Green Teaching is a book to show shows teachers how to introduce an awareness of the planet for young people, as part of the curriculum. Nature pedagogy encourages all educators to embrace eco-logical choices and to use nature as the location, resource and context for learning. The author draws on international research and case studies to offer a way forward, to embed green teaching to transform education.
Learn how to make school gardens safe for pets (to avoid toxic plants, trees, flowers etc) and know toxic indoor plants to avoid (even brushing a tail against sago palm, lilies or cheese plants can harm). Don’t display foliage to face windows, to help stop birds flying into windows.
Author Dr Claire Warden has earned international recognition for her world in the field of education. She works with governments and associations worldwide to create quality nature-based models of education.
Also read Leadership for Sustainability, which sets out how school leaders can embed eco practices into the daily running of their schools, which will also benefit students. Author Dr David Dixon was a primary school teacher for 15 years, before becoming a headteacher for 20 years. In that time, he promoted the twin causes of environmental education and sustainability.
Lifestyle Links
- Green Schools Project
- Remarkable (pens & pencils from discarded items)
- Frank Water Cooler profits help fresh water projects)
- Safe Routes to School (walking buses & solar bus stops)
- Digital Frog (software-alternative to dissection)
- Solar panels (quick payback time, grants offered)
- Cyclehoop (award-winning cycle parking spaces)
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