News and Blogs Round-up

The kids should see this website has a large range of videos aimed at young people.  The topics include: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SPACE ANIMALS NATURE FOOD DIY MUSIC ART

Click here to read the latest from the Permaculture Association. There are features on: The people’s food policy Bringing about positive change UK river catchment GIS maps (online) Permaculture in business management (journal) Permaculture-based wetland water treatment (journal)  

Learning Away has launched an online pledge scheme that calls on schools, teachers, parents, students, residential providers, initital teacher educators, youth groups and all those working with young people, to pledge to work together to provide more and higher quality Brilliant Residentials. The pledge system supports the #BrilliantResidentials campaign, which promotes and champions school trips with an overnight stay…

The UN’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has a 10YFP Sustainable Tourism Programme (STP) to bring together existing initiatives and partnerships and facilitate new projects and activities.  Its purpose is to accelerate the shift to sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in tourism. You can find more detail here.  

Thanks to Chris Southwood (Learning 2B Sustainable) for a long list of sustainable / global / environmental education organisations. Is your organisation on the list?  If not, you can contact Chris here.

Are you curious how UNESCO allocates its funding and the impact of its programmes?  You can see the detail through a new publicly accessible transparency portal giving information about UNESCO’s activities across sectors, countries, and regions, including budgetary and donor information.

Click here to see the “Game Changers Under 25: What Can We Learn?” video from the NAAEE conference in San Diego (2015).  The Youth Panel was: Ta’Kaiya Blaney, Vincent Culliver, David Ricardo Flores Gonzales, Charles Orgbon III The moderator was NAAEE’s Juan Martinez.

Here’s a link to the latest from Australian Geographic.  There are features on cyclone Debbie, killer possums and jellyfish brains – and space junk. And this is a link to the National Geographic where are are features on jag, spiders and rock climbing.

The latest from Outdoor families can be seen here. There are features on: Camping 101: Utilize storage bins for car camping success Hiking Snack Attack: 7 Kid-Approved Trail Snack Ideas Forest Schools: Education in the great outdoors Pacific Coast Highway: OFM’s Guide to an Epic Family Road Trip Watch for Horses at Salt River, Arizona…

The Global Learning Programme’s resources page has a month’s worth of resources. Here are the links: Days 1–10: Development and the SDGs (GLP) More or less equal? (GLP) Dollar Street (Gapminder) Poverty (GLP) Poverty and Human Rights (Amnesty) World Food Day (GLP) How do we stop new diseases spreading? (British Council) Education for all (GLP) Stories from…