Do you know where your clothes were made? As recently covered by an article in The Observer, researchers from the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (based in the Netherlands) found wages below the full legal minimum at factories in Myanmar supplying brands such as Sports Direct, Henri Lloyd, New Look, H&M, Muji, Pierre Cardin and Karrimor,…
Creating a buzz: how UK schools are embracing beekeeping is an article in the Guardian which discusses how teachers are discovering that beehives can provide exciting opportunities to learn outside the classroom. This is how it begins: “We know that things are bad with bees right now. In the past decade, they have been disappearing…
The Marine Conservation Society is promoting a scheme to put a deposit on plastic bottles. It says: Plastic is filling our oceans and littering our beaches. It’s lethal to wildlife and is even entering our food chain. Worryingly, we don’t yet know the full effects this will have on us. All of us need to take…
Here’s a link to the Cape Town Environmental Education Trust whose mission is to support the preservation of Cape Town’s unique and biodiverse natural heritage through education, training and conservation initiatives.
The World Bee Project (WBP) is a global social enterprise focussed on the relationship between pollinators and the most pressing issues that societies face today such as food security, environment, health and wellbeing. It aims to bring scientific, technological, government and market forces together to achieve our ultimate goal of placing the natural world at…
This is the executive summary of the 2016 Living Planet report from WWF. It’s gloomy stuff, but essential reading if we are to face the future with any hope. CHARTING OUR COURSE TOWARD A RESILIENT PLANET Under the current trajectory, the future of many living organisms in the Anthropocene is uncertain; in fact several indicators…
This is a link to Arkive’s latest round-up of it work. There are features on deforestation, re-introduced species and seagulls. There is also a section on new resources for 7 to 11 year olds which include: Nature’s Lights explores how light is essential in the natural world, and how and why animals that live in the…
There is an Earth Education gathering (24th -26th March) that’s titled: a love affair with the Earth 2. It’s taking place at Ringsfield Hall and, Earth Education says, is a great opportunity to find out more about what earth education has to offer your work, and to share with others what you and your team can…
Sadly, this is only in the USA, but registration is now open for NEEF’s 13th annual National Environmental Education Week. You can register here. It’s from Sunday, April 23rd to Saturday, April 29th When you register you’ll receive: Resources for educators, such as toolkits and activity guides to make environmental learning come alive Resources for everyone, including EE…
The Guardian reports that, after 140 years of negotiation, a Māori tribe has won recognition that the Whanganui river must be treated as a living entity. A tribal spokesperson said that the new law honoured and reflected their worldview and could set a precedent for other Māori tribes in New Zealand to follow in Whanganui’s footsteps: “We…
The latest posting from the Science Geek is about the Equinox and it exposes a number of equinox myths. It begins like this: There is a commonly held view that March 21 is the spring equinox and that the equinoxes are the two days in the year when all places on the Earth have exactly 12 hours…
The Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CRESTEM) of the School of Education, Communication and Society, King’s College London, has a full-time doctoral studentship available from September 1, 2017. The PhD studentship will be funded by the Rosalind Driver Scholarship Fund. The Fund was set-up in honour of Professor Driver’s research…