Production line education is creating clones and stifling the imagination of our children. Is it any wonder they are stressed and unhappy?
… Robotic children Nick Kettles | 2nd February 2009 News Education Children School Creativity Schooling Education Children Society Robotic_children_MAIN.jpg …
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
… Waldorf Montessori lizzieoverton.jpg How do children learn? Is it through testing or … basic desire of most teachers: to reach the children who needed an education most. She … were all 'delivering' a very similar deal - children were being pushed through a series of …
The season of flu (and fear of swine flu) is upon us. But before you reach for this sticky pink cocktail dished out by doctors and parents as a cure-all for children, think again...
… Virus Paracetamol Ibuprofen Medicine Fever Children childmedicine.jpg The season of flu … out by doctors and parents as a cure-all for children, think again... Practically speaking, … seasonal flu in symptoms and treatment. And children aren't at any particularly increased …
Fruits, vegetables and juices were advertised in only 1.7 per cent of commercials on US children's TV, says study, but reducing junk-food advertising may not be enough
… Teach children to ignore junk-food advertising, say … 2009 News Junk Food Food And Farming Health Children Advertising junkfoodtv.jpg Fruits, … in only 1.7 per cent of commercials on US children's TV, says study, but reducing …
Letting children learn flexibly and organically creates rounder, more educated human beings, says Mike Fortune-Wood
… Home School House Humans Beings Education Children Society How-to-Home-educate_MAIN.jpg Letting children learn flexibly and organically … school approach of set curricula and things children should learn at particular times is …
The European Snack Association, a lobby group for the likes of Pringles and Walkers, provides curriculum materials claiming that crisps are healthier than apples.
… Snack Association markets unhealthy food to children through curriculum The Ecologist | 1st February 2009 News Health Food Children inthenews.jpg The European Snack … which is exposed in a new report by the Children’s Food Campaign, is followed by a …
Study of children in New York links exposure to air pollutants and lower IQ levels
… Pollutants babyunbornjpg.jpg Study of children in New York links exposure to air … to urban air pollutants are reducing their children's intelligence, according to a new US … study. Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the …
More and more educational establishments are becoming environmentally friendly, thanks to the Eco-Schools scheme. Is this our road map to sustainability?
… it might yet come to pass – if, that is, the children, teachers, NGOs and local authorities … and farms to talk about growing, and give the children a chance to witness the harvest. ‘It … annual Walk-to-School Month has inspired children and parents to promote healthier …
US study finds pesticide link to childhood leukemia and calls for more research
… leukemia and calls for more research Children with leukemia have been found to have … Cancer Centre studied 41 pairs of children with ALL (acute lymphoblastic … mothers. They also tested 41 pairs of healthy children and mothers. Common household …
Children are learning to use stoves made from cow dung and termite mud in a battle to reduce consumption of timber for fuel
… Energy Renewable Energy Africa fire.jpg Children are learning to use stoves made from … the mobile laboratory used to educate children in Guinea Bissau on one of its most … to their quality of life. They ask children to boil two litres of water, …
Next time you grumble that it's too much effort to seperate you plastic from your cans, imagine doing it as the bullets are flying over head
… of the community, including a baby and two children. They also moved out because they … as there’s more mud and grass here, and the children love the river with its excellent … the following day I started working with the children. I was a bit nervous about how they …
The Idle Parent, the Bumper Book of Nature and the Lorax are three books that'll help keep children cheerful - the cheap way.
… Book Of Nature Cheap Green Ways To Entertain Children idle-parent.jpg The Idle Parent, the … the Lorax are three books that'll help keep children cheerful - the cheap way. The Idle … are working on a new plan dubbed One Million Children Outdoors. The aim is to introduce a …
Dan Box teaches a class about climate change and its effects on the Carteret Islands, which are sinking due to rising sea levels, and how children can help stop climate change.
… Box | 26th March 2009 Comment Dan Box Blogs Children Climate Change Carteret Islands Blog Climate Change Children Blog Climate Change Science And … are sinking due to rising sea levels, and how children can help stop climate change. The …
Students at Ridgeway School in Plymouth show concern for ‘the other CO2 problem’ in an award-winning animated film about ocean acidification
… 'They were hugely enthusiastic, there were 17 children from different classes so they had to … local filmmakers Sundog Media worked with the children on the production and animation of … Poseidon and his advisory team. Using the children's voices, the film opens with …
A groundbreaking new study has shown that a mother’s exposure to pollution can have a measurable impact on the genes of her unborn child.
… to unborn, study says 6th April 2009 News Children Foetuses Pollution Asthma Children Carbon Dioxide Health Pollution News … unborn child. Scientists already knew that children living in more polluted areas had a …
Child labour is still in routine use in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan, according to a new investigation by the
Environmental Justice Foundation.
… conscription of large numbers of adults and children alike to work in the fields for two … labour, the Uzbek government continues to put children as young as 10 in fields, with high … daily quotas to fulfil and minimal wages. Children were found working in roughly 60 per …
Leaked documents show that the US Environmental Protection Agency has launched an inquiry into the health risks of tyre chippings
… News News - News Round-up - Tyres Playground Children Health tyres.jpg Could shredded car … as a mulch, either in horticulture or for children's play areas. But now the US … The new EPA research will examine whether children are at risk of either inhaling or …
Mobile phones could soon be banned in junior schools in France, under plans put forward by French senators
… | 13th October 2009 News Health Mobile Phones Children childmobile.jpg France would be the … Senate has passed a bill that would ban children under the age of 15 from bringing … to ban mobile phone advertising that targets children younger than 14. The proposed ban in …
A flurry of new reports have all suggested that the presence of environmental pollutants is leading to a decline in our mental and physical health.
… in Mexico compared the mental abilities of 73 children – 55 from heavily polluted Mexico … of Polotitlan. They found not only that the children from Mexico City performed much worse … tests, but also when a sample of the children from polluted areas were given brain …
It may look pretty, but the unmistakable odour of nail polish betrays a cocktail of toxic ingredients
… abnormalities such as hypospadias in male children. It may also be one of the … and relies heavily on the labour of women and children. Children working in mica mines can go work …
'We're here because our parents' generation has failed us and it's up to young people to stop climate change by whatever peaceful means we have left.'
… Youth Youth Activism Protests Generations Children Protest Children Climate Change Society … what the world would look like for their children, much of that’s changed; altruism has …
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 Education Art Global Online Community Children COP15 Copenhagen … it.' She believes the importance of teaching children about environmental issues does not … have made a film including contributions from children worldwide, which she hopes will be …
Working alongside the people of Ethiopia, WaterAid is helping bring clean water and safe sanitation to drought-hit areas, as Leonora Oppenheim discovers
… a myriad of health problems for her, her children and her community. ‘We have never … and cooking; they are assisted by their children, while the men farm the fields and … or not. At times I felt ashamed, but now my children and I are safe to use the latrine at …
Giant wind farms may grab the headlines but plans to develop local off-grid electricity will have bigger impact on Africans and carbon emissions
… Kerosene is also widely used. Women and children As well as the impact of … In addition, the many hours women and children spend searching for wood could be …