NAEE is now, along with a growing number of others, is a formal supporter of Teach the Future. ∫∫∫ The UKSCN has a page of helpful advice for students planning action on November 29th. It says: The UK Student Climate Network draws a lot of inspiration from the ideas and campaigning of Swedish 16 year old…
Today’s post is by Arjen Wals, the well-known international environmental educator and researcher who writes: “Last month I attended the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in Hamburg. Around 3000 participants from over 60 countries attended the conference. Since the overall theme was ‘Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research…
NAEE is collaborating with COBIS, the Council of British International Schools, on an Eco Film Award. This is a film-making competition that aims to develop COBIS students’ environmental awareness and empower them to take action. Students have been invited to produce a short film showcasing a project they have carried out to improve the environmental sustainability of their school. Through this competition,…
Today we feature a blog from St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Norwich. In this, the year 5 students recount their recent visit to How Hill which is an environmental study centre in the Norfolk Broads. Here are a few of the children’s many comments about what they did and how much they enjoyed it:…
Last week we mentioned the Climate Change Teacher training Academy which is delivered by Harwood Education and UNITAR. Its mission is to ensure that there will be a climate change teacher, in every school throughout the world, starting with the UK. It says: “As a Climate Change Accredited Teacher in your school you gain access to world-class learning…
Today’s blog is by Mick Haining. This post is one he recently contributed to Extinction Rebellion. As with all our guest blogs, the view’s expressed are the author’s. As Naomi Klein puts it, “this changes everything”. This particular climate change is a product of human ways of living and, if it is to be slowed…
Click here to listen to recent a Women’s Hour podcast on how to talk to young people about climate change. At the heart of this is a contribution from Fiona Cowan, the headteacher of Bolsover Infants school who has completed the UN’s EduCCate Global the Climate Change teacher training programme which we featured in August. The podcast is 11…
On July 3rd The Green Schools Project ran a schools climate conference for students from Year 5 to 12 at UCL, bringing together almost 200 students from 13 schools. In this blog, Green Schools Director, Henry Greenwood reflects on the conference and what it achieved. As with all NAEE blogs, the views expressed are the writer’s. We didn’t…
The programme for the Education for the Future: Climate Emergency Conference where Teach the Future was launched 10 days ago is here. Highlights included: What would a sustainable curriculum look like? – Richard Dunne, The Harmony Project Students reforming the curriculum – Quinn Runkle, SUS-UK / Maeve, Rethinking Economics Practical steps to green your school – Henry Greenwood, the Green School Project Teach Climate Truth: Going Green…
Dinosaurs hold a particular fascination among young children. This beautifully illustrated book will swiftly become a favourite for reading aloud to groups of early years pupils, with just a few words in large print on each page, which are dominated by the large, simple, colourful images of dinosaurs. The book tells the story of a…
This (longer than usual) post is by Alan Reid (Monash University), the editor of Environmental Education Research. Alan’s writing in a personal capacity about the Global Environmental Education Partnership which is meeting at the end of this week at the NAAEE conference in Lexington KY. 1 What do people care about in environmental education? I…
Last Saturday saw the launch of Teach the Future. This is a youth-led campaign to reorient the English education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis and is a partnership between UKSCN and SOS-UK. TtF says that it is not good enough that climate change is restricted to a few subjects and that many of our teachers and lecturers…