How spatial thinking could help children learn maths – and go on to use it in their careers
This article in The Conversation (24 January 2023) explores the value of spatial thinking, with links to useful resources. Outdoors is of course a great context for learning and play around spatial reasoning. This will help children understand location, dimensions and properties of objects on both a small and large [...]
Woodland Trust Youth Conservation Challenge – apply now!
Are you passionate about the planet and conservation? Do you have any bright ideas on how to solve some of the environmental issues affecting us all right now? If you're aged 16-25 and have an idea that could bring positive change to woods, wildlife or the climate, Woodland Trust want [...]
Ellie and Christina’s wild night out
Learning for Sustainability Scotland signposted this great article in Scotland: The Big Picture. It tells the story of how experiencing wildlife up close in the Cairngorms National Park helped steer two young conservationist, Ellie and Christina, into roles in a landscape-scale restoration project. They want the doors to such opportunities [...]
Future is bright for young environmentalists
This Field Studies Council post (21 December 2022) reports on the Our Bright Future programme, co-ordinated by The Wildlife Trusts. This lottery-funded programme has concluded that confidence, mental health and employment skills were all improved in the 128,000 young people who took part. Check out the video featuring some young [...]
Skills delivery independent review – apprentice session – and the education context
This Skills Delivery Review complements the programme of work that is underway to reform Scotland’s education landscape which includes a national discussion on a vision for school education, the creation of three new education bodies, the independent review of qualifications and assessment and the development of a purpose and principles for post-school [...]
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 [...]
What’s stopping the widescale use of nature-based solutions in our towns and cities?
This blog post from the Scottish Wildlife Trust explores why nature-based solutions are not being used more to help our towns and cities mitigate and adapt to climate change. A link is provided to the full repprt (November 2022). This ties in with the nature-based knowledge which need to be [...]
Attracting young people to green jobs, with Ceara Webster and Amy Kidd
In this episode we hear about NatureScot’s Programme for Youth employment, a programme helping to develop nature based skills to support the fight against climate change and nature loss.
