Winners of the Scottish Power Foundation Awards will be announced on 1st November 2022. We are absolutely delighted that we have been shortlisted for the Education Award at the Scottish Power Foundation Awards. This recognises the amazing work our Green Schools programme has been doing for 10 years to facilitate
11th June: Environmental Education Methodologies & Activities Training We are delighted to announce the first in a series of regular environmental and outdoor learning training opportunities with The Green Team. These sessions will be ideally suited to nursery, primary and secondary school teachers as well as youth workers
About Green Schools Green Schools helps local schools to deliver outdoor education sessions. The programme focusses on schools in areas of deprivation to ensure that all children have the chance to benefit from positive activities in nature. Over October and November, the Green Team education officer, Margon, worked over
Junior Rangers Award for young people aged 11-18 The Junior Rangers Award programme is a national award scheme for young people aged 11-18. It aims to engage and equip young people with the skills involved in working in countryside management as a ranger. We
New Programmes for young and old! "2020 gave us time to reflect on the gaps in our provision and look at how best to fulfil the need for people to spend more time outdoors to improve their mental and physical wellbeing" says Penny
Enjoying time outdoors As at today's date (19/03/2021) there are only a few single day spaces left - so if you want to be part of the fun, best book quickly! We are excited to announce that we will be running a Spring Holiday Activity
Clearing invasive species Over the last few weeks we have run two wonderful Green Angels taster sessions with a couple of groups of East Lothian Guides as part of a series of taster days for Green Angels. We still have dates to spare so if you know a
Natureplay for families and pre-school children We supported many families during the October holidays in a number of different ways. We continued our nature play sessions for a further two weeks, giving parents more time to spend with their children in the outdoors. The nature play sessions have been
Pumpkin carving Halloween is such a fun time of year, don’t you think? All the costumes, the sweets, the spooky films – there is so much to love! And there are loads of ways to celebrate Halloween without harming our lovely planet. Whether you use materials you already
Outdoor Learning Challenge 2019 This time last year was the Outdoor Learning Challenge in Holyrood park hosted by City of Edinburgh Council. We worked with around 150 pupils over two days, lighting kelly kettles, toasting marshmallows, drinking hot chocolate and listening to stories in the tipi tent. Unfortunately
