Nature-based field training for educators, Minnesota.
This Children and Nature Network feature (January 2024) shares how educators in Minnesota participate in an immersive nature-based field training. This is designed to help them transform their curricula, approaches to teaching, and ultimately, their school cultures. This is the first extended nature-based professional development series for teachers in Minnesota [...]
What’s hopping with our Scottish amphibians?
This Scotland’s Nature blog (18 January 2024) is written by NatureScot's new amphibian and reptile adviser. Catherine Whatley explores the fascinating world of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and snakes. Can you make your school grounds or gardens more amphibian friendly in 2024?
Reclaiming school grounds for children’s mental health
Ahead of Children’s Mental Health Week, this blog post shared by Learning Through Landscapes explains why we must maximise the potential of our school grounds to support children’s mental health.
What do the Young Darwin scholars of 2023 have to say?
Find out more, in this Field Studies Council blog by Mollie Clay, Biodiversity Learning Development Officer.
Nature as stress reliever
The New Year’s edition of Finding Nature News is out. This includes the 10 most-read Finding Nature News articles of 2023. Also, did you know that spending just 20 minutes in nature significantly lowers your stress hormone levels? Check out this Stat Sheet for evidence-backed, nature-filled New Year’s resolutions that [...]
UK Government pledges to boost Britain’s access to nature ahead of COP28
This UK Government news story describes an ambitious new nature package, with measures to improve access to green space and connect the public with the natural world. This includes reference to an access package to green spaces for children and disadvantaged young people, in England. Professor Miles Richardson has commented [...]
