“my quiet fascination for nature was beginning to grow…”
Read this story of a young person’s journey and citizen science project shared by the Field Studies Council (3 December 2024): From Young Darwin Scholar to Mistletoe Ecology.
Conservation traineeship opportunity in Argyll & the Inner Hebrides
Butterfly Conservation is offering an exciting 12-month traineeship opportunity in Argyll & the Inner Hebrides as part of the Species on the Edge programme. The role will be focused on learning biological recording of butterflies and moths with opportunities to work on other species within the wider programme too.
Be young, be environmental, be happy
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 [...]
Edinburgh Green Team seeking volunteers
The Green Team are looking for experienced volunteers to work alongside their skilled staff team. Click on this link to find out more. Read about a student placement experience with the Green Team.
Young Leader volunteering opportunity with Scottish Wildlife Trust
This SWT volunteering opportunity is open to anyone aged 18-30 years living anywhere in Scotland. The application deadline is 24 November 2024.
A Force of Nature – pathways to nature-based jobs
This NBN news story (7 November 2024) describes how a coalition of charity and non-profit organisations have joined forces to call on the government and the environmental sectors to do more to create accessible pathways into nature-based jobs, to diversify the sector and deliver our ambitions for nature recovery.
Green careers that we can all dig
Read this post in Scotland’s Nature (5 November 2024). Ahead of this week's Green Careers Week, The NatureScot Peatland ACTION workforce development team were discovering the digger drivers, ecologists, project designers and surveyors of the future This event was aimed at beginner speakers of Gaelic in early secondary school years. [...]
Connecting young people to learning, and joy
Read this Children & Nature Network article (October 2024) which shares how an innovative outdoor programme in the USA is vital to children’s success in school and beyond. The big benefits of outdoor credit recovery programs
