Today is Earth Day. On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest about the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development. Earth Day is now a global event and probably more than 1 billion people in 192 countries will take part this year. It’s a day of political action and civic…
Click here to here what the NUS said to Ofsted about its new inspection framework. This was a key point: “Given the environmental and sustainability is popular with students, we see it as enriching the curriculum, and something that positively contributes to student achievement.” As far as we can see, only NAEE is calling on Ofsted to do the…
NAEE published its response to the Ofsted consultation about its new inspection framework last week. It’s here if you missed it. We told Ofsted that it was time for schools began to take the issues of the world seriously in the curriculum and help students prepare to play a part in addressing them. NAEE also contributed to (and supported) the…
LEEF will be editing a special edition of NAEE’s journal Environmental Education later this year. It will have a focus on urban environmental education, celebrating 30 years of LEEF and showcasing the best projects and thinking across the network. LEEF soon be inviting contributions for abstracts. . A report from the Committee on Climate Change calls UK homes unfit for…
LEEF has announce the launch of an exploratory workshop series: Shaking it up! EE revolution in our schools. The workshops are co-ordinated by Poppy Flint and members of the Environmental Education Research Group at King’s College London [KCL] and are inspired by the two reports published by KCL last year on Understanding Environmental Education in Secondary Schools in England.…
Students on Climate Strike. The following letter appeared in The Times last Friday. One of the very many signatories was NAEE trustee, Morgan Phillips: Sir, Children and young people taking part in the school strikes for climate are to be commended, not ridiculed. The UN intergovernmental panel on climate change has said that we need to take…
The latest NAEE journal [Vol 120] was published last week. It has a focus on the sustainable development goals and you can see the contents here. The article that explores the embedding of the goals in the curriculum is available on line. This is by Joyce Hallam the geography consultant and a voluntary support worker and advisory group member of the…
Here’s a BBC article on carbon capture and storage, written after the announcement that the Drax power station is to experiment with one possible way forward – the possibility of being carbon negative is the prize on offer. The Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) is publishing a special issue with a focus…
Did you see any of the young people’s climate demonstrations on the 15th of February? And do you know anyone who went on strike to protest about the lack of attention to climate by government? No doubt you will have views on the rights and wrongs of this sort of action. Here’s what our…
Darwin Day occurred last week (February 12th) and we wonder how many schools took the time to mention this and celebrate it with their students. Did yours? The day is used to highlight Darwin’s contribution to science (and our understanding of life) and to promote science in general. At a time when so many across…