The Parks Cluster
The Parks Cluster is now live on the Project Dirt website, allowing you “to connect with park projects from all across the UK.” Dirt invites you to take a look, and says make sure you hit that ‘follow’ button!
Global Educator of the Year Award
To recognise excellence in teaching about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Think Global has announce the return of its Global Educator of the Year Award for 2016. This year’s award focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals. If you know of someone who has been doing a great job teaching about the SDGs why not nominate…
Love Parks Award winners announced
Keep Britain Tidy has announced the winners of its first Love Parks Awards to protect, improve and promote parks and green space. The Awards recognise the achievements of community groups, volunteers and local authorities who have helped to make a positive difference to parks and green space across the county, through inspiring diverse communities and…
CLOtC’s updated training programme
The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s (CLOtC) has an updated training programme. This is designed to help you ensure that the young people you work with have access to high quality learning outside the classroom (LOtC) experiences. The new programme will continue to offer experiences that are responsive to needs, and CLOtC has refreshed and…
What bee did I see?
There are around 250 species of bee in the UK, including 24 species of bumblebees, about 225 species of solitary bee and just a single honeybee species. Bumblebees look quite different from honeybees and solitary bees. The most reliable difference is that bumblebees are usually larger, and are always covered with dense hair. You can use the…
Activity leader apprenticeships
Kingswood is offering activity leader apprenticeships. It says: global rx pharmacy canada If you’re passionate about working in the outdoors, inspiring young people to learn through having fun and helping them to become the best they can be and want the chance to work towards recognised outdoor industry qualifications, then Kingswood could be the place…
Your Green Future
On the 2nd and 3rd of March, 500 students from across Birmingham and Solihull attended Your Green Future, an interactive event which set out to inspire and inform the next generation about the opportunities on offer in ‘green’ industries. Students worked alongside businesses in a range of workshops and had the chance speak to local and…
CJS Update
The Countryside Job Service [CJS], in addition to having information on jobs, also carries stories about environmental and sustainability issues within the UK. This month, there’s a focus on volunteering in association with Conservation Volunteers, a feature on land and countryside management, and on scientific research, results and publications.
Trees arrive in schools c/o the Woodland Trust
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Back to our Roots
Thanks to the Forest Education Network for alerting us to the Tree Council’s urging of us to spare a thought for young trees, and to take part in its annual Tree Care Campaign, which runs from 21st March to 21st September. The campaign encourages communities to spend a little time on regular tree care activities to help trees withstand…