LEEF Articles

The RSPB’s Big Birdwatch

By Tim Webb
The RSPB's Big Schools' and Big Garden Birdwatches encourage people to record birds visiting their outdoor spaces. The results help compile an annual snapshot of UK birds and reveal long-term trends in population changes. The surveys were the first to identify the decline of common birds, such as house sparrows, which are now almost extinct in central London.
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Wise up to Water

By Rosslyn Stewart
Thames Water's new resources 'Wise up to Water' and the 'Great Debate' are online to help the whole school save water.
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Climate Radio is back!

By Phil England
Climate Radio returns with our first new programme since November last year. Things are happening so fast in the world of climate change politics and solutions that by next week we may well be revising the name of this series from The Two Degrees Show to The 1.7 Degrees Show or The 0.5 Degrees Show...
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From CEE to SEEd

By Justin Dillon (LEEF Chair and a Trustee of CEE)
CEE (the Council for Environmental Education) is a registered charity that has been in existence since 1968. Its mission is to advance education in relation to the environment, and to champion learning as fundamental to a more sustainable future.
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Arts and Crafts

By Karen Fry
Imagination and creativity play a part in all learning situations and play a major role in the teaching of art. The interplay of skills acquisition, experimentation and the making of a finished product are factors to be balanced by teachers who are sensitive to the children's abilities.
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London Schools Environment Awards

By Jamie Brown & Lisa Pook
The LSEA are now a fixed event but are still evolving. Jamie Brown, the project coordinator, explains how it all works and what's involved.
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Outdoor Education - The OFSTED view

By David Bell
An article about outdoor education by David Bell. This was originally published in The Guardian on September 28th, 2004.
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