Discover NAEE’s book reviews, highlighting inspiring titles that deepen environmental understanding. From classroom resources to thought-provoking reads, explore recommendations that support educators and engage learners with today’s most pressing environmental issues.
100 Family Adventures
The Meeks took 2014-2015 as a family year out of formal education and work to travel round Britain in search of adventure. This book of 100 ideas and activities to get you venturing outside and beyond your comfort zone with your nearest and dearest is the result. Fun and motivating, [...]
The Age of Sustainable Development
Jeffrey Sachs is an eminent analyst of global development. His new book The Age of Sustainable Development, which was recently presented and discussed at UN headquarters in New York, gives an insight into the current post-2015 negotiations and the concept of sustainable development. The publishers say: Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of [...]
Environmental Worldviews – a historical approach
Environmental Worldviews – a historical approach is a book by Richard Jurin with contributions from John Disinger, Clay Schoenfeld and Jennifer Tomsen which will be published by Kendall Hunt in 2016. This, then, is not so much a review as an alert. The key idea behind the book is that [...]
Do you think about it?
Don't even Think about it: why our brains are wired to ignore climate change It was the enticing title that persuaded me to order 'Don't even Think about it' from our library. There was just one copy in the whole county of Cumbria, so it wasn’t high in the popularity charts, [...]
A Year Around the Great Oak
A Year Around the Great Oak is a beautifully written and illustrated picture book telling the story of two children, Benjamin and Anna, who visit their forester uncle through the year. The story tracks the cycle through the seasons of a three hundred year old oak tree and the children’s relationship with [...]
All about seeds and caterpillars
A Seed in Need, is part of the Little Bees information picture book series, this beautifully illustrated and well-laid out book perfectly reinforces the stages of the life cycle of a flowering plant. The information about the stages snakes its way across each page, and additional facts are drawn out [...]
I Love My World
‘I Love my World’ claims to be the book most used by qualified Forest School teachers, endorsed by no less than Michael Morpurgo. It is packed full of well thought-out, inspiring ideas for leading outdoor activities with children, teenagers and adults. Holland’s teaching plans are empowering and precise, with clear [...]
Thinking Allowed on Schooling
Thinking Allowed on Schooling is crammed with down-to-earth common sense observations and advice, formed from exhaustive research and vast experience of all levels in the education system. As a Cumbrian colleague, I could be accused of bias in my comments about this book, but Mick Water’s track record speaks volumes. [...]
Superworm – a children’s book written in verse
‘Superworm’ is written and illustrated by the team who produced the hugely successful book, ‘The Gruffalo’. Superworm is a hero to all of the animals around him, helping them out with any problems they encounter. As a result, he is highly valued and respected and the animals rally round to [...]
Never mind the Romans
What has nature ever done for us? is the title of a well-received book by Tony Juniper which was published in 2013 by Profile Books? As the blurb says: "... nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators [...]
