environment

21stNovember 2024

Be young, be environmental, be happy

21.11.24|Categories: Resources, Training|Tags: , , , , |

To mark Scottish Careers Week, NatureScot Sustainable Development Officer Grace Gubbins and her fellow members of the Young Employee Panel in NatureScot are grabbing the opportunity to highlight the voices of young employees across the organisation. Read this post in Scotland’s Nature (15 November 2024) on to hear young people’s  experiences [...]

23rdOctober 2024

Results in for the Great UK WaterBlitz 2024!

23.10.24|Categories: Places, Resources|Tags: , , , , , |

During 20-23 September, Earthwatch UK received over 2,300 data points from over 4,500 citizen scientists. The Guardian (21 October 2024) also shared this story. The key findings: 61% of data points showed poor water quality with significant regional variation Data show the Anglian and Thames river basin districts have the [...]

25thJuly 2024

Sign up for the September WaterBlitz!

25.07.24|Categories: Events, Resources|Tags: , , , , |

The Great UK WaterBlitz is a biannual campaign by Earthwatch. It calls on everyone to go out and test the quality of their local freshwater including rivers, streams and lakes. This helps to build a national picture of water quality across the UK. Sign up to the next Great UK WaterBlitz taking [...]

10thJuly 2024

Environmental monitoring data guide videos

10.07.24|Categories: Resources|Tags: , , , , |

If you need long term environmental monitoring data but aren’t sure what is available or how to access it, why not look at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology’s new data guide videos? This might be a useful teaching resource for secondary and tertiary educators. Guides are available for [...]