All you need to know to get fresher, healthier and greener food into your child's school - from nurseries to primary and secondary schools
… How to campaign for better school food Laura Sevier | 25th March 2010 … Food And Farming Health Soil Association School Food Matters Jackie Schneider Organix Better Nursery Food Now School Food Trust Jamie Oliver …
More and more educational establishments are becoming environmentally friendly, thanks to the Eco-Schools scheme. Is this our road map to sustainability?
… Eco-schools scheme help to 'green' schools Nick Kettles | 13th March 2009 News Eco-schools Schools Eduction Sustainability …
Cutting the car out of the school run has health, social and environmental benefits for pupils, parents and teachers. Here's our guide to making it happen...
… School travel plans: how to successfully get your kids walking and cycling to school Laura Laker | 13th October 2010 … Health Society How To Make A Difference Schools Transport Cycling Sustrans Walk To …
Do co-operative schools (trust schools and academies) provide a democratic community based alternative? Mervyn Wilson, Principal of the Co-operative College – which has been at the heart of the development of co-operative schools - explains why co-operatives are proving so popular
… The rise and rise of co-op schools Mervyn Wilson | 6th August 2012 Comment Cooperative Schools Co-op Schools Education 2012 International Year Of …
School buildings, food, waste - even the curriculum itself should all support a connection to, and appreciation for, the environment. Here are some resources to get you started
… How to green your school The Ecologist | 10th February 2010 … Change Society How To Make A Difference Schools Eco Schools Soil Association Food For Life …
Vocal school food campaigner Jackie Schneider on parent power, the importance of cooking from scratch and why free school meals would be the most cost-effective solution
… March 2010 Comment Food And Farming Health School Food Campaign Better Food For Schools Food For Life School Dinners Education jackieimage.jpg Vocal …
How comes doing 'the right thing' comes with hidden costs? For state schools planning to go solar this year the business rate hike would reduce the lifetime return of the panels to zero or even negative, while those that have have already installed solar panels face an unexpected tax bill in excess of £800 a year.
… Back to school? Schools that have installed solar panels … Solar Renewables 10:10 Climate Action Energy Schools ludwell primary school wiltshire photo oliver rudkin …
Camilla Scaramanga takes a look at how growing food in schools is having a positive impact on children, teachers, parents and wider society.......
… takes a look at how growing food in schools is having a positive impact on … 13, who has returned to Pooles Park Primary School for its garden open day. Like a good … and tarmac are forgotten. Food growing in schools has been shown to improve academic …
It’s mad that children living in poverty could be denied a healthy, hot school meal. It mustn’t be allowed to happen.
… School meals must be political priority … | 21st November 2018 Comment Brexit Education School Meal Turkey Twizzlers School Meals - State of the Nation 2018 It’s …
How do children learn? Is it through testing or open-ended class discussions aimed at piquing curiosity? Lizzie Overton, head teacher at Lewes New School, is spearheading a new approach to education
… CASE STUDY: Lewes New School pioneers curiosity-based learning Nick … 2009 Activism How To Make A Difference Schools New School Lewes Lizzie Overton SATs Waldorf …
Pending reforms to the UK's school curriculum mean that from September 2014, pupils aged 7-14 can expect to learn gardening skills. Camilla Scaramanga takes a look at some of the initiatives that are already taking the lead......
… How gardening lessons impact positively on school kids Camilla Scaramanga | 2nd September … Pending reforms to the UK's school curriculum mean that from September … already taking the lead...... Growing food in schools looks set to become part of the …
Thousands of children face fines from schools for striking for climate action - but protest is a human right.
… 15th February 2019 News Climate Change Strike Schools Human Rights Change Makers … Thousands of children face fines from schools for striking for climate action - but … with fines for their children striking from school over climate change inaction today have …
Survey finds that school children are being exposed to harmful pesticides, but schools claim safer alternatives would be 'uneconomic'
… Contractors using dangerous pesticides in UK schools The Ecologist | 14th January 2010 News Food And Farming Schools Pesticides Health pouring chemical.jpg Survey finds that school children are being exposed to harmful …
Production line education is creating clones and stifling the imagination of our children. Is it any wonder they are stressed and unhappy?
… | 2nd February 2009 News Education Children School Creativity Schooling Education Children Society … Leave Them Kids Alone, upwards of 3,500 UK schools are fingerprinting their students, …
Come Friday morning and a group of kids and their parents converge to begin Brighton's Bike train cycle to school. Could this be the beginning of the great two-wheeled school run revolution? Jan Goodey reports
… bike train is greening the notorious school run Jan Goodey | 24th June 2011 Activism Schools Cycling Brighton Bike Train Carbon … to begin Brighton's Bike train cycle to school. Could this be the beginning of the …
With spring around the corner, why not take a walk around your local park or forest to get a closer look at - and photograph - local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof
… Win a green roof for your school by photographing local wildlife Matilda Lee | 9th March 2010 Activism Schools Wildlife British Science Association … local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof Children, adults …
Can climate art help save the world? Rebecca Heald reports on a school art installation and its ambitious 'Cool it Schools' global online initiative
… Schools using art to learn about climate … | 27th July 2009 Activism Climate Change Schools Education Art Global Online Community Children COP15 Copenhagen coolitschoolsvillage.jpg Can climate art help save …
Andreas Kornevall tells the Ecologist about the success of his School Tree Nursery Programme....
… Earth Restoration: trees in schools Andreas Kornevall | 17th July 2013 … tells the Ecologist about the success of his School Tree Nursery Programme.... When I … Those are engaging places. I discovered that schools come closest to what I was seeking, …
We can help one another through this epidemic, and simultaneously organize to make governments, employers, welfare offices and landlords give us what we will need to survive.
… care beds – and we need to close the schools and reduce the spread of the virus … the main item on the news. Then there are the schools. Some students are already walking … out. But we need to act together to close the schools for everyone. Secondary school …
🌳 Forest Schools can go some way to replacing what has been lost to our children during the coronavirus crisis, including schooling.
… | 3rd July 2020 News Children Nature Forest School 🌳 Timber … 🌳 Forest Schools can go some way to replacing what has … during the coronavirus crisis, including schooling. Children need nature and nature … this in my heart when, trained as a Forest School leader, I heard children, who never …
The National Forest Company has launched a plan to build capacity for outdoor learning in primary schools.
… capacity for outdoor learning in primary schools. Much has been made of the benefits of … One of my most vivid memories from primary school is sitting under a horse chestnut tree … learning, it is still not mainstream in our schools. Trees are thankfully not just …
Children exposed to five-times-higher concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) during the school run than when they were at school.
… Children travelling to school exposed to deadly pollution Luke Powell … of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) during the school run than when they were at school. Children are five times more exposed …
Far from downsizing, Government transport statistics reveal a trend towards multi-car households and bigger engines as well as more children being driven to school
… Bigger engines, two-car households and school runs on rise The Ecologist | 16th … as well as more children being driven to school The number of cars on British roads … also revealed that the number of primary school children walking to school had fallen …