The University of Gloucestershire and the International Ecolinguistics Association have launched a new open online ecolinguistics course: The Stories We Live by. This is Free Everything in the course is free, including accessing the materials, registering, tuition, and a certificate of completion. And you are free to reuse materials in any way (e.g., in teaching). On now Simply click here to access all the…
1. The Climate Reality website has a feature on how climate change is affecting forest fires. There are also other articles and updates and you can see these on the Climate Reality blog. 2. FACE has a six-week pilot project working with a pupil referral unit that’s designed for inner city children with no experience of farms or…
Learning Away invites us to attend a free session on July 5th run by Anita Kerwin-Nye, Director at notdeadfish. Questions to be examined are: What will the election mean for the education sector? Will there be a reshuffle? Will schools have the funding, time and enthusiasm needed for ‘enrichment’ programmes? They add: The general election on…
Savers, the West Midlands-based charity has received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for its work on raising awareness of environmental sustainability through creative and artistic projects. NAEE trustee and long-standing member, Gabrielle Back, is also a trustee of Savers. Congratulations to all concerned.
The latest blog from the Science Geek is about the idea that we, on Earth, are being watched – as you would animals in a zoo – watched by alien (necessarily advanced) civilisations. This is the basis of many a science fiction story. But suppose it’s true? We’d never know (unless they wanted us to)…
Britain’s pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants get through tens of millions of plastic drinking straws every year, with the huge majority of them going to landfill. According to waste management company BusinessWaste.co.uk, the plastic in single-use drinking straws takes centuries to decompose, causing problems both at land and at sea where plastic debris is a menace…
UNESCO says that World Oceans Day is a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. The central coordinating platform for World Oceans Day has resources and ideas for everyone – no matter where you live – to help expand the reach and impact of World Oceans Day all year-round. The overall theme for World…
1. Read the latest from IUCN’s Protecting the Planet newsletter here. Details of World Environment Day (June 5th) are here: “On 5 June, go outside and show us that you’re #WithNature. Breathe in the beauty and remember that by keeping our planet healthy, we keep ourselves healthy too.” 2. Here are details of the Beyond COP 21 Symposium…
On the morning when the Paris Agreement on Climate Change seems to be under severe pressure, here’s a view from Australia on the issue of dealing with the problem. The Guardian has a feature by Teila Watson on how indigenous knowledge can help. This is how it begins: All over the planet, we are are facing the…
The Freshwater Habitats Trust says that its PondNet eDNA survey is back for another year. There’s also a BDS Variable Damselfly Survey and a feature on Living Waters: a New Forest Catchment Partnership project to protect and restore freshwater wildlife in the Beaulieu catchment. Details here.