UNESCO-JAPAN Prize – A call for nominations has been issued for the 2023 UNESCO-Japan Prize in Education for Sustainable Development. The three Prize winners are selected by the Director-General of UNESCO on the recommendation of an expert panel. Winners will receive USD 50,000 each and will be invited to establish a long-term collaboration with UNESCO by joining the ESD…
The Winter 2023 edition of Canada’s Green Teacher magazine [ Vol 134 ] has now been published. It has a focus on energy transitions. You’ll find details here. The full contents is only available to subscribers but every edition contains two articles that are freely available. This is the contents: Clean Energy Ready to Displace…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that tens of thousands of species are threatened with extinction. But what does it mean for a species to be ‘threatened with extinction’? How do researchers evaluate extinction risk? The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is regarded as the definitive source of extinction risk. Every…
DfE Snapshot – The next issue of the DfE’s Climate in Education Snapshot is now available. It includes: A reminder about Outdoor Classroom Day coming up on 18th May A form to sign-up to our first stakeholder good practice session An update on the SCCU Stakeholder User Group Jon’s visit to the Bristol Education Partnership Sharing the good practice…
Here’s a further update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration…
In two recent blogs, junior climate change negotiators Prakriti Koirala from Nepal and Olivier Ishimwe from Rwanda share their experiences of working with Least Developed Country (LDC) senior negotiator mentors. They discuss how this experience improved their confidence, honed their skills and helped them focus their negotiating at COP27. For junior negotiator Prakriti Koirala, the agreement reached at…
Select Committee Opportunity – Click here for details of the House of Commons Education Select Committee inquiry into teacher recruitment, training and retention. NAEE will be making a written submission to this arguing for the importance of including climate / environmental education within both pre- and in-service teacher professional development. . Are Students ready to take on Environmental Challenges – A…
Emily is a young nature enthusiast and writer living in Warwickshire. She enjoys photographing her local wildlife, wildflowers and fungi, sharing photos on Instagram, Twitter and Vero. She is particularly fascinated by corvids, having rehabilitated a fledgling jackdaw last year. This comes through in her writing, including To The Roost which won the Young Wild…
The 2023 FutureBuild conference took place in early March at ExCel London. Its purpose was to provide the stage for inspiring ideas, innovative solutions and knowledge sharing to drive sustainable construction and help us reach our goal of net zero. The end of event press release is here. One of the presentations to the event…
Green Grounds – A Children’s Nature Network initiative: Global Lessons on Greening School Grounds & Outdoor Learning project sets out to help leaders and practitioners around the world to learn more about successful approaches and scalable strategies for greening school grounds. . Gulf Stream – WEEC 2024 takes place at the end of January 2024 in Abu Dhabi. It seeks…
Natural England produces regular evidence summary reports on a range of issues. Here is a sample of recent ones: Links between natural environments, learning and health: evidence briefing – EIN063 This record was published by Natural England on 26 September 2022. This briefing focuses on the impacts of learning in natural environments and the impacts of natural environments…
Today’s blog is by regular contributor, Ben Ballin. Here he explores recent comments by activist, author and Guardian columnist, George Monbiot. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. In unmistakeably Govean fashion, the 2014 National Curriculum for England channelled Matthew Arnold and boldly announced itself as an introduction to…