Morgan Phillips is organising a meeting to explore “The Environment in Brexit Britain”. It’s in London on 21st March at 1830. You can book here. More detail: “This is a disorientating moment for the U.K. Sweeping change seems inevitable. Immediate concerns dominate the news and our consciousness – health, trade, education, housing, economic and foreign…
The RSPB’s Big garden birdwatch starts today. Last year over 500,000 people joined in.
Here’s PART 3 of the latest round up of recent and relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items issued by the partnership of Natural England, The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom and Historic England on behalf of and for the Strategic Research Groups. This supports the…
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The mammals in question are the quite dissimilar Giant and Red Pandas, and the Economist has a report of a study looking at how these quirky animals evolved. They are both vegetarian carnivores with 6 digits that eat bamboo. Read on …
In May, NAEE will have a vacancy for a trustee on its governing board. This is the trustee person spec: Essential An NAEE Trustee will be … a professionally active, experienced UK-based practitioner and / or researcher in environmental education or a closely-related field well known and respected, and someone whose…
FSC Bishops Wood is hosting the National Forest Education Network Conference this year on March 23rd. Join them in Worcestershire for an update on the ‘state’ of our woodlands and learn about the latest regarding tree disease, management planning for educational users of woodland, tree planting and care in changing times and identification and all those apps!…
Click here to see what happening at the Natural History Museum. The museum says: “Find workshops, science shows and self-led activities for students of all ages. All our activities are developed by professional science educators and support the national curriculum. To check availability, call the school bookings team on +44 (0)207 942 5555. Choose activities by…
Outdoor Families Magazine is dedicated to providing thoughtful and practical information for families seeking outdoor opportunities with children. Here are the details. It includes a feature on Traveling the Park to Park Highway which is a 7,000-mile route among some of the US’s most well-known national parks, and a few you may not know about, and …one on Cultivating the…
We missed the announcement of the government’s new plan for National Parks. Its aim is to “kickstart a programme of activity to safeguard the future of these iconic landscapes”. Every schoolchild in England will have the chance to visit our inspiring National Parks at each stage of their education under plans announced today by Environment…
Here’s a link to an ESRC report on greening the electricity grid. This begins: “While a future where renewable energy prevails is a dream for many, today the UK is still heavily reliant on older power generation technology such as coal, gas and nuclear. What steps are necessary to make the renewable energy future a…
This is the final part of a late 2016 round up from Natural England of research on the benefits to be had from being in the natural environment … Diversity and Inclusion at Heritage Organizations A Davis, A Ifill, LAW Tamai – Forum Journal, 2016 This interview explores diversity and inclusion as organizational priorities at heritage organizations. Interviewees…