LEEF training afternoon: Faith and the environment Friday 11 March 2016, 1.30-6pm, Westminister Abbey Education Centre. This training session will explore the links between faith, plants and the environment in several major world faiths. Discover how environmental educators of all faiths and none are using outdoors spaces to teach environmentalism, spirituality and religious education. The…
You can view the latest edition of the Outdoor Families magazine here. It mostly contains features on the national parks in the USA.
Circle of Life Rediscovery is running a training day which it says … “will bring alive the core routines of deep nature connection, giving attendees embodied experiences of games and activities that facilitate nature information, recreation and connection. It will fill you up with inspirational ideas and experiences in relation to Spring time. We will include…
Here’s a new Soil Association film, ‘From Potato to Planet’. It’s by Aardman Animations and aims to help us understand the importance of soil to the planet. It also spotlights the role of organic farming and shopping in protecting soils. The Soil Association aims to increase soil organic matter content by 20% in 20 years which would make a difference…
Natural Connections alerts us to Devon CPRE (the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England) which is supporting outdoor learning with their “My Outdoors” competition which will run from March to June. it is open to all primary schools in Devon, Torbay and Plymouth. CPRE Devon hopes to encourage children to engage with and appreciate…
Home Advisor – a US website – has a feature on “home energy conservation for kids”. It begins … Energy is very important. It is something that kids need and use every day at home and at school. In fact, some form of energy is used just about anywhere that you can imagine! It is…
The GA has produced a list of websites which it thinks will be of interest and help to geography teachers. We think they might help environmental educators as well. Here are a few of them: Biodiversity Rainforest Resources Climate and weather How stuff works Earth Hour Air Quality Real Time Mapping Air Quality Mapping –…
UNESCO has just released a Clearinghouse on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), containing information, news about events, good practices and links around the Global Action Programme on ESD (GAP). It aims to serve as an online platform to share knowledge, experiences and competences of the ESD global community of practice. The Clearinghouse comes with a comprehensive Resource Bank, gathering hundreds…
Green Teacher is a Canadian environmental education journal – similar to NAEE’s Environmental Education. It is offering insights into its work with free access to two of the articles published in its latest edition. They are: Put up a Paradise, and Let the games begin
Thanks to Project Dirt for alerting about the Centre of the Earth (an environmental education centre in Birmingham) which is developing a food buying group that is both ethical and local. They would like to hear from suppliers and producers who are interested in getting involved. Project Dirt has also confirmed that Community Energy England has launched an online survey for…