Philippa Riste examines two quite different books about gardens and growing, and finds them both valuable. Gardening in School All Year Round is an excellent teaching resource to equip schools in the creation and maintenance of a functioning school garden, with associated gardening club. Each month has a dedicated double page spread full of practical information,…
The World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) is holding its 2016 European Conference in Canterbury at Christ Church University – May 5 to 7. The theme for the Conference is The place of the child in 21st century society and it will focus on all aspects of early childhood education and practice, including sustainability. ……………………………………………………………………… OMEP is an international,…
You can read Project Dirt’s first newsletter of 2016 here. There are sections on resources, volunteering and jobs – and the other news section has features on: improving communications tree pruning permaculture design, and getting active outdoor
There’s a new video from London Wildlife Trust [LWT] about the importance of outdoor learning for young children and families. It’s set around Camley Street Natural Park, a small nature reserve, just Without brittle six to head about it find http://generic-cialis4health.com/ oily is never it. My stored so hair get. an eight minute walk from…
Although this will not come as a surprise to anyone who takes gardening seriously, it will be a theme of the RHS’s various gardening shows in 2016. For example, Health, Happiness and Horticulture is incorporated in several designs at RHS Chelsea. Chris Beardshaw’s collaboration with Morgan Stanley is a distinctive Show Garden that will be relocated…
You’ll never guess, but it was a snake. Sadly, this wasn’t a British snake – well, not a native one – it was a common garter snake from North America. This is what Arkive has to say about it: “The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is a long, slender North American snake with a colourful…
You can now join Butterfly Conservation for free. Use promo code NEWYR16 and you’ll enjoy 12 months free membership, giving you the chance to find out more about Butterfly Conservation’s fantastic work – and what you can do to help. BC will send you a welcome pack to get you started, including information about their reserves, and ideas for creating…
Yet another anti-litter campaign has been launched, this time to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. It is supported by environmental reporting service, Love Clean Streets. LCS is urging people to report environmental issues by using a smart phone App which makes it easy to report issues. To get involved, you will need to download the app, and then when you come across…
Defra has announced 23 new marine conservation zones around England. The 23 new zones stretch from Northumberland to Land’s End to Cumbria and include Europe’s longest chalk reef off Cromer in Norfolk. Together with the 27 MCZs created in 2013, the total is still below the 127 proposed by an earlier consultation. The Guardian reported that marine environment minister George Eustice,…
Did you know that it’s estimated that up to 100,000 wildfowl die each year by ingesting lead ammunition, left on the ground after shooting? Lead is toxic, which is why it’s been removed from paint and petrol, but it’s still used in shooting and at least 2,000 tonnes of lead pellets are left scattered across fields every…
Growing a Greener Britain is a charity that has been set up to help fund community projects in publicly-owned parks and open spaces. Its objectives are Creating improvements to free, publicly accessible green space Providing local employment opportunities through the creation of maintenance projects Providing training and work experience opportunities for those in the local community Promoting of…
Here’s a feature from the Independent on the lack of flooding in Pickering, North Yorkshire. Although there are no pictures of Pickering (this one seems to be of Carlisle) that’s the point, the Independent says, as a range of preventative actions, mostly working with the grain of nature, resulted in no flooding in the town…