Youth and education: Community, environment, regeneration

26.07.2004 Want to develop your musical talents and raise awareness about global issues? CAFOD's "Fast Trax Music Funding" is for you. Check it out ...

09.07.2004 The idea of a Darlington-based caterer has made its way into the Irish school curriculum as part of children's education on the environment. Frederick Stehr asked Irish author Glenys O'Connell to write up a story he had about the illegal dumping of rubbish. The Pebble People Save the Day is published by Isle of Wight publishers Coach House Publications.

28.06.2004 Climate change is the biggest environmental issue facing us today. This year, the UK Government’s chief scientific adviser described the threat of climate change as more serious than the threat of terrorism. It is happening now and its effects will be felt by all of us, especially by poor people in poor countries. Check out People & Planet’s webpage and help your university go green.

01.06.2004 Help your pupils "think globally and act locally". Bags of Choice is a two-year project involving eight schools working in partnership with their local supermarket. Each school has developed and put into practice a waste management policy, with help from GLADE, a waste minimisation specialist and Carymoor Environmental Centre.

28.05.2004 School students would be sent on "school safaris" to local environmental hot-spots if advocacy groups Demos and Green Alliance had their way. In a new report, the two non-profits argue that children in urban areas need more access to green spaces if they are not to lose touch with the natural environment.

10.02.2004 Schools’ Waste Action Club (SWAC) offers advice on waste reduction, reuse and recycling in schools, and helps children take practical action on waste. The project provides an excellent opportunity for local authorities and businesses to work in partnership with Waste Watch to promote waste education in their area.