COP 26 Education news: Fri Nov 12th

Our final contribution to our two-week focus on COP26 comes from Mirran Trimble at Froglife who has written a number of posts for us about the COP.  Here it is:  On Monday 1st November Froglife and the British Dragonfly Society joined forces at COP26 to deliver an Exhibition Stand all about ponds. After all of the build-up before the…

COP26 Education News Thu Nov 11th

This week, we are once again publishing an educational news item (or two) related to COP 26 every day. Please read on … Thursday Nov 11th The Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) is launching the GEEP Africa Hub at #COP26 today with guest speakers from Taiwan, the United States, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Botswana, Mauritius,…

November 8th 2021

Climate Education 1 – The DfE launched its new Sustainability & Climate Change strategy last Friday at COP26.  You can read it here.  The strategy will apply to the Department’s arms-length bodies; the education and children’s services systems in England (Early Years, Schools, Further Education, Higher Education and Children’s Social Care).  Its focus is on environmental sustainability.  DfE says that it…

Fifty Years On

“We must have a curriculum role, or we have nothing.” NAEE is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year to mark its foundation in September 1971.  The background to this was the growth throughout the 1960s of an interest in what quickly became known as “the environment”.  The most significant educational aspect of this was the 1965 Keele conference…

November 1st 2021

In the Zone(s) – UKSSN is taking over 20 sixth form students from 12 UK regions to COP26 from 4-7 November.  Students will be featuring in the blue ministerial and green civil society zones with partners PPL PWR, Ucell and Climate Psychology Alliance, supported by Global Action Plan, the Royal Society of Chemistry outreach department and UKSSN member schools.  A further 35 UKSSN students from Year 10-13…

October 25th 2021

In the Green Zone – Tickets are now available to book to attend Green Zone events at COP26.  They are free of charge, open to the public and you can book up to 6 tickets at a time and over 3 days.  You can see the full programme here.  It includes: 12th November – ‘Glasgow meets New Orleans, Africa and the World: Climate Change…