Bill Ballantine was a noted New Zealand marine biologist and grassroots activist who successfully promoting the establishment of “no-take” marine reserves, both in New Zealand and internationally. These unprecedented reserves are widely considered to be a critical means of protecting marine resources which are quickly being depleted around the globe. In a Conservation Blog, marine…
I should begin by declaring an interest: I like watching bees and can often be found in the garden looking at them when I might be doing something more productive. It’s as though their sheer industriousness is enough without my joining in. I am not an expert on bees, nor do I possess great knowledge…
The USA is a huge place, and public lands comprise about one-third of the land area, making them a potentially great environmental learning resource. One way to access these is through the Hands on the Land network of field classrooms and websites. These stretch across America from Alaska to Florida, and are sponsored by Within…
Here’s NAEE President, Bill Scott, with some thoughts from his University of bath blog on the reception last Tuesday involving NAEE members and those from NAAEE in the USA, and the members of the Global Environmental Education Project steering committee: The GEEP event last week ended with a reception at @Bristol hosted by the UK’s National Association for Environmental…
Red wolves are in trouble. Since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service abandoned efforts to recover these exceedingly rare animals, which today live only in North Carolina, their population has dropped by more than 50 percent in just two years. Now they’re down to as few as 45. That’s why the Center for Biological Diversity and…
On August 25, 2016, the US National Park Service turns 100. The National Park Service and National Park Foundation are working closely with partners and stakeholders across the USA to ensure that the Centennial is more than a birthday. They want people everywhere to embrace the opportunities to explore, learn, be inspired or simply have fun in their 407 national…
The Innovation Award for Environmental Educators recognizes outstanding nursery, primary and secondary school teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as a context for learning for their students. Up to two teachers from each region will be selected to receive this award. We know that this sounds too good to…
Environmental Education remains a strong feature of life in the USA. From April 17th to April 23rd, over 400,000 people celebrated environmental education at more than 3,000 events in every state and territory. This was part of the 12th annual National Environmental Education Week (EEWeek) – the country’s largest celebration of environmental education. This was organised by the National…
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the voice for everyone who loves the sea. It works to secure a future for our living seas, and to save our threatened marine wildlife before it is lost forever. It says: “Almost nowhere in UK seas is marine wildlife safe from harm. We need to establish vital marine protected areas…
The North American Association for Environmental Education [NAAEE] has published a blog by NAEE President, Bill Scott, which looks forward to the meeting of the Global Environmental Education Partnership steering committee in Bristol next week. It begins: Between them, North America’s NAAEE and the UK’s NAEE have been in existence for over 100 years, and…
As we recently noted, NAEE’s latest journal, Environmental Education Vol 111 (which has a wildlife theme) was released to members last month. Here are a few of its feature articles: Sharks: The Great Eggcase Hunt Cat Gordon Marine: Cool Seas Investigators Jenny Griffiths Invertebrates: Little things that rule the world Luke Tilley Amphibians: Green Pathways project Becca Neal Birds: Schools outreach Tim Webb Fish: Stopping…
Here’s a new website for conservation education jobs across the UK and Ireland. You can register here, and see other sorts of posts here. Meanwhile, the latest edition of CJS Professional is now online.