The UK Wildlife Trusts think that staying in the EU is good for wildlife, and by implication, good for the rest of us as well. For an extensive coverage of their views, click here. Their comments begin: “The risks faced by wildlife are growing every day. Our wildlife is under real pressure from insensitive built…
June 17th is Empty Classroom Day which celebrates and inspires learning and play outside the classroom. You can join schools from across the world in taking at least one class outdoors, and this year there’s a focus on lesson breaks as well. Look at the resources page for lesson plans, posters and advice on how to make Empty Classroom…
The British Dragonfly Society has a series of resources for teachers. These include powerpoint slides and teachers’ notes.
The Economist has a feature article on the pressures that plants are under across the world. It is based on Kew’s new report: The State of the World’s Plants 2016 which was recently published. You can see the Economist feature here, and the report (with its great pictures and graphics) is here.
The USA is a huge place, and public lands comprise about one-third of the land area, making them a potentially great environmental learning resource. One way to access these is through the Hands on the Land network of field classrooms and websites. These stretch across America from Alaska to Florida, and are sponsored by Within…
Red wolves are in trouble. Since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service abandoned efforts to recover these exceedingly rare animals, which today live only in North Carolina, their population has dropped by more than 50 percent in just two years. Now they’re down to as few as 45. That’s why the Center for Biological Diversity and…
On August 25, 2016, the US National Park Service turns 100. The National Park Service and National Park Foundation are working closely with partners and stakeholders across the USA to ensure that the Centennial is more than a birthday. They want people everywhere to embrace the opportunities to explore, learn, be inspired or simply have fun in their 407 national…
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the voice for everyone who loves the sea. It works to secure a future for our living seas, and to save our threatened marine wildlife before it is lost forever. It says: “Almost nowhere in UK seas is marine wildlife safe from harm. We need to establish vital marine protected areas…
As we recently noted, NAEE’s latest journal, Environmental Education Vol 111 (which has a wildlife theme) was released to members last month. Here are a few of its feature articles: Sharks: The Great Eggcase Hunt Cat Gordon Marine: Cool Seas Investigators Jenny Griffiths Invertebrates: Little things that rule the world Luke Tilley Amphibians: Green Pathways project Becca Neal Birds: Schools outreach Tim Webb Fish: Stopping…
Here’s a new website for conservation education jobs across the UK and Ireland. You can register here, and see other sorts of posts here. Meanwhile, the latest edition of CJS Professional is now online.