LEEF Links

• Environment

  A selection of useful environmental links.

  • Wildweb - A guide to London’s Nature Reserves and green spaces
  • Trust for Urban Ecology [TRUE]
  • The Women’s Environmental Network
  • The Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens
  • RSPB in London
  • London Wildlife Trust
  • The Black Environment Network
  • London Green Map

• Food

  Growing and sourcing food in London

  • Sustain - London specific goldmine of food facts
  • Food Vision - See Food Initiatives & Toolkits
  • Eat the View - Countryside Agency site
  • London Farmers Markets - recipes & news
  • Allotments Regeneration Initiative
  • City Farmer - Canadian site with good features

• Funding

  Need help finding funding? Try these sites for starters:

  • Trust Funding
  • The Big Lottery Fund
  • UK Fundraising
  • Funder Finder

• Outdoor Learning

  Teaching beyond the classroom.

  • Learning through Landscapes
  • Growing Schools [teachernet]

• Places to visit

  Places to go and visit to learn about sustainability, the environment and conservation

  • National Maritime Museum - School Visits

• Plants/Gardening

  These LEEF links offer good practical advice and information on most things horticultural.

  • The Institute of Horticulture
  • Royal Horticultural Society
  • Plants and cultures - linked to Kew Gardens
  • The Henry Doubleday Research Association
  • Homes Fit For Birds - wildlife gardening info
  • Ecological Database of the British Isles
  • London Wildlife Trust - Wildlife Gardening
  • Carry on Gardening - A site linked to THRIVE
  • Chelsea Physic Garden

• Recycling / Composting

  London's recycling more and more, these people have expert knowledge.

  • Ollie’s World (Australian interactive site for children)
  • London Remade
  • Capital Waste Learning
  • London Community Recycling Network

• Research facts

  These sites offer facts and figures useful for class work or research. Judge the accuracy for yourself.

  • Tree of Life - A list of biological diversity and evolution
  • Species 2000 - A catalogue of life on Earth
  • Millennium Assesment - World ecosystem audit
  • International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
  • Global Education Project - world maps and stats
  • Green Facts - Findings from Millennium Assesment
  • CIA World Factbook - Data on countries (CIA site - factually very good)
  • Biomimicry - How nature can show us how to develop technology
  • Fish base - A global information portal on fish.

• Sustainability

  Sustainability covers environmental, social and economic projects.

  • London Sustainability Exchange
  • London 21 - A network of community groups.

• Teaching resources

  All of these sites have online resources suitable for educational use.

  • Topic online - The website for practical applications of research in education
  • Teachernet - sustainable development resources
  • WWF - Teachers pages for ESD
  • Oxfam Coolplanet - Trade and global issues
  • RSPB - Teachers resources
  • National Grid for Learning - Gov’t education portal
  • National Association For Environmental Education - teachers’ info
  • Natural History Museum - Biodiversity for GCSE & A-Level
  • Food and Farming Partnership - Welsh food site
  • E4S - Sustainable resource use
  • Global Warming - DEFRA site with games/lessons for 7-11 & 12-16 year olds and A-level students
  • Create - Energy based topics
  • Council for Environmental Education - See Resources under Information Centre
  • Capital Waste Learning
  • CABE - Resources using the built environment
  • Citizenship Education - Global issues
  • Association for Science Education - Resources
  • BBC Learning - Environmental Studies

• Technology / Energy

  For info on solar energy, bio-fuels and green technologies browse these sites.

  • The SEA/RENUE Alliance
  • Centre for Alternative Technology

Events

• ‘Outdoor Teaching’
• Working with school groups: a short professional development course
• A Workshop to Reconnect with Nature
• The Empty Classroom

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