What is biophilic design? 3 ways ‘green’ buildings work better for neurodivergent people
This Child in the City article (15 April 2024) describes how incorporating natural elements into the built environment can benefit neurodiverse users.
Biodiversity and Glasgow University
Read about how the University of Glasgow manages its greenspace. This blog post on Scottish Pollinators (11 April 2024) shares many of the actions taking place across the University estate to help nature.
Clyde Climate Forest takes root across West Dunbartonshire
This spring, more than 60 volunteers dug in to plant over 600 trees in Whitecrook, Clydebank to create a new native woodland as part of the wider Clyde Climate Forest initiative. Local schools, community groups and corporate volunteers worked together with staff from environmental charity Green Action Trust, who are [...]
Snow, wind, rain, wind, hail, frost – the perils of filming peatland restoration
This Scotland’s Nature blog (12 April 2024) shares how the Scottish weather makes creating case study films of some of our peatland restoration projects interesting to say the least! It might also be of interest to people who are interested in working in this sector or in the use of [...]
University of Edinburgh explores learning in the outdoors
Take a look at this great web based resource developed by Edinburgh Earth Initiative at the University of Edinburgh: Integrating nature based and outdoor learning in HE Discover ways of conceptualising this type of learning, and practical guidelines, site details, and resources to enable educators to transform where and how [...]
QMU supports outdoor learning and Wee Forests
Listen to this recent BBC Radio Scotland Scotland Outdoors (6 April 2024) programme (sign in required). Join Patrick Boxall (lecturer in Education, Queen Margaret University) for a tour around the new outdoor learning hub and Wee Forest. Listen to him describe the benefits of learning in nature outdoors (from 1.14.37 [...]
