Friends of the Earth wants you to count bees
You can find out details of FoE’s bee count here. It runs from 19 May to 30 June 2016 and there is an App to help you record data.
Hedgerow plant identifier
The CPRE has produced a useful new guide for identifying and classifying hedgerows. This is a celebration of our hedgerows. CPRE says: “We wanted to share our passion for them and encourage more people to care about them too. And to entice you further, we’ve included a handy hedgerow plant identifier for when you’re next…
A garden in every school
Julia Parker-Dickerson, Director of Education Programmes at KidsGardening.org explores school gardening in New York. Housed together in a four-story brown brick structure surrounded by brownstones and apartment buildings in Brooklyn, New York are two schools: Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (PS 705) and the Explore Exceed Charter School (Exceed). These combined schools in the Crown…
It’s National Environmental Education Week
But only in the USA. NEEF’s 12th annual National Environmental Education Week (EE Week) is taking place from April 17-23. It’s the USA’s largest celebration of EE, and it sets out to inspire environmental learning among school students, and beyond, with events and projects taking place across the country in classrooms, after-school clubs, parks, aquariums, museums, and…
Resources from YPTE
The Young People’s Trust for the Environment (YPTE) has been busy for the last few months creating lesson plans and presentations to assist teachers in delivering lessons on environmental topics that meet with the requirements of the National Curriculum. YPTE offers free talks and presentations in schools, but as a small organisation with a limited…
Update on CLOtC Events
Click here to see the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s range of events from now to the autumn.
How closes the loop?
Ken Webster’s latest thoughts on the circular economy have been published in Circulate. They begin: The circular economy describes a feedback-rich economy in all its embedded glories: energy, materials and information. It is one in which stocks matter, since they are the source and destination of complex flows, stock maintenance and even enhancement. Regeneration is…
What Climate Change Means for your Health and Family
The White House has released a new final report called The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, which significantly advances what we know about the impacts of climate change on public health, and the confidence with which we know it. The report includes an education initiative. Developed…
NAEE’s latest journal is now available to members
NAEE members can now find the latest journal – Vol 111, which has a wildlife theme – on the Association’s website. Features include: Connecting with nature Alex White The Great Eggcase Hunt …
Resources from WWF
WWF reports that it is working to better understand how our changing climate impacts on biodiversity, and it is altering its conservation strategies accordingly. As part of this initiative, it is offering a range of publications, web tools, and resources on the impacts of climate change on wildlife, including learning resources designed for those teaching advanced level and higher students.…
Learning Outside the Classroom Mark
The LOtC Mark is a national accreditation for schools which recognises and supports the development of learning outside the classroom across all subject areas. It recognises existing provision and also assists schools to develop LOtC further. Schools can apply for the Mark at Bronze, Silver or Gold level, providing the opportunity to develop provision over time. This can…
The Parks Cluster
The Parks Cluster is now live on the Project Dirt website, allowing you “to connect with park projects from all across the UK.” Dirt invites you to take a look, and says make sure you hit that ‘follow’ button!
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