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Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research
www.wcupa.edu/aceer/
The mission of the ACEER Foundation is to promote conservation of the Peruvian Amazon by fostering awareness, understanding, action, and transformation. The ACEER Foundation supports its education and research programs in the Amazon with classrooms, field labs, canopy access systems, demonstration gardens, interpreted trails, and nature interpretation centers for researchers, students and others.
Discover the schools in the program - www.wcupa.edu/aceer/amigos/program_schools.asp
Learn about rainforests - www.wcupa.edu/aceer/amigos/cd/default.htm |
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Climate Change Schools Project
www.climatechangeschools.org.uk
The Climate Change Schools Project (CCSP) is a unique educational programme aiming to put climate change at the heart of the national curriculum. It has established a network of Climate Change Lead Schools which promote climate change teaching, learning and positive action in a creative, dynamic and cross-curricular way. The programme currently operates only in the North East, but if you are a visionary teacher from a pioneering school, visit www.climatechangeschools.org.uk to find out more and click on Climate Change Lead Schools Website to access sample activities (requires a free login). |
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Conservation International
www.conservation.org/learn/forests/Pages/overview.aspx
A superb resource, with information including: land use, communities, biodiversity, forests, endangered species and habitat destruction. |
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www.conservation.org/explore/map/Pages/map.aspx
An excellent map resource that can be further investigated by clicking on the photographs. Each photo-link tells a story in pictures or video. |
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www.conservation.org/FMG/Pages/Videos.aspx
Discover some fascinating rainforest stories by watching the video reports on this page, such as:
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EDF Pod for Greener Learning
www.jointhepod.org
Find examples of best practice in the quest to reduce the impact of climate change by going to The Pod for Greener Learning. Schools can also apply for funding to improve the sustainability of their schools through the EDF Energy Green Fund. |
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Environmental Justice Foundation
www.ejfoundation.org
Environmental Justice Foundation campaigns internationally with local partners on issues that destroy natural resources and affect indigenous populations damaging their health and welfare and plunging them deeper into poverty. Environmental Justice Foundation empowers local communities to investigate, expose and peacefully resolve these issues. |
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Envision
www.envision.org.uk
Envision provides young people with the opportunity to make a difference. The charity was set up by four young people in 2000 to challenge the stereotype of the ‘youth’ as apathetic and disengaged. Today Envision’s flagship programme supports 16-19 year olds in schools and colleges around the UK, helping them design their own local community projects tackling issues ranging from street crime to climate change. |
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The Fairtrade Foundation
www.fairtrade.org.uk/schools
Find out about becoming a Fairtrade school and gain access to school resources with the schools website. The Foundation awards the Fairtrade Mark to products which meet Fairtrade standards.
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Fieldskills
www.fieldskills.com/A-4Training/Rainforest%20Schools/01Rainforest%20Schools%20Intro.asp
Fieldskills passionately believe that expeditions should be a powerful learning experience for both the participants and the wider community, They have started a programme to provide education materials and links between UK and Borneo schools, which aims to spread awareness and knowledge of Borneo's cultures and rainforests. |
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For All Kids
www.forallkids.co.uk
For All Kids is fundamentally an eco-musical education project made up of British and Brazilian educators and musicians who care very much for the environment and would like to plant a seed of thought in every child and adults' mind about contributing to saving the world in which we live from further destruction. They hope this idea will be carried forward and help towards the battle that people are awakening to. |
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Friends of the Earth
www.foe.co.uk/learning/index.html
The main site has links to various campaigns which will allow teachers to learn more about issues like biodiversity, habitat destruction, resource depletion, etc.
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Generation Green
www.generationgreen.co.uk
Generation Green, a British Gas initiative, encourages schools and the community to reduce carbon footprints in school and at home through a combination of lesson plans and rewards that provide students with a greater understanding of the world and how we live in it. |
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Global Action Plan
www.appetiteforaction.org.uk
Appetite for Action helps primary school pupils connect the food they eat with the environment. GAP offers free downloadable resources that deal with sustainability in terms of waste and energy, through the topic of food and isues such as food miles and seasonality. |
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Global Nomads Group
http://www.gng.org/
Established in 1998, Global Nomads Group (GNG) is an international, non-profit global education organization that fosters dialogue and understanding among the world’s youth. Though live, interactive videoconferencing and educational videos, GNG encourages students learn about each other and the world around them. In doing so, Global Nomads Group brings the world into the classroom, connecting students in the U.S. to their peers, teachers, and experts across the world. Each year, more than 15,000 students participate in GNG programs, and over the last 10 years, Global Nomads Group has worked in more than 40 countries – including Antarctica. |
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The Globe Programme
www.globe.org.uk
The GLOBE Programme is a hands-on international environmental education project now active in over 100 countries worldwide. GLOBE students measure their local environment and report their findings over the internet, providing online visualisations of the state of the planet, measured by its children. Find out more by clicking on the above link. |
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Green Light Trust
Global Kinship - www.greenlighttrust.org/gkintro.htm
Education - www.greenlighttrust.org/education.htm
Their website contains information on how schools and schoolchildren can get involved in sustainable development. |
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www.groundwork.org.uk/trusts
Groundwork works with children in and out of school to illustrate how our individual actions can make a difference to both our immediate surroundings and the global environment. Contact your local Groundwork Trust to see what support is available for your rain-forest project.
