Films with powerful environmentally centred narratives can transform our thinking and connect us with nature in ways that scientific papers cannot. For example, Studio Ghibli, a renowned Japanese film studio co-founded by animator Hayao…Read More >
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How we are pioneering climate and sustainability education for teacher training programmes
The government strategy on climate and sustainability education, published on the 21st of April provides a strong vision in supporting schools and teachers in implementing climate and sustainability education. The…Read More >
How a new GCSE in natural history can help us towards a greener future
The UK’s education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, has announced the launch of a GCSE in natural history, a key part of helping bring back the study of plants and animals into the…Read More >
Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture
During COP26 groups around the world gathered to protest the “unfair” and “elitist” climate action approaches of the world’s richest nations. The tone of the conference enraged many as developed…Read More >
Solutions to planetary health reside within us
Today, 7 April, is World Health Day, and this year focuses on the theme of ‘our planet, our health’. And not a moment too soon: we face an escalating crisis…Read More >
Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference
The Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference will facilitate interdisciplinary discussion designed to address a variety of key issues surrounding: agriculture, agri-science, agri-innovation, climate change, climate justice, sustainability, trade and development,…Read More >
How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK’s hidden weather history
When it rains, it pours. Make hay while the sun shines. Save for a rainy day. Come rain or shine. The English language is overflowing with phrases about the weather,…Read More >
Teaching Climate and Sustainability in Primary Schools: An Outdoor Learning Approach
Last week we launched a short online course on Teaching Climate and Sustainability in Primary Schools: An Outdoor Learning Approach on the FutureLearn platform. The course is for Primary teachers…Read More >
Sustainable and nutritious food – are these values irreconcilable?
We recently held the 4th Annual Institute for Food Nutrition and Health (IFNH) Forum on the theme of ‘Sustainable and Nutritious Food – are these values irreconcilable?’. To replicate the…Read More >
Plants are flowering a month earlier – here’s what it could mean for pollinating insects
Plants are flowering about a month earlier in the UK due to climate change. That’s according scientists at the University of Cambridge, who recently analysed the first flowering dates of 406…Read More >
