Antarctica gets largest marine protected area on planet
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) agreed to designate the Ross Sea as an MPA at a meeting held in H...
Conservation Education
Our termly newsletter contains a wealth of information for today's young environmentalists – as well as their parents and teachers!
In an effort to reduce our paper usage, from January 2006, Conservation Education has become an e-bulletin and we no longer produce printed copies.
Climate Change Update Part 1
The last time Conservation Education looked at the subject of climate change was in 2006. In the last nine years, like the climate, some of the th...
Climate Change Update Part 3
The problem is already here In recent years, we have seen Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in 2013, superstorm Sandy hit New York, New Jersey ...
Climate Change update Part 2
Why are they called ‘fossil’ fuels? Around 165 million years ago, vast numbers of little animals and plants called plankton lived in the world’s...
Composting
The rubbish we throw away everyday is polluting our Earth. A lot of this rubbish comes from our gardens and kitchens and the good news is that this...
Conservation
Conservation of nature means the protection of species from extinction or harm. It can include maintaining and restoring habitats, and protecting ...
Conservation Education 01 - Sustainable Development
Welcome to the first new-look issue of Conservation Education, sponsored by Barclaycard as part of the LivingLand programme. LivingLand is Barclayc...
Conservation Education 05 - Spring
Small Beginnings – During the long, dark days of winter Nature appears to be at a complete standstill. Then the months of February and March bring ...
Conservation Education 06 - The Rocky Shore
The Rocky Shore – the coastline of Britain is approximately 10,000 miles in length, and highly varied in nature, with sandy beaches, rocky shores, ...
Conservation Education 07 - Deserts
Deserts are some of the harshest environments on our planet. At first sight, they seem completely hostile to life. Whether hot or cold, rocky or sa...
Conservation Education 08 - Classification
When I’m out in the field with a group of young people, nothing captures the imagination like a sighting of an animal species.
Conservation Education 09 - Wildlife in the City
The world’s urban habitats – the towns and cities - have been around for centuries. The first towns were formed about 9,000 years ago, and since th...
Conservation Education 10 - Wildlife in the Garden
There are over a million acres of private gardens in Britain, not to mention the acres of grounds belonging to schools, city parks, factories, airp...
Conservation Education 11 - Minibeasts
Spiders - aaaarrrggh! Slugs - yuk! Wasps - ouch! This is many people’s first reaction to the sight or mention of many of our minibeasts. The word ‘...
Conservation Education 12 - Ponds
Picture a pond in your mind. What do you see? Frogs on lily pads and a few ducks a-dabbling? Or shrimps, dragonfly larvae and diving beetles scurry...
Conservation Education 13 - Energy
The Young People’s Trust for the Environment is delighted to announce that its residential Environmental Discovery Courses will be available in 200...
Conservation Education 14 - Endangered Animals of the World
Have you heard of the Hispid Hare? Or the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat? How about the Fragile Tree Snail? You may think they are weird and wonderful...
Conservation Education 15 - Food
Do you like food? If you do you are not alone! Eating food is very enjoyable, yet is also an important and serious buisness.
Conservation Education 16 - Climate Change
Do you like Polar Bears? Well every time you switch on the light you are probably helping them... to become extinct.
Conservation Education 17 - How Animals Move
Hop, skip, jump, run, slither, slide, glide, fly, swim, burrow, climb, soar, hover, creep, crawl, wiggle – the list of ways animals move is endless...
Conservation Education 18 - What a Load of Rubbish
Every day we throw things in the bin. It could be drinks cans, crisp wrappers, paper, left-over food, broken toys, anything. We usually do it witho...
Conservation Education 19 - Alternative Energies
“Switch off the lights when you leave the room!”, “Turn the TV off standby!”, “Who left the computer on all night?” Does this all sound rather fami...
Conservation Education 20 - Britain's Endangered Species
If you went down to the woods today, would you go in disguise expecting to find bears? What animals do you think you really would find? Perhaps a s...
Conservation Education 20a- Population Explosion
The world is becoming too full of people - we’re going to have to find another planet to live on! Well not quite, but there are worries concerning ...
Conservation Education 21 - Wildlife and Climate Change
20,000 years ago the landscape looked very different. Wooly mammoths and sabre toothed tigers roamed the frozen earth - it was of course the ice ag...
Conservation Education 22 - Weather
Britain is famous for its changeable weather. We are always talking about it and there is a saying “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minute...
Conservation Education 23 - Animal Migration
Aaah, the sounds of summer.... sizzling barbeques, squealing children splashing in paddling pools, a distant lawn mower and the song of the inexhau...
Conservation Education 24 - Rainforests
Imagine that you’re in a thick, dark forest. It’s very hot and sticky and the sweat soaks your t-shirt. You can hear the sound of wild animals all ...
Conservation Education 25 - Oceans
Into the deep blue sea....... Look at the earth from outer space and you will see a beautiful blue planet. It’s blue, because an amazing 70% of the...
Conservation Education 27 - Reconnecting Children with Nature
This issue of Conservation Education represents a departure from our usual format, as normally the publication is written for teachers and is for u...
Conservation Education 28 - Shale Gas and Fracking
There has been a lot of coverage in the news recently about a controversial technique for extracting gas and oil from underground.
Conservation Education 29 - Climate Change Update
A fresh look at climate change, a subject we last looked at for Conservation Education in 2006. Banner photo by Al Case.
Conservation Education 30 - The Problem with Plastic
No matter where you look these days, you're likely to spot something made of plastic. It can be shaped in all kinds of ways, it can be really thin...
Conservation Education 31 - El Nino
Find out more about the 2015-16 El Nino event, what it is and what effects it causes around the world. Photo by Naz Amir.
List of Talks
The school talks service is available in person for schools within a 30-mile radius of our office in Yeovil OR on Zoom, Teams etc. for schools anyw...
New Conservation Education available to download
Written for secondary schools, it provides a detailed analysis of the debate on shale gas and fracking. Download it here.
Tell us about what you’re doing to help the environment and have the chance to win a £30 Go Ape voucher!
So, if you’re aged between 5 and 17 and feel you’re doing something that helps the environment, please tell us about it. Examples might include: ...