Getting Connected to Nature is the theme of the 2016 Nature Connections conference in Derby next month. You’ll find the draft programme here. The core themes of the conference are improving links between research, policy and practice through the latest research and perspectives on [i] the benefits of a connection with nature, [ii] getting connected to nature…
Congratulations to the 15,033 London students who are now growing food through Growathon. With the help of 2,078 school staff, adults and volunteers. There is now a new target of 50,000 students. This needs your help to be reached. How many students are growing in your school? Add your food growing activities and students to the Growathon Carrot Totaliser – and watch the…
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The University of Brighton has introduced an e-bike scheme. A fleet of 10 Electrically Assisted Power Cycles (EAPCs) will be available between the university’s campus in Eastbourne and the town’s rail station. Staff members who have completed e-bike training can book one of the ten e-bikes based at Eastbourne station to use while on university business. Staff and…
What did you think when you saw those great piles of elephant tusks burning on TV, or read about them in the papers? Did you welcome this as a slap in the face of poachers everywhere and a step in the right direction? Or did you wonder, as David Attenborough did, that it would make…
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How much do you know about the work of the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens? In 1972 the first city farm was established in Kentish Town, London. This not only included gardening space but also farm animals, influenced by the children’s farm movement in the Netherlands. Since the early days in the 1960s…
NAEE and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) invite you to a reception being held in Bristol on Tuesday May 31st from 1700 to 1900 at the Bristol Science Centre. The reception is to mark the UK launch of the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP), which was established in 2014. It is also being held in conjunction with the…
Birmingham City Council, in partnership with Veolia, is looking for Birmingham’s next “green” champions. The Best Naturally Green (Biophilic) Scheme award is aimed at attracting entries that demonstrate the efforts people and organisations have made to connect to the natural environment by protecting wildlife, creating wildlife habitats and increasing biodiversity; improving access to green living spaces; taking part in…
In this feature, which will soon be published in Environmental Education Vol 112, Matt Roper, CEO of Green Buying explores his company’s work with schools. There is a growing awareness within the education sector of the need and potential to “buy green” and there are plenty of examples of committed individuals taking major steps to…
A new report on Circulate from Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicted that electric cars will be cheaper to own than conventional cars by 2020, and that they will make up about 40% of all vehicle sales by 2040. Currently just 1% of all new cars sold are electric and cost is still a significant barrier. However, this latest analysis predicts…
WWF UK has announced a new school campaign that focuses on what can be done to produce and consume food in a sustainable way so that it is not harmful to our planet. This is the Plant2Plate campaign, and you can register your school here. You can also take on WWF’s Easy Peasy pea challenge. Every school that…