Thanks to Think Global for pointing us towards these: Year of the Rooster Education Pack for primary schools The British Council has produced a new Chinese New Year education pack around the Year of the Rooster and is sending it out to all primary schools. The pack has ideas for assemblies, lessons and activities to…
Today’s blog is a link to Jeff Ollerton’s Biodiversity Blog which does what it says. Jeff’s post is a seasonal one about holly and mistletoe. It begins: “Each year I’ve always added at least one Christmas-themed biodiversity post to the blog, for example: Thank the insects for Christmas, A Christmas vignette, and Six Kingdoms for Christmas. That’s partly because I really like…
The NHBS Backlist Bargain sale runs until the March 2017. You can, it says: “save up to 60% on nearly 2,000 field guides, monographs, scientific textbooks and more, covering a broad range of topics in ornithology, entomology, mammalian biology, zoology, evolution, ecology, and botany.” NHBS started life as the Natural History Book Service in London…
Alex White, a Year 8 pupil and wildlife blogger asks who sparks the interest in nature and the environment in my generation? Is it teachers, parents, television, social media or friends? In my case the passion was sparked by a number of sources merging together around my primary school years. This then led to me starting…
The Women’s Environment Network [WEN] is launching a new series of events and seminars in 2017. The WEN FORUM, a quarterly symposium, will feature key note speakers discussing topics of the moment. These collaborative sessions will be inspiring, topical and, they say: “sometimes controversial!”. Their first subject is: What Feminism got to do with the…
Here’s a story from the USA about an entrepreneur using fly larvae to deal with huge amounts of food waste. It begins: “Americans waste a staggering amount of food. Instead of letting it rot and wreck the environment, some entrepreneurs want to put it to work feeding insects, and see the potential to revolutionize how…
NAAEE – the North American Association for Environmental Education – has recognised Nicole Ardoin, associate professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, with one of its highest honors for her outstanding contributions to research. Stanford’s website says: “Nicole’s research emphasizes the importance of learning experiences that are social, place-based, immersive, connected to the natural world…
The Festival of Nature says it’s the UK’s largest free, public celebration of the natural world and one of the only major tourist events to span Bristol and Bath, providing a dedicated education programme. Exhibiting options range from major Festival marquees for larger organisations to host interactive activities, to table-top stands for local groups seeking to…
Here’s a link to the Kenyan Wildlife Service where you’ll find links to all the national parks in the country, including the Nairobi NP which celebrated its 70th anniversary late last year. This is how it describes itself: “The World’s Wildlife Capital”. A short drive out of Nairobi’s central business district is the Nairobi National Park.…
Here’s a link to an article in the Guardian about the Chinese announcement in late 2016 that it would act against the many illegal ivory carving businesses in the country. The article suggests that celebrations about this diplomatic success may be premature. One issue is that China sees such carving as an example of intangible…
Thanks to SEEd News for alerting us that The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) will be delivering a hands-on workshop for KS3 and 4 at the ASE Annual Conference, 2017. This will look at renewable and non-renewable energy resources within the context of eco-systems, atmospheric science and the impacts of increased levels of carbon dioxide and…
FACE has published its 2016 annual report. It is championing A better future for children – when children understand where the food they eat comes from and how much work goes into producing it they value it, which means they are less likely to waste it and more likely to invest in healthy options. A better…