Natural Energy

This picture, taken at WWCE’s Chelworth solar PV installation, shows a roe deer feeding under the panels, offering some evidence that what solar farmers say may well be true – that such places are good for wildlife. Of course, roe deer are abundant in the south of England and so perhaps it’s no surprise to see…

Nature Days at Aigas

Are you anywhere near Beauly?  If so, the Nature Days at Aigas might be just the thing. Click here to read more and to download programme guides and more information. Nursery programmes are based around sensory learning and allow children to interact with the outdoors whilst being safe and having fun.  Aigas focuses on teaching children…

LEEF Events

LEEF is a network for London’s most innovative and passionate urban environmental educators whose members are committed to improving the quality and quantity of environmental education delivered to Londoners.  You can follow its activities on Twitter @LondonLEEF. You can find out more about LEEF and what it does here, and these are two forthcoming events: Swap…

Latest NAEE journal published – Vol 110

NAEE has published its latest e-journal, Environmental Education Vol 110, for its members. Contents include a number of regular features such as the President’s Column, reports from NAEE-sponsored field work by schools, book reviews and webwatch.   Feature articles this time include: Hardwick Dene interpreted  Steve Ashton Connecting young people to wetlands  Rachel Carless Engaging…

Grow Wild

Organisations and community groups across the UK are being invited to apply for funding of £1,000 to £4,000 from Grow Wild to create inspiring spaces.  If you apply before 1 December 2015 you could receive funding in March 2016. Grow Wild is looking for projects that use native wild flowers and plants innovatively to bring colour…

Do you think about it?

Don’t even Think about it: why our brains are wired to ignore climate change It was the enticing title that persuaded me to order ‘Don’t even Think about it‘ from our library.  There was just one copy in the whole county of Cumbria, so it wasn’t high in the popularity charts, which is just the status…