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…
The National Gallery, the Mall Galleries and The Royal Parks have got together to support bees. Between 17 and 20 February, the A right royal buzz exhibition will be open across the three venues. This is a community arts project led by The Royal Parks that aims to teach the public about the importance of pollination, through…
LOtC says its new course, Developing and Reviewing Active Learning, will help you improve your practice and deliver, and evaluate meaningful learning which focuses on outcomes, not activities. There are 2 courses: one for providers of learning outside the classroom, and one for schools.During the course, you will: Learn about why it’s important to think about…
A new resource from Oxfam is aimed at 11-16 year olds and explores young lives in an unequal world. It is a cross-curricular resource focussed on maths, English and social sciences, and can be downloaded for free from the Oxfam education website. Here’s the link to the English resources. Oxfam says: Bring your English lessons to life by exploring…
You can catch up with the latest news from FEN – the forest education network here, although there doesn’t seem much about actual forests.
You can catch up with the latest news from National Geographic here It begins with a feature on Malala Yousafzai, the leading campaigner for girls’ education globally, and co-founder of the Malala Fund. National Geographic has also developed a broad range of free education resources for social studies and science classes to help students learn about a variety of topics. These…
UN Water is the United Nations inter-agency area for all freshwater related issues, including sanitation. The website has a good overview of goals related to water, the specific targets, and related UN campaigns including World Water Day – which is on 22nd March this year. The website says that water is at the core of sustainable development:…
Just before Christmas, Viridor welcomed teachers and pupils from the Bicester School to its state-of-the-art Energy Recovery Facility at Ardley to mark the start of a partnership to help pupils gain invaluable insight into how subjects, such as maths and science, directly link to careers within the recycling, resources and renewable energy sector. The partnership,…
The Development Education Research Centre [ DERC ] has launched two new research reports, both written as part of the Global Learning Programme in England. Fran Hunt and Olga Cara have produced baseline analysis of the GLP’s Whole School Audit and look at how 563 schools are adopting global learning; and Kate Brown has written a…
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