Environmental Education Research [EER] has published a paper from the USA on practitioners’ perspectives on the purpose of environmental education. You can download it here. The Abstract says: Since the 1980s, scholars have suggested that environmental education (EE) has a ‘definitional problem’ represented by a multiplicity of perspectives that have critically impacted its discourse, practices,…
Natural Connections alerts us to Devon CPRE (the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England) which is supporting outdoor learning with their “My Outdoors” competition which will run from March to June. it is open to all primary schools in Devon, Torbay and Plymouth. CPRE Devon hopes to encourage children to engage with and appreciate…
Home Advisor – a US website – has a feature on “home energy conservation for kids”. It begins … Energy is very important. It is something that kids need and use every day at home and at school. In fact, some form of energy is used just about anywhere that you can imagine! It is…
We recently carried a guest posting from Geoff Guy about the enclosure of land and the benefits to environmental and outdoor education arising from more recent legislation open it up again through the ‘right to roam’. If you are interested in the enclosures, then you might like A Short History of Enclosure in Britain by Simon Fairlie which is published in the Land…
The GA has produced a list of websites which it thinks will be of interest and help to geography teachers. We think they might help environmental educators as well. Here are a few of them: Biodiversity Rainforest Resources Climate and weather How stuff works Earth Hour Air Quality Real Time Mapping Air Quality Mapping –…
“Crazy! Lunatic! What is he talking about? How dare he challenge our way of life?” When a character in Plato’s Republic sees that things might change – even though it’s for the better, long term – he calls out for the status quo, for things to be as he is used to. Anyone with a message…
UNESCO has just released a Clearinghouse on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), containing information, news about events, good practices and links around the Global Action Programme on ESD (GAP). It aims to serve as an online platform to share knowledge, experiences and competences of the ESD global community of practice. The Clearinghouse comes with a comprehensive Resource Bank, gathering hundreds…
You can read the latest Learning Away newsletter here. You will remember that Learning Away was a Paul Hamlyn Foundation [ PHF ] special initiative, and due to finish at the end of this month. However, in December, the PHF trustees agreed to provide a further two years of Learning Away ‘legacy’ funding to help ensure that…
Green Teacher is a Canadian environmental education journal – similar to NAEE’s Environmental Education. It is offering insights into its work with free access to two of the articles published in its latest edition. They are: Put up a Paradise, and Let the games begin
Thanks to Project Dirt for alerting about the Centre of the Earth (an environmental education centre in Birmingham) which is developing a food buying group that is both ethical and local. They would like to hear from suppliers and producers who are interested in getting involved. Project Dirt has also confirmed that Community Energy England has launched an online survey for…
Here’s a 3-minute YouTube video from Arjen Wals explaining his views on how schools need to change in order better to prepare young people for their [sustainable] futures. But to what extent can young people “change things” in the way described? Or, to what degree can schools prepare young people to change things once they have…
The National Gallery, the Mall Galleries and The Royal Parks have got together to support bees. Between 17 and 20 February, the A right royal buzz exhibition will be open across the three venues. This is a community arts project led by The Royal Parks that aims to teach the public about the importance of pollination, through…