News and Blogs Round-up

SEEd’s next Learning for Sustainability leadership course will be taking place on the 12th & 13th January 2017 and the 30th & 31st March 2017. The course is split into two full days of action learning separated by an 11-week break during which participants are asked to carry out their own action learning projects with…

“Rooting sustainability starts on the benches of schools,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at a high-level panel organized as part of a full day dedicated to education at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco on 14 November 2016. “There is definitely growing realization that education is not an ‘add on’ but an integral…

Wildscreen’s mission is to convene the best filmmakers and photographers with the most committed conservationists to create compelling stories about the natural world; that inspire the wider public to experience it, feel part of it and protect it. It says that one of the ways it does this is by helping other conservation charities to make…

BEACONS is an educational charity that provides resources to schools that help in teaching about global issues, one of which is climate change. On its website, you can find free, continuously updated, Guides to Climate Change.  Beacon also offer talks on this topic.

This is a link to a toolkit that its authors say will help outdoor education or interpretation practitioners evaluate the outdoor learning experiences. Whether you work for a botanical garden, national or city park, nature reserve, wetland, or arboretum, this resource will enable you to explore the impact Of: all when a bags. It’s use…

This morning’s blog from the Forest of Avon has a story about a week-long programme of outdoor and indoor education about trees, forestry and wood — Wood Week — that was developed with a primary school.  Sylva Foundation’s Education Manager Jen Hurst teamed up with Forester Paul Williams, Carpenter Julian Angus and staff at Combe Church of England Primary…

A report in the Global Times, picked up by the C&NN, says that Swiss children are not spending enough time outdoors. A study released by the Swiss charity Pro Juventute found that while Swiss children in the 1970s spent up to four hours playing outside and moving about every day, they now only spend an average…

Target4Green is an educational consultancy and training community-centered company that supports schools across the world in their Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), as well as working with companies in the creation and initiation of effective educational and CSR programmes. Target4Green says that by providing links in making children and adults more aware of the global issues…

Richard Louv asks this on the Children & Nature blog.  So, today, Black Friday, don’t shop, but get out! His piece begins: “In 2015, the leaders of the retail outdoor equipment Co-op REI made a big decision.  They closed their doors on Black Friday, the biggest day in the global retail calendar.  Instead, they encouraged their…

The GA has a feature on the Frederick Snoddy awards which have supported field trips ranging from a primary school residential on the Isle of Man to a Sixth Form expedition to Indonesia. The Frederick Soddy Trust was established in 1957 under the terms set out in the will of the chemist and Nobel Laureate,…

Here’s another lively round up of activities and information from the Children and Nature Network – the other CNN. These are the headlines: Around 600,000 Children Worldwide Die Annually Due to Air Pollution by John Raphael | Nature World News |Nov 04, 2016 A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund revealed that around…