This is the title of an OECD blog by Cassie Hague and Mathias Bouckaert, analyst and former analyst within the OECD’s Directorate for Education and Skills. Their key points are: Young people are at the forefront of calling for and taking action on climate crisis. Education systems can support young people to enable them to…
Hot & Bothered – Sustainable theatre company Pigfoot is releasing a short documentary ‘Bothered’. Drawn from conversations with young people, young activists and teachers across the United Kingdom, this 14 minute documentary examines the current state of climate education in the UK and shares how people can be part of change. It features the Teach the Future network, and those…
Biodiversity is degrading at alarming rates with the people living in biodiversity-rich areas often bearing the heaviest costs of these losses and of inequitable conservation efforts. In response to this emergency, biodiversity credits – or ‘biocredits’ – are emerging as a new kind of financial asset: a measurable, traceable and tradeable unit of biodiversity, that…
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by…
Leadership for Sustainability: saving the planet one school at a time David Dixon, Crown House Publishing, 2022 250pp, paperback, £18.99, ISBN 978-1-78135-401-8 September 2022 saw the 60th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring which drew attention to the devastating impact that the indiscriminate use of pesticides such as DDT was having on the natural world. It…
Llywodraeth Cymru – Unlike younger pupils, students in Welsh schools currently studying in years 8-11 are still being taught the pre-reform curriculum. Although this was required to have an integrated ESDGC [ education for sustainable development / global citizenship ] programme, this was not widely implemented or considered to be important by most educators. Rather, it tended to be slotted…
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Support for FE & HE – Teach the Future’s 2023-24 sustainability support package for universities and colleges is now live. You can find out more here. . DfE News – The latest issue of the DfE’s Climate in Education Snapshot is now available. It includes: A reminder about Outdoor Classroom Day on 18th May Details on the upcoming launch of its Sustainability Leadership…
Here are a few of the recent evidence summary publications from Natural England: Links between natural environments, learning and health: evidence briefing – EIN063 (naturalengland.org.uk) Social and economic benefits of learning in natural environments – NECR442 (naturalengland.org.uk) ‘Children’s perspectives on quality in local natural outdoor spaces ’Summary of Evidence: LOtC in Natural Environments – Nov…
Being green in the UK: why we need a better understanding of the relationship between climate concern, behaviours and wellbeing is the title of a recent UCL blog by Lisa Fridkin, Neil Kaye, and Katie Quy. This is how it begins: “Much media attention is given to climate change denial and arguments over the impacts of human-driven climate change,…
Education Greenpeace – these resources for children aged 7-18 include support for teaching about climate change. In addition, there’s more about deep sea marine creatures, through a feature with photographs and factual information. . Climate Change Resources for Schools – a range of resources is available to download from WWF here . These include helpful information to support discussion and investigation of carbon footprints. .…
The General Teaching Council for Scotland invited Dr Beth Christie, Senior Lecturer, and Director for the Learning for Sustainability programme at the University of Edinburgh, to provide “a provocation” to help the GTC review its Code of Professionalism and Conduct. Beth was one of a series of invited education professionals and experts with diverse, and…