The Global Learning Programme [GLP] describes global learning as an approach to learning about international development through recognising the importance of linking people’s lives throughout the world. There are several definitions of the term ‘global learning’ and ‘development education’. In the context of GLP global learning encourages critical examination of global issues and an awareness of the impact…
If you click here, you can see what Groundwork West Midlands has been up to recently. Green Space Transformation caught our eye, along with its new report: Growing and Green Space. This confirms that ‘practical involvement in growing and green space activities’ are a powerful tool to help vulnerable people address personal and social issues. What puzzles…
The 2016 National Sustainable Schools Conference will be taking place on 2nd March in Leicester City Hall. SEEd, the SSA and Leicester City Council are already looking forward to a conference which incorporates action learning workshops, expert keynote speakers, exclusive launches, and a full day of networking and learning for sustainability. The conference is open to anyone with an interest in education…
The theme of this year’s Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) conference is developing character outside the classroom. It takes place on 26th November at the Gilwell Park Conference Centre in Epping Forest with a programme to help you reflect on this theme and improve your practice to windows product key ensure better outcomes for young people.…
NUS, with others, is holding a two day student sustainability summit at the University of Bristol Students’ Union next Monday and Tueday 09/10 November. Although the event is aimed at students and student officers, staff that work in sustainability roles in are really welcome to attend, as pretty much all the issues being discussed require student-staff…
As part of an EU-funded project, Young People on the Global Stage, TIDE is leading a study visit to Kenya in February 2016. Working alongside teachers from Spain and Kenya, the study visit takes the form of a course which will offer a fresh view on international development, including big questions about poverty and wealth, food and hunger, and sustainable development. There will be…
One of the winners of this year’s Ashden Sustainable Schools Award was Home Farm primary school in Colchester. What follows is taken from the Ashden case study which details the school’s success. The Ashden judging panel said: “The senior management at Home Farm make a formidable team. Their attitude to energy savings and renewables should…
Environmental Worldviews – a historical approach is a book by Richard Jurin with contributions from John Disinger, Clay Schoenfeld and Jennifer Tomsen which will be published by Kendall Hunt in 2016. This, then, is not so much a review as an alert. The key idea behind the book is that human–environment relationships are the result…
This picture, taken at WWCE’s Chelworth solar PV installation, shows a roe deer feeding under the panels, offering some evidence that what solar farmers say may well be true – that such places are good for wildlife. Of course, roe deer are abundant in the south of England and so perhaps it’s no surprise to see…
The WWT’s wetland centre at Caerlaverock, on the Solway Firth, is the host of the BBC’s Autumn Watch This will be broadcast on BBC2 from Monday 2nd to Thursday 5th November.
Are you anywhere near Beauly? If so, the Nature Days at Aigas might be just the thing. Click here to read more and to download programme guides and more information. Nursery programmes are based around sensory learning and allow children to interact with the outdoors whilst being safe and having fun. Aigas focuses on teaching children…
Today’s guest blog is by Geoffrey Guy who lectures at Reaseheath College. Geoff is the Director of Education for Bushcraft Education Ltd, and the founder of the Bushcraft Education blog. The Dartington Conference of 1975 aimed to give a definition of Outdoor Education [OE] that could be accepted by the industry and potentially justify its use in schools…