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Winchester Uni students pick up Ecologist award for 'Greenman' superhero video
Mark Briggs
12th April, 2012
Winchester Student Union's one-minute video featuring comic superheroes 'Greenman' and 'Enviro Boy' pick up the 2012 Ecologist-sponsored NUS Award more...
The Secret Garden nursery: a unique daycare where children spend all day outdoors
Phoebe Doyle
26th July, 2011
When the classroom is the outdoors the possibilities are endless. Phoebe Doyle explores the practicalities, the realities and the huge potentials of the outdoor nursery concept more...
Saddle up: how Brighton's bike train is greening the notorious school run
Jan Goodey
24th June, 2011
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 more...
School travel plans: how to successfully get your kids walking and cycling to school
Laura Laker
13th October, 2010
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... more...
Giving young people real experience of green jobs
Andrew Hickman
3rd June, 2010
The Eden Project has launched a website for young job-seekers aimed at helping them land the green jobs of the future more...
Jackie Schneider: local authorities must protect children, not catering firms
Laura Sevier
23rd March, 2010
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 more...
Win a green roof for your school by photographing local wildlife
Matilda Lee
9th March, 2010
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 more...
How to green your school
Ecologist
10th February, 2010
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 more...
The Gaia Warriors by Nicola Davies
Grace ter Haar
9th February, 2010
An accessible, enjoyable book on climate change for the next generation of eco-warriors. Contributors include James Lovelock more...
Contractors using dangerous pesticides in UK schools
Ecologist
14th January, 2010
Survey finds that school children are being exposed to harmful pesticides, but schools claim safer alternatives would be 'uneconomic' more...
CASE STUDY: Lewes New School pioneers curiosity-based learning
Nick Kettles
17th December, 2009
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 more...
Schools using art to learn about climate change
Rebecca Heald
27th July, 2009
Can climate art help save the world? Rebecca Heald reports on a school art installation and its ambitious 'Cool it Schools' global online initiative more...
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A school built for green education
Ecologist/Positive TV
4th December, 2009
The newly opened Langley science academy in Slough ticks just about every box - airy, light, modern interiors make for good learning environments, and the school building is stuffed full of eco features more...
How green is your university?
Laura Sevier
1st February, 2009
From ‘First’ to ‘Failed’, student activist group People & Planet has created a new way of ranking the UK’s universities – according to their environmental credentials. more...
Government response to school WiFi petition panned
Ecologist
8th July, 2009
In response to a petition calling on wireless technology to be removed from schools, the Government has pronounced itself happy with WiFi safety guidelines its critics have labelled 'dangerously out of date' more...
Eco-schools scheme help to 'green' schools
Nick Kettles
13th March, 2009
More and more educational establishments are becoming environmentally friendly, thanks to the Eco-Schools scheme. Is this our road map to sustainability? more...
Cassandra: education
John Papworth
21st November, 2008
Our prophet becomes a parish pariah for daring to challenge the orthodoxy of the educational system more...Members
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