Sustainable Lifestyle Choices / Environmental Action

LEARNING THROUGH NATURE will guide you in:

  • Greening your School – environmental policy and practice in schools
  • Greening your Classroom – teaching environment AND the curriculum
  • Greening your Teaching – creative ideas to enrich your lessons and teaching materials in all subjects, from language & maths to life sciences & music
  • Greening your Home – practical things you can do to make your home healthy, happy and sustainable, establishing ways in which you can live more sustainably by recycling, making plans to go off the grid (solar / wind power), harvesting water from your roof... To be more aware of decisions we make on a daily basis. For example how and where we shop, what food we eat, how we prepare the food, what we plant in our gardens, auditing our water and electricity use and many other features.
  • Greening your Neighbourhood – planting trees, planting food in your garden, food gardens on verges, sharing produce, how to get involved in conservation actions in your community, maintaining a clean neighbourhood, lobbying for healthy environment.
  • Greening your Office / Business – making your business sustainable and ethical, installing waste recycling....
  • Greening your Garden – planting indigenous plants, permaculture, inviting birds to your garden.
  • Green Hour Activities – time out outdoors (night and day) for the whole family, holiday courses and guided walks

“Learning through nature” – understanding the world around us and how we can learn to use resources wisely and develop a caring and positive attitude to our environment.