The mySoil app and UK Soil Observatory (UKSO) web based data viewer are free information platforms with a range of data from leading soil research institutes around the UK. They offer free to view soil data and maps, and provide the opportunity for you to contribute your own data and help build better information on…
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Excellence in Forestry Awards have been made for 2015. You can read all about them here. The awards are the premier woodland management competition for England and Wales and in 2015 were held across Wales. RFS has also announced that Prof Ted Wilson has joined it as education manager, bringing with…
Have you got your countryside classroom passport? The passport contains 18 challenges, relating to food, farming and the natural environment, that have been chosen to represent what it is believed pupils should have the opportunity to learn about and experience while they are at school. The challenges are organised into types (Find Out, Write, Make, Do,…
Here’s the latest Update from the South West Learning for Sustainability Coalition. It begins with a story from the sea: How do we go about capturing the attention and engaging children or adults, particularly those with little interest in environmental issues? This edition’s thoughtpiece comes from Natalie Fee who has developed a pop video to interest a new…
The first North West England John Muir Members’ Gathering will be in Ambleside on October 10th with a range of speakers giving their unique perspectives on enhancing wild land in the North West. Dr Will Williams, a Trustee of the John Muir Trust, will open the gathering by giving an overview of the Trust with a focus…
Energy Live News has the story on government proposals to change FiT payments to new renewable producers. Its report begins: The UK Government is proposing to drastically reduce incentives for solar power and has threatened to close the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme. It has launched a consultation with revised tariffs “based on updated technology cost data” in…
Climate Action reports that the Southern Ocean around Antarctica is absorbing an increasing amount of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and hence limiting the impacts of climate change, according to a new study released on Thursday. The study found that the amount of carbon being absorbed by the vast Southern Ocean has approximately doubled…
Groundwork West Midlands, working in partnership with the Environment Agency, the Wild Trout Trust and Stoke City Football Club is working with young volunteers who are helping to improve the Lyme Brook at Lyme Valley Parkway, Newcastle-under-Lyme, a social action project that benefits those taking part and the wider community. The young volunteers aged between 16…
Oxfam’s recently updated and revamped global citizenship guides are aimed at teachers in all subjects, and across all age groups. They introduce the key elements of Oxfam’s Curriculum for Global Citizenship, as well as providing case studies outlining best practice in the classroom, activities that can be adapted for use in many curriculum areas, and resources for…
This was the title of a debate at the RGS last year. Earthwatch says: “Could we really hear a wild wolf’s howl in Britain again? If human activity is to blame for the wolf’s demise in the UK, along with the local extinction of bears, lynx and beavers, is it now time to redress the balance…