How the natural environment can support children and young people
This Natural England report (October 2022) focuses on how the natural environment can support children and young people. It summarises evidence of the links between the natural environment and a range of outcomes based on rapid reviews. The report is aimed at: policy makers; practitioners; practice enablers (including Natural England); [...]
World Environment Day 5 June 2023 – how is your learning for sustainability practice?
Education Scotland is encouraging educators to mark World Environment Day by taking a look at their Learning for Sustainability self-evaluation framework. Closely aligned to 'How Good is Our School 4', it is designed to help schools look inwards, outwards and forwards - a key approach to self-evaluation. It focuses on [...]
Children’s perspectives on quality in local natural outdoor spaces
This Natural England report (December 2022) describes research to co-create a quantitative measure for children and young people. It presents an overview of evidence to better understand how children and young people aged 8–15 years old judge the quality of their local natural environments and rate the quality of outdoor [...]
Supporting creative skills and wellbeing in Scottish schools
This Education Scotland Youtube video describes the process of improving a primary school grounds for creative play in Angus. Find this and other Scottish case studies in this report: Creative Wellbeing Fund A Creative Scotland and Education Scotland Partnership Fund 2021/22 Project Evaluation. The report examines the effectiveness of a [...]
How just walking around – even when accompanied by an adult – is empowering for children
This article in The Conversation (21 March 2023) shares thoughts on the 15 minute city, research on how children use their neighbourhoods, and how autonomy and independent travel matters to children.
The Joy of Birds: The benefits of counting or rating birds for joy
This article in Finding Nature (January 25, 2023) explores the positive impact of changing a nature experience into a more emotional experience. Research findings suggest that activating a sense of joy while bird watching heightens the benefits further. Check out the list of bird species were shown, in this study, to [...]
Muddy Faces Outdoor Practitioner magazines – available free online
Muddy Faces provide a link on their outdoor practitioner hub to access and download Issues 1-4 of their online magazines for FREE. These issues focus on Health & Wellbeing, Forest School, Handwashing outdoors, and Outdoor Clothing, with feature articles and activity ideas. Perfect for Early Years, primary schools, Forest School [...]
UK woodland management horizon scan
In this blog post on Finding Nature (January 9, 2023) Professor Miles Richardson describes this ongoing horizon scan which aims to identify ‘emerging issues and opportunities affecting woodland management in the UK over the next 50 years’. As part of this exercise, Prof. Richardson welcomes comments on how the social, [...]