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The Living Rainforest
www.livingrainforest.org
The Living Rainforest offers a lively interactive environment tailored to the current curriculum requirements and your specific school's needs. Let your class discover and experience the rainforest and enable your school to meet the goals set by the new primary and secondary curriculum.
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Mr Greeny
www.mrgreeny.com
Offer free-to-schools telephone advice on becoming a more sustainable UK school. From 'green' lessons, after-school clubs and eco assemblies to operating the school building in an environmentally sensitive way, teachers who are unsure of where to start or what to do next are welcome to contact. Resources, ideas, suggestions are free and immediately accessible. Please see the website for contact details. |
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The National Association For Environmental Education (UK)
www.naeeuk.plus.com
The NAEE is the network of head teachers, teachers, lecturers, advisers, education officers, trainees and all who are professionally concerned with any aspect of education and the environment, with particular focus on education for sustainability. The website includes the 'green corridor' from which the eight doorways for a sustainable school lead; Environmental Education & Every Child Matters as well as awards and links. |
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OneWorld Tropical Forests Guide
http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/forests
A 2,000 word guide which studies the problem of deforestation from the point of view of developing countries and the people who live in the forests. The Guide explores the causes of deforestation and the potential solutions that might emerge from climate change negotiations. The Guide is aimed at the older 16+ age groups.
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Orangutan Appeal UK
www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk/shop/?category=9
A special 'Friend of the Rainforest' pack is available that aims to educate and raise awareness of conservation, and introduces the plants and animals that inhabit the rainforests of Sabah, Borneo. |
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Oxfam
www.oxfam.org.uk/education
Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the global dimension in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources support Education for Global Citizenship – education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference in it. |
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Blue Planet Savers
http://saveplanetblue.com/
Planet Blue is a fun, safe and educational place for children to play all while learning what you can do to help Save Planet Blue. As a Planet Blue Saver children can play games, interact with other Savers and learn what they can do to help. By joining, they can create their own Planet Blue Saver and explore the world of Planet Blue. |
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The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts
www.childrenandarts.org.uk/education-community/classroom-resources
The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts works in partnership with arts organisations around the UK to give young people who would not otherwise have the chance the opportunity to access the arts. They have written a number of arts and environmentally themed teacher training materials which are available to download from their website. |
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Project Genie
www.projectgenie.org.uk
This site has useful information on teaching climate change and issues around sustainability. It also offers a free storybook suitable for 7-11 year olds, which can be downloaded along with lessons that link to the book. |
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The Rainforest Foundation
www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/congojones
Congo Jones and the Loggers of Doom is a fantastic online game suitable for children of all ages. It can be played in the classroom and is a great way of educating children about the threat that logging presents to the world's rainforests. |
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Royal Horticultural Society
www.rhs.org.uk/SCHOOLGARDENING/default.aspa
The website of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Campaign for School Gardening provides a wealth of help and ideas for schools to get them gardening. It includes lesson plans and activities linked to the curriculum, generic risk assessments, how to find funding and ideas for what to do each month in the garden. |
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WaterAid
www.wateraid.org/learnzone
WaterAid and its partners use practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education to the world’s poorest people. Our Learn Zone is a free teaching resource for primary and secondary schools that highlights the value of water around the world. Here people can interact with a range of media resources from slideshows, films and games to real people's stories and images to learn why water is essential for a healthy, sustained lifestyle and what a difference it makes to the world. |
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The Wildlife Trusts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
The Wildlife Trusts are 47 local environmental charities covering the entire UK, with over 2000 nature reserves, 750,000 members, and a junior club called Wildlife Watch. Find out more about volunteering in practical projects or joining educational activities, linking your local patch with global issues like rainforests by clicking on one of the above links. |
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Wild Over Waterways
www.wow4water.net
Go Wild Over Waterways - find games, learning and fun things to do at www.wow4water.net
The many resources and activities you will discover here have been created for children aged 7-11 years and their teachers, group leaders and families. Whether you are planning a school visit or a day out they are designed to help you safely explore the canals, river and waterways of Britain.
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WWF
www.wwf.org.uk/researcher/issues/forests/index.asp
The rainforests area offers excellent information for teaching notes. |
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ZooLab
www.zoolabuk.com/
ZooLab is a service from Educational Displays, offering a range of curriculum relevant exotic animal handling workshops to UK schools that enrich any project work on the rainforests. With a network of in-house trained Rangers, ZooLab is able to deliver entertaining, educational information to the children across the UK. |
