Project Wild Thing
I wrote previously about the dislocation of children from nature and the risks this brings to their wider development, confidence and self esteem (see Wild child full of grace….). The […]
Category Archives: Informal learning
Things to get involved with
A global outlook on urbanisation
Stockholm Resilience Center (SRC) have created an interactive version of the report City Biodiversity Outlook 1 which was launched at the CBD COP in Hyderabad in 2012. With a video […]
Wake of the Endeavour – NEW Revised Edition
NEW REVISED EDITION Thanks for all the support from my readers. Following the positive feedback I have released a revised edition of Wake of the Endeavour. Join me in an […]
Citizens, mobile coms and bio-diverse engagement coming of age
Somewhat more than a decade ago in 2000 I sat with my webdesign team, two education colleagues and a research scientist hatching a pioneering web application – Walking with woodlice. […]
Soil biodiversity creates a rice production revolution
Hardly known in the west a revolution is taking place across the rice-producing world – and the secret lies in enabling soil biodiversity to thrive. The method, known as the System of Rice […]
Not just gold, silver and bronze but green and blue – London 2012
While enjoying the gold fever I took a private view behind the scenes in the Athlete’s Village at the London 2012 Olympics. The London Olympic Park was the first to be […]
Natural History Museums in a changing world (Part 2)
Natural History Museums in a changing world Natural History Museums are hybrid institutions; they study and profess to be authorities on the natural world, they are also popular, much loved […]
TREE – a lesson from Charles Darwin
This article is based on a paper in the journal Evolution:Education and Outreach. It explores an art work celebrating the work of Charles Darwin and its relevance to the future of biodiversity. […]
