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CLEAPSS - http://www.cleapss.org.uk

Health and Safety Executive - http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/principles.ht m

Learning Outside the Classroom - http://www.lotc.org.uk/

London Borough of Newham - http://primary.newham.gov.uk/files/early %20years/co-ordinator/Safer_Play.pdf

NatureNet-

http://www.naturenet.net/people/safety. html

Caerphilly Health Alliance and Cymorth - http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/earlyyears/ pdfs/healthy_snack_award.pdf

Preschool Learning Alliance - http://www.pre-

school.org.uk/document/225

The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy aims to promote the use of local energy solutions both in schools and businesses, in a hope to improve lives both locally and globally. The website has a separate section for education; in particular this organisation supports early year’s teachers working with children aged four to eight. It provides practitioners with a range of video clips, photographs and teaching resources that have been developed through the collaboration with the Geographical Association and CREATE. Settings are also invited to complete an application form and enter into the Ashden Energy Award scheme.

The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, Allington House, 150 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5AE

Website http://www.ashdenawards.org Telephone +44 (0)20 7410 0330 Email [email protected]

Breathing Places is run by the British Broadcasting Communications (BBC), Breathing Places has been set up to encourage more children to take local action on protecting the natural environment around them. The website emphasises that all children can make a positive contribution to their local environment by running their own small project. The website provides lots of ideas of projects children can run at home, school or within their local community. There are pocket guides and posters that can be downloaded, activity guides. There is also a monthly E- Newsletter published that offers updates and events that are running throughout the UK.

Breathing Places, BBC Learning

Campaigns, MC4 A5 Media Centre 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/

CLEAPSS provides support for a consortium of local authorities in the areas of health and safety including risk assessment related to primary and secondary school environmental science and technology education. CLEAPSS®, The Gardiner Building, Brunel Science Park, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge UB8 3PQ

Website http://www.cleapss.org.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1895 251496

E-mail [email protected]

Cool it Schools has an aim to let school children share their commitment to the environment through adopting a creative approach. Teachers can use the website to set up their own showcase to display and document children’s work on environmental issues. Yearly projects are run through the organisation to reflect global issues.

Website http://www.coolitschools.com Email [email protected]

Eco - Schools are part of an international

programme for environmental

management, certification, and

sustainable development education for schools. There is a focus on early years education and it is free for settings to join up and apply for a reward. The organisation provides a range of case studies of good practice, resources to support teaching and a range of advice on writing eco- policies and carrying out an environmental review.

Eco-Schools, Keep Britain Tidy, Elizabeth House, The Pier, Wigan, WN3 4EX

Website http://www.eco-schools.org.uk Telephone +44 (0)1942 612621

Email [email protected]

Environmental Education in Early Childhood (EEEC) aims to promote a holistic approach to environmental education and sustainable practices in early childhood and the early years of primary school. The approach involves policy development, house keeping practices, play and learning experiences and strategies for working with children,

staff and parents.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~eeec/index.p hp

Growing Schools is a UK Government organisation that is funded through the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Their aim is to support teachers and early year’s practitioners to plan outdoor learning opportunities for their pupils to connect with the living environment. Their work on sustainable development is very much linked to supporting schools (mainly in terms of the better use of their school grounds and a greater understanding of food production and the importance of the countryside) and they offer training throughout the UK. They clearly make links to the Healthy Schools initiative and the food and drink doorway of Sustainable Schools Their website offers a specific early years focus which provides step by step project ideas, early years case studies (including from childminders) and also research articles specifically looking at environmental education within the early years. Growing Schools provides an annual conference and produces a E Newsletter twice termly.

Website

http://www.growingschools.org.uk Email [email protected]

Learning Outside the Classroom is a UK run organisation supports educators in

developing their Continued and

Professional Development (CPD) in Environmental Education. The website provides a wide range of reading to support the importance of environmental education and case studies of best practice. There is an annual conference held in the UK and a twice termly E- newsletter.

ESD IN EARLY YEARS

CfBT Education Trust, Learning Outside the Classroom Department, 60 Queens Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4BS.

Website http://www.lotc.org.uk/ Email [email protected]

Nature Detectives is run by the Woodland Trust and provides advice and

activity sheets:

Nature detectives, Woodland Trust, Autumn Park, GRANTHAM, NG31 6LL http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/ Tel +44 (0)1476 581111

The NSW Early Childhood Environmental Education Network (ECEEN) supports early childhood professionals and families of young children by providing resources, information and support necessary to facilitate meaningful environmental education into their daily experiences. Julie Gaul, Project Officer, NSW ECEEN

Tel: (02) 9398 4374

Email [email protected] http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.a u/nsw_branch/eceen.html

The OMEP Sustainable Development Curriculum Development Site aims to provide resources to support research and practical innovations in Sustainable Development for the early years of education.

http://www.ecesustainability.org

http://www.omep.org.gu.se/English/proj ects/sustainable_development/curriculu m_development_site/

The Princes Rainforest Project for Schools is an environmental organisation with two main aims. To identify appropriate incentives to encourage rainforest nations to slow their deforestation rates and to raise

awareness of the link between rainforests and climate change. The organisation offers a variety of lesson and activity ideas, pictures, videos, information packs, sounds, games and assembly ideas aimed at children three to sixteen, their parents and teachers.

The Prince's Rainforests Project for Schools, The Princes Charities Foundation Clarence House, London, SW1A 1BA Website http://schools.rainforestsos.org Email [email protected]

Project Genie is run by the British Telecommunications Group (BT) as part of

their Corporate Responsibility

Programme. It currently in a pilot stage but has an aim to provide educational support for practitioners to inspire and motivate children and their families to adopt a more sustainable life style. Resources and lesson ideas are currently available for ages seven to eleven, however there are plans for the expansion of this project and they hope to create more resources aimed specially for the early years.

Website

http://www.btbetterworld.com/bt_educatio n_zone/genie

Email [email protected] Telephone +44 (0)8448792039

Resource Futures is a UK organisation that runs a range of programmes to support Education for Sustainable Development. These include programmes for teacher training and helping schools develop their ESD work. Each program on offer is on a particular sustainable development doorway i. e. Global Dimension, energy/ carbon management. The organisation is aimed at to support ages four to eleven, however there are

plans to extend their support to the early years. They offer a range of recourses to order, including big books, recycled musical instruments and recourses to use during socio- dramatic play. An online blog keeps practitioners up to date with the latest news and resources.

Website

http://www.resourcefutures.co.uk Telephone 0117 930 4355

Email [email protected]

The aim of the Royal Society of the Protection of Birds is to encourage people of all ages to take care and be

interested in the wildlife and

environment around them. The charity supports practitioners working with children from ages three to sixteen by providing activity packs and lesson ideas. There is no cost to use the resources provided on their website, however voluntary donations are welcome. A monthly E- Newsletter is available.

The Lodge, Potton Road, Sandy,

Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL

Websitehttp://www.rspb.org.uk Email [email protected]

The mission of the Tide Global Learning is to provide CPD support to teachers to

help children understand global

dimensions, development perspectives and human rights principles which will shape their lives. This organisation supports both the environmental and social pillars of sustainable development. Their is a network of ideas and schemes of work for teachers that also supports creative development. Tide also provides articles to inform best practice. There is an online journal and annual conference

available for all practitioners. There is specific support for ages five to sixteen. Tide Global Learning, Millennium Point Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG Website http://www.tidec.org/index.html Email [email protected]

The U.S: Council for Environmental education is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1970. It recently introduced a ‘Growing Up WILD’ early childhood education program.

Website http://www.councilforee.org http://www.projectwild.org

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