Here are details of two LEEF summer activities … Joint LEEF/Bgen/BGCI Networking Day, Thursday 25 August, 10-3pm, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. LEEF’s annual joint networking event with Botanic Gardens Education network and Botanic Gardens and Conservation International will be held at Kew this year. Activities will include an opportunity to tour behind the scenes of the alpine…
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It seems to have been a bad summer for the elm across southern England. Wherever there is elm, there are the tell-tale signs of attack by the elm bark beetle with shriveled brown leaves and bent-over branches standing out against the green hedge background. From being green and healthy-looking in May and June, during July…
NAEE has been given approval from the Charity Commission to become a CIO – a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. We now have new governance and management arrangements, and a slightly revised charitable object which is to: “provide a public benefit by advancing environmental education within early years settings, primary and secondary schools, and institutions responsible for teacher education within…
A recent article in the Guardian by Philip Hoare asks whether it’s time to shut zoos down. It begins: “Recently, for reasons too odd to explain, I visited London zoo without intending to. I don’t go to zoos nowadays. I was quickly reminded why. A crowd were gathered by a compound. Behind a pane Dry…
“World Humanitarian Day is an annual reminder of the need to act to alleviate the suffering. It is also an occasion to honour the humanitarian workers and volunteers toiling on the front lines of crises. I pay tribute to these dedicated women and men who brave danger to help others at far greater risk.” UN…
Learning With Nature has just been awarded the licence to provide learning sessions for the Forestry Commission at Westonbirt Arboretum. As well as pre-school sessions built around favourite story books, and KS1 activities linked to the National Curriculum, they will also offer sessions for SEN children and self-led activities.
The Guardian reports that wildlife officials in Florida have urged people not to illustrate the shells of a threatened tortoise species, after several animals were found daubed with paint. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released photos of gopher tortoises that were painted red and a shade of turquoise. The FWC said…
As with every large scale event, there is bound to be controversy…. Rio Olympics, it seems, is no different! Images of a ‘green’ , polluted waters – along with others – have flashed around the internet…. to the concern of environmentalists, and also of Rio games organisers. The Washington Post reported on this But NAEE ‘does…
Industry claims to have less control than it might seem over its rising emissions, blaming the growth in global trade, but low-carbon alternatives such as wind power do exist…. reports The Guardian. MS Estraden a large cargo ship carrying looks normal enough – until you notice the two large cylinders rising from the deck. These are rotating…
Jenny Griffiths, Education Officer at the Marine Conservation Society, explores the Cool Seas Investigators (CSI) project. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK charity dedicated to the protection of our seas, shores and wildlife. It campaigns for clean seas and beaches, sustainable fisheries, and improved protection of marine life and habitats. Through education, community involvement…
There’s a new resource in the eePRO Climate Change Education, group State of the Climate in 2015 Scientists from the United States announced key findings from a peer-reviewed State of the Climate report that examines temperature, precipitation and weather events experienced around the world in 2015.