News and Blogs Round-up

The Guardian had some gloomy pictures before Christmas of lakes across the world as they once were and now are. The picture is of Poyang Lake.  The commentary says: “China’s largest freshwater lake has been shrinking dramatically since the start of the century.  At one point, the lake covered 4,500 square kilometres but its surface…

Here are a few events being organised by LEEF in the coming weeks   Surrey Docks City Farm Child Protection Training for City Farms 10am-4pm, 23rd January 2017 The seminar is aimed at farmers and outdoor educators who work with children & young people. Safeguarding and child protection should be an important consideration when undertaking any…

Here’s a link to the Nature Watch catalogue for 2017 and its “tools for teaching kids about nature and science”.

This was part of a New Scientist headline last month.  The article by Andy Coghlan begins: Almost everyone is bottom of the class. That’s the best that can be said for countries that signed up to an ambitious plan in 2010 to save the world’s dwindling biodiversity.  The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 set internationally agreed conservation targets known…

On Thursday 2nd March the South West learning for sustainability coalition is holding its 2017 AGM (1500 to 1600) followed by GREEN LIGHT – Bristol a ‘teachmeet’ exploring sustainability in schools and its impact on learning (1640 to 1800). This will be an opportunity to share and gain ideas with teachers and other learning professionals in the Bristol, Bath and the wider South…

Teachers are invited to encourage their students to participate in an endangered species project and design and produce a leaflet showing how arctic animals particularly Polar bears are affected by Climate Change. Students are also encouraged to produce a depiction of a polar bear in any size using recyclable materials. All submitted entries will go towards the…

UNESCO MGIEP in partnership with India Habitat Centre and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, have inaugurated an art installation on the Sustainable Development Goals at Delhi’s Jor Bagh Metro Station.  The installation consists of extracts from a comic book produced by UNESCO MGIEP to raise awareness about the SDGs. The comic book is a story of…

The first LEEF event of the New Year will be the LEEF Fellowship evening on Thursday 26 January at the London Wetlands Centre. Then there’s a networking event planned for February 22 when Dario Kenner will be presenting his ideas on green capital and attaching economic value to urban green space and then conducting a…

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…