Eco-anxiety: climate change affects our mental health – here’s how to cope
This article in The Conversation (April 3, 2023) provides some context and tips for coping with eco-anxiety, plus an excellent graphic on ‘Discourses of climate delay’.
Historic Environment Grants Programme
Check out this information on Historic Environment Scotland’s funding for projects and activities relating to Scotland’s historic environment. Eligible projects and criteria include Outreach and learning.
The Regenerators – Green Themes Explained on BBC Bitesize
BBC Bitesize shares handy videos to help explain the conversation and language used around climate change and the environment.
Dirt is good! Sustainability resources for your school.
The Dirt Is Good Schools Programme empowers students aged 7-14 to unite in compassion and take action on the social and environmental causes they care about, whilst working towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Find case studies, many involving outdoor improvements in school grounds. Register online to access resources to [...]
Leading young people towards environmental action – GEO-6 for Youth
Are you a young person interested in developing your skills and understanding of environmental issues? GEO-6 for Youth (UNEP) is a one-stop-shop for a young person to: understand the state of the environment what they can do every day to drive markets to adopt environmentally sustainable products and services learn [...]
Links between natural environments, learning and health: evidence briefing (Evidence information note no EIN063)
This Natural England report (Dillon, Justin; Lovell, Becca, 2022) explores evidence on the impacts of learning in natural environments on learning processes and outcomes, and on health outcomes. It outlines the background to the briefing, indicating that it updates the original evidence briefing provided by Natural England in 2016 - [...]
Join the Litter Pick & Play project!
Are you working with children and young people to improve their local environment to increase and improve their play? Play Scotland invite you to get involved in their Litter Pick & Play campaign. They include a handy toolkit on their webpage. This is part of the International Play Association Triennial World [...]
Volunteering journeys: growing the youth volunteering generation
This research report (Carregha, Tania et al., Institute for Community Studies, 2022) can be found here. The report: explores young people's perceptions and experiences of volunteering, and ways to increase levels of volunteering by young people. outlines the background to the study, where the 'volunteering journey' is intended to encapsulate [...]
