Encounter: Unlocking Nature Connection Through Words
Finding Nature (17 April 2025) shares information on a new free app which helps you build a habit of noticing nature and supports eco-literacy. Read to find out more.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett was an early work of climate fiction
This article in The Conversation (25 March 2025) explores this classic tale and describes how climate fiction is a type of storytelling that imagines how climate change could shape our world.
Why ocean literacy matters
Find out more – read this article in The Conversation (18 February 2025) Understanding of marine ecosystems is alarmingly low – here’s why ocean literacy matters
Gaelic crabs?
In this post on Scotland’s Nature (30 January 2025) Roddy Maclean investigates native species of crab as viewed through the eyes of the Gael.
Words of the Wild Resources
Youthlink Scotland share the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Words of the Wild resources and lesson plans. Discover the SWT Resource Pack and transport your students or group members to the wilds of Scotland! Participating in the sessions offers a great way to meet the objectives of the Scottish Studies Award.
Do we use the right words to reflect our nature and climate crises?
George Monbiot has shared a thought-provoking alternative vocabulary in a post on ‘natural language’. He argues current language can alienate us from our environment rather than connect us to nature.
‘The Lost Words’ Poetry Lesson Plans
In honour of National Poetry Day, School Outdoor Learning have put together a set of lesson plans based on ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert Macfarlane with illustrations by Jackie Morris.
Early Years Literacy and Maths activities outdoors
The Dumfries and Galloway OWL group have recently published two new resources: Taking Literacy Outdoors with Your Child and Taking Maths Outdoors with your Child. In these resources, activities and ideas have been brought together for early years settings, parents and carers of children to inspire and help develop literacy and maths skills [...]
