Changing Track – Teach the Future has announced the launch of its Tracked Changes Curriculum Review. This reviews key stages 3 and 4 in the English National Curriculum, covering subjects ranging from History to Art and Design. Using a ‘tracked changes’ methodology the report suggests where and how the national curriculum can be amended to include sustainability and respond to the climate emergency…
30 Under 30 – The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) has announced the names of its EE 30 Under 30 Class of 2022. This recognises 30 leaders under age 30 who are using environmental education to build sustainable and equitable communities around the world. This year they range in age from 15 to 30, and include social…
John Burton – Conservation veteran John Burton, co-founder with his wife, Viv, of the World Land Trust – died on Biodiversity Day. You can read an appreciation of his life here. . Working Report – The Sustainability and Climate Change Education Working Group is a collaboration between Leeds Trinity University and the Teacher Development Trust. It brings together expertise across nursery, primary, secondary and higher education…
EIS Webinars – The Educational Institute of Scotland says make learning for sustainability your new academic year’s resolution. The Institute is running Putting Learning for Sustainability at the heart of practice professional learning webinars in September. You can choose from early years, primary and secondary. . Earth Echo – If you are or know a young (13-25) environmental leader that wants…
Gaia + James Lovelock died last week on his 103rd birthday. Here is the obituary from the Guardian. He will be forever associated with the Gaia theory of a self-regulating Earth, but his achievements were much wider than this through his inventions and experiments. For example, he alerted the world to the presence of CFC gases in the atmosphere although he…
A response to the DfE Strategy written by co-chairs of the UK Schools Sustainability Network operations group, Helen Burge (Priory Learning Trust, Somerset) and Paul Edmond (Heart Academies Trust, Beds), is on the Education Executive website. The UKSSN Ops Group was founded after COP26 in order to bring together the voices of school business leaders who are key to…
Letters to the UN – Manchester University’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (in collaboration with Save the Children UK and UK-Med) ran a competition for UK school children to write a speech or letter, addressed to the UN, on the climate emergency. They were asked to focus on: How is climate change affecting you and what actions, initiatives, and policies should…
Cushions Recommended – Teach the Future is holding a teach-in to raise awareness of its climate education bill and the campaign more generally. They day that there will be “some great speakers, so it should be very fun and informative, as well as being an important act of protest.” It’s taking place in Westminster on Saturday 23rd July at…
The Sound of Transformation – The Salzburg Statement for Education Transformation sets out questions for education systems to consider. The Statement says that a “growing consensus for education transformation is emerging to prepare young people for their futures and our sights need to be set on transformation, not reform. While reform starts with processes and improves the system, transformation begins with values…
Guidance for Governors – The National Governance Association [NGA] has launched a new version of its environmental sustainability guidance. This features case studies, questions, tips, and links to the department for education strategy and other helpful resources. NAEE was very pleased to contribute to this development. The NGA’s Greener Governance campaign aims to ensure all schools and trusts have a strategy…