Equity mapping: young children & nature
Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) and other US partners describe nature equity maps which are used to depict how natural green space appears in a city relative to key demographic, economic, and social vulnerability data. CCCN cities use these maps to prioritize park and natural spaces programming, renovation and [...]
Into the Rainforest now published online!
Now available - Into the Rainforest, a complementary companion to Into the Wildwoods: explore the Mesolithic in Scotland’s native woodlands (2020) resource. Into the Rainforest explores the rainforest habitat and introduces the Atlantic Rainforest clan, to focus on individual characters and their activities, from hunting and trapping through gathering the [...]
Geography fieldwork resources – primary and secondary
The Field Studies Council (FSC) have announced the return of the Geographical Association’s annual celebration of fieldwork, #NationalFieldworkFortnight. Unfortunately this does not fit with the Scottish school holiday calendar. However, the FSC have put together some fantastic free resources and ways to get involved, at any time. These resources are [...]
Bilean: Sacred Trees of Gaelic Scotland
In this article posted in Scotland’s Nature (23 June 2023), Roddy Maclean argues for a greater recognition of an ancient arboreal tradition in a Scottish Gaelic context. This helps to remind us of ‘an ancient spiritual connection between people and trees in Scotland that can inform and inspire today’.
Young Scot NEC holders can access historic places for just £1!
Young people’s money can go further this year, thanks to an initiative between the National Trust for Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Historic Houses, which offers £1 entry to Young Scot National Entitlement Card (NEC) holders.
The Circular Economy – a lesson
This one hour lesson by the Economist gives a useful introduction to the idea of circular economies and why they’re important for sustainability. This is a secondary level resource. You need to create an account or log in to access this resources. A ‘circular economy’ is one in which products continue [...]
When climate change first went ‘viral’
This article in The Conversation (12 May 2023) explores how ‘Climate change first ‘went viral’ exactly 70 years ago’.
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 - [...]
