ASE’s Midlands Conference is on Saturday 3rd March [9:00 to 12:45] at Derby University in the Kirtley Building, Kedleston Rd, Derby, DE22 1GB. There will be a session on Practical approaches in Environmental Education by Lee Jowett who is Environmental Education Coordinator at Leicester City Council. ASE says: Lee will show you opportunities to use resources and activities which support…
We mentioned the John Muir Trust before Christmas. Here are a few more highlights of recent activities: A new Literacy & Nature Resource Guide highlights how nature and the outdoors can inspire and support literacy skills. It includes links to resources that have a natural theme or are specifically adapted for the outdoors, along with…
NAEE’s new curriculum review will be published in the next 10 days. This focuses on secondary education and will complement our primary review that was published in 2016. The Foreword to this publication which sets the review in its wider context is still available on our website and can be accessed here. The journal Ecopsychology will…
1. Welcome to 2018 and a Happy New Year from everyone at NAEE. Let’s hope it’s a good year for environmental eduction and all who support and practise it. 2. A new website has been launched for the ANGEL project: Academic Network on Global Education & Learning. This will provide a focal point for the project that aims to bring…
1. NAEE brings you news from the other end of the earth. If you click here, you’ll see a range of publications from Education Outdoors New Zealand. EONZ has a commitment to fostering and advocating for quality outdoor learning experiences which can educate for a sustainable future. Its mission is to increase participation in quality outdoor learning experiences, and…
The ScottishPower Green Energy Trust is inviting pupils from year S1 and S2 in Scotland or Year 7 and Year 8 in England and Wales to use their creativity to tell them about their school’s Big Green Dream. From putting renewable energy to good use or introducing eco-initiatives, the Big Green Dream could help make schools more…
LEEF says Come and chat urban about environmental education over a cup of tea. Our first reading group on ‘Sense of Place’ was held in November and it turned out to be an interesting and thought-provoking discussion. This is a brilliant opportunity to reflect and explore how big ideas about Environmental Education connect to hands-on practice…
1. NAEE‘s new Secondary Curriculum Handbook will be published on our website in early January. Our blog on Thursday will set out the Foreword to the Handbook written by NAEE’s Chair of Trustees. This begins: Writing some two years on from the publication of NAEE’s Early Years and Primary Curriculum Handbook in 2015, I was briefly tempted to…
Groundwork London is currently offering schools STEM workshops Linked to the Key Stage 3 Science and Geography Curriculum on the topic of the Green Economy. The programme, ‘Welcome to the Green Economy‘ – funded by Our Bright Future, will engage 700 young people across 70 secondary schools in London and show them how to undertake environmental audits…
The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) says that there’s never been a better time to become a member. If you join now your membership will not be due for renewal until April 2019. Benefits for members A free copy of the new CLOtC Members’ Guide to LOtC Free CPD modules for members A free copy…