The Unseen Crises of Human-Nature Connection
This post on Finding Nature (13 January 2025) explores why and how we need to change how we think and feel about our interconnectedness and our relationship with nature.
January 2025 news round-up from Learning for Sustainability Scotland – out now!
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How even just 15 minutes in nature can boost your wellbeing
This article in The Conversation (2 January 2025) describes how spending time outdoors can help improve your mood, concentration and heart health. A good aim to consider for children and young people returning to school.
The Children and Nature Programme 2019-2022 Learning report (NECR488) – Natural England
This report shares learning and highlights from the Children and Nature programme. It can be used to inform work that aims to benefit children through engaging them with nature, and is intended for those working in the environment, education and health sectors. It draws on delivery and other reports on [...]
Human-nature connectedness: A powerful strategy for transformative change.
In this Finding Nature post (18 December 2024), Professor Miles Richardson reflects on the new Transformative Change Report . This report informs policy and action on the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the kind of system-wide changes needed for a more just and sustainable world. The three underlying causes [...]
How childhood nature experience shapes teaching practices
This Natural England joint publication (JP057) was published December 2024. This research explored whether teachers’ childhood nature experiences affect their teaching and their pupils’ nature access. Primary school teachers in Southern England participated in an online survey about their’s and their pupils’ nature access and their nature connection. Of the [...]
