A school built for green education

The newly opened Langley science academy in Slough ticks just about every box - airy, light, modern interiors make for good learning environments, and the school building is stuffed full of eco features

Eco-schools scheme help to 'green' schools

Nick Kettles

| 13th March 2009

More and more educational establishments are becoming environmentally friendly, thanks to the Eco-Schools scheme. Is this our road map to sustainability?
The Amazing Places Project

Barry Bennett

| 9th October 2013

While recovering from illness, qualified teacher Barry Bennett took the time to ponder on how he could share his love of nature with young people, and encourage them to engage with their environment. The result was The Amazing Places Project ...
Cassandra: education

John Papworth

| 21st November 2008

Our prophet becomes a parish pariah for daring to challenge the orthodoxy of the educational system

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