Two recent COP27 focused Blogs

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…

27th March 2023

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 Hunt

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…

20th March 2023

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…

Evidence Summary Reports

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…

Curriculums and paradigms – a challenge from George Monbiot

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…

13th March 2023

OECD+ – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is consulting with education stakeholders in seven countries including the UK.  The aim is to explore broadening the purposes of education; ie, what does education need to be like if all learners are to really flourish?  In the UK, the Department for Education (DFE) has asked the FED, its partner Parentkind, and Teach for All, to organise a series of…

Natural England Update

Here’s an 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…

Linear Thinking, Exponential Functions, and Steady State Systems – Part 3

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…

6th March 2023

Early Days – Nadia Whittome MP recently presented Teach the Future’s Climate Education Bill in parliament, and there was a drop-in briefing for MPs, which you can read about here.  Lots of MPs from across parties came to show their support, and there was good Twitter coverage.  The second reading is due later this month and pressure is on the DfE…