Today’s blog is the latest in a series from Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, ran the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, launching a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, Richard’s views are not necessarily shared by…
Bio Security – During 2021, RSPB worked with over 100 pupils from primary schools across Scotland to co-design biosecurity activities in a digital education pack. Their ideas included board games, art activities, outdoor activities, digital games, treasure hunts, songs, and films. For example, pupils from the Small Isles Primary invented a board game based on the playing principles…
Today’s post is by Richard Dawson and Ben Ballin. Almost three years ago they embarked on an ambitious project called Change the Story. A key aim was to reframe how young people age 9-12 respond to the climate crisis, and enable them to reflect on and rethink positive futures. Now, having piloted with KS2 pupils,…
Manifesto Launch – NAEE is launching its Young People’s Learning and the Environment Manifesto on April 28th by zoom: 1700 to 1800. Please use this link to the launch event registration page to reserve a place. The Manifesto sets out 16 commitments that we think will help guide institutions to become more sustainable, and improve the education that pupils and students receive.…
Here’s more news 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…
Competences in Education for Sustainable Development: Critical Perspectives is the title of a book edited by Paul Vare, Nadia Lausselet, and Marco Rieckmann, and recently published by Springer. In this post, Stephen Martin, Hon Professor in Learning for Sustainability at Nottingham University reflects on what the book says. As ever with our blogs, these views…
DfE Strategy launch – The DfE is launching its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy on Thursday April 21st at London’s Natural History Museum 7 to 9pm. There will be a keynote speech by the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP. . Another Launch – Unlike the DfE’s event, we are all invited to the launch of…
Blackmoor Copse near Salisbury, was the first nature reserve established by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust back in 1962 when the Trust was first established. One of the ways in which this anniversary is being marked is by the publication each month of a video walk-through tour of a reserve, beginning with Blackmoor. You can see…
Today, March 21st is World Poetry Day, and the International Day of Forests. Many are the poems that celebrate nature in all its forms, and so it is always hard to choose just one to mark today. There is one, however, that explicitly shows what is at stake should we fail to hang onto that which not only…
6000 Young People –The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Muhammad Afzal, will be visiting Martineau Community Gardens in Birmingham on March 21st to celebrate over 6,000 school children who’ve taken part in environment education visits in the city. Councillor Afzal will meet children from St Catherine of Siena School on a trip funded throlugh the Hugh Kenrick Days Bursary scheme which…
In case you missed any of the recent events from Our Shared World, you can catch up with them here. There’s [i] voices and perspectives from COP26, [ii] the COP26 education pledges, [iii] the DfE’s sustainability and climate change strategy, and [iv] the UK environment act. There are videos associated with each of these through…
Today’s post is by NAEE’s Chair, Bill Scott who asks a question that has puzzled him for some time. As ever with our blogs, what is written is not necessarily the view of the Association. The Wildlife and Countryside Link website says that the Link is the largest environment and wildlife coalition in England, bringing…