to learn about this, but upon closer inspection it typically comes under the ‘Living Things and Their Habitats’ topic. This suggests a creative approach is needed in order to make effective links with other subjects.

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