Discover NAEE’s environmental education journal features, a curated selection of articles from the NAEE journal, offering key insights, practical ideas, and inspiration to support high-quality environmental teaching and learning.
School Grounds Day
Rupert Brakspear writes about Bretforton First School's work to involving everyone through the Eco-Schools Challenge. Bretforton is a small, vibrant school for 73 Foundation to Year 5 pupils. The school catchment serves families from the village and neighbouring communities lying to the east of Evesham. The school’s motto is ‘Small enough to care, Strong enough to [...]
The Adventures of Ed the Bear
Steve Savage, Biologist, Environmental Educator and Author, writes about the One World One Ocean project and the key role of Ed the Bear. One World One Ocean links UK schools with ocean scientists around the world and creates real time events that are shared with schools. The project also provides opportunities for scientists, climatologists, marine archaeologists and conservationists [...]
I.D.E.A.S for Uganda
Matova Paul, central regional co-ordinator of the I.D.E.A.S for Uganda initiative, discusses its work at Makerere University in Kampala. Background Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions (I.D.E.A.S) for Uganda is among the fastest growing youth-led voluntary environmental organizations in East Africa. With chapters in primary, secondary schools and universities, the movement is [...]
Students grow their own clothes
Lesley Sleight, Head of Life Skills, Queen Elizabeth II High School, Isle of Man, writes about how her students have been growing their own clothes. A group of year 13 pupils from Queen Elizabeth II High School, Isle of Man have spent the last year growing clothes from green tea, sugar and [...]
The Pembrokeshire Coastal Challenge
Jennifer Allen, writes about the work of the Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum (PCF). The Forum is part of the Sustainable Pembrokeshire Environmental Education Link group (SPEEL) that was established in 2002 as a platform for ideas and practical discussion on how to positively promote and combine environmental education and sustainable development in Pembrokeshire. By taking a holistic and bespoke approach [...]
How Exeter Forest School Fosters Risky Play
Zion Lights, Home educator and writer, discusses her experience of Exeter Forest School, a not-for-profit social enterprise that focuses on outdoor learning. The school was founded in 2012 by Chris White, Tom Lowday and Shevek Pring. Their aim was simple - to bring the outdoors to young children, but they rapidly expanded [...]
Still Scooting!
With a great destination at the end of the journey It's five years since I wrote about our first granddaughter Lily scooting to school. Time seems to move on so quickly but she still uses the scooter as her fast transport. Looking further back to several more years I can [...]
Zoos in Education
Allison Price, with contributions from Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Conservation Education Committee, asks: How can we mobilize a national network for improved conservation education? Imagine you have a network of educators distributed at more than 225 zoos and aquariums throughout North America. It’s a pretty diligent group that serves more than [...]
Inspiring young New Zealand
Tiff Stewart, manager of the Kiwi Conservation Club explains its work. The KCC was established in 1988 by the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, in order to involve and educate children in conservation. KCC caters to young people aged between five and twelve. Our vision is that through the Kiwi Conservation Club, young [...]
Environmental Education and Teacher Education
Dr Susan Pike, Lecturer in Geography Education, writes about her work at St Partick’s College, Drumcondra. New teachers’ experiences of and attitudes to Environmental Education (EE) depend on many factors. At St Patrick’s College in Dublin, we find student teachers come to us with a wide variety of experiences of EE. [...]

