The Guardian says, take the green news quiz. Here are the first two questions: 1– In February, a consortium of businesses and environmental groups, including Kimberly Clark and Canada’s Globe and Mail, won a 16-year fight to restrict logging in which rainforest? Great Bear, British Columbia Tongass National Forest, Alaska Hoh Rainforest, Washington Mount Hood,…
Morgan Phillips is organising a meeting to explore “The Environment in Brexit Britain”. It’s in London on 21st March at 1830. You can book here. More detail: “This is a disorientating moment for the U.K. Sweeping change seems inevitable. Immediate concerns dominate the news and our consciousness – health, trade, education, housing, economic and foreign…
The RSPB’s Big garden birdwatch starts today. Last year over 500,000 people joined in.
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The mammals in question are the quite dissimilar Giant and Red Pandas, and the Economist has a report of a study looking at how these quirky animals evolved. They are both vegetarian carnivores with 6 digits that eat bamboo. Read on …
FSC Bishops Wood is hosting the National Forest Education Network Conference this year on March 23rd. Join them in Worcestershire for an update on the ‘state’ of our woodlands and learn about the latest regarding tree disease, management planning for educational users of woodland, tree planting and care in changing times and identification and all those apps!…
Click here to see what happening at the Natural History Museum. The museum says: “Find workshops, science shows and self-led activities for students of all ages. All our activities are developed by professional science educators and support the national curriculum. To check availability, call the school bookings team on +44 (0)207 942 5555. Choose activities by…
Outdoor Families Magazine is dedicated to providing thoughtful and practical information for families seeking outdoor opportunities with children. Here are the details. It includes a feature on Traveling the Park to Park Highway which is a 7,000-mile route among some of the US’s most well-known national parks, and a few you may not know about, and …one on Cultivating the…
Here’s a link to an ESRC report on greening the electricity grid. This begins: “While a future where renewable energy prevails is a dream for many, today the UK is still heavily reliant on older power generation technology such as coal, gas and nuclear. What steps are necessary to make the renewable energy future a…
Here’s a link to what NAAEE is saying. Details include: Webinar: Learning to Live with Climate Change: What Educators Need to Know January 24 at 3:00 PM ET Kick off our monthly webinar series in 2017 with Shaun Martin, the Senior Director for Climate Change Adaptation at World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Register now and we…