The AVALON Sustainability School Programme aims to help 13-19 year olds develop their skills, freedom and creativity to take part in a journey towards a more resilient and peaceful society. Students are exposed to a variety of activities such as outdoor adventure sports, ecobuilding, music, games and teambuilding. Nothing is compulsory and students are given…
Concentrations of greenhouse gas will soon surpass 400 parts per million on the summit of Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa. This value of 400 p.p.m. will be the highest level of carbon dioxide concentration in millions of years. Corinne Le Quéré, a climate researcher at the University of East Anglia, has said that this milestone will mean…
Our last webinar with Bronwyn Hayward produced many different resources for discussion so, just in case you missed it, here are some useful links…. 1) ’The ins and outs of charter schools’ – a 13 minute video encapsulating the charter school debate in New Zealand. Watch it here. 2) Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New…
The Educate A Child (EAC) programme was established in November 2012 to support bringing quality primary education to millions of out-of-school children. UNESCO have now signed up as a partner to the EAC programme, showing their support. This partnership is focussed on supporting the Secretariat of the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), launched by the…
Twenty years ago, the United Nations proclaimed May 22nd as the annual International Day for Biological Diversity, intended to raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and to encourage the protection of all species. This year, on the 22nd of May 2013, the theme is ‘Water and Biodiversity’. The International Day for Biodiversity provides an…
Year 7 and 8 pupils at Barfield School are studying Climate Change, and want to do something about it. They have looked at the relationship between humans and carbon dioxide, using Hugh Montgomery’s powerful ‘The Genie in the Bottle’ as an introduction. They have committed to creating carbon reduction projects, such as a tree nursery,…
