Education – something we’ve all been through (or maybe endured?) who knew it could be such fun or that learning on the beach was an option?

We hope you’ve enjoyed our CJS Focused Week on Environmental Education and discovered how varied the work be from den building to delivering lectures on rhinos, helping educate everyone from preschoolers to adults and, maybe the most important of all, other educators who are not familiar with what goes on in the countryside or don’t know how to take their lessons outside and really want to. School field trips to outdoor centres and sites can create a lifelong passion with inspiration striking in the most unexpected places, for Jo Harris of the Field Studies Council that was peering into a rockpool. As Dawn Preston from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust explained making your activities fun both in and out of school time keeps them engaging and allows the introduction of potentially worrying topics in a low-stress way. All proving how important it is the next generation learn about nature not only with a view to joining us in caring for the countryside but also ensuring everyone has an understanding of what goes on and a healthy respect for the natural world, something the Nature Premium Campaign is taking to the Government.

If we’ve inspired you to join the environmental education sector or you want to expand your existing offer we have plenty of resources on the website to help you.

Here's an overview of the main pages on the website covering

1. Environmental and Outdoor Education vacancies including interpretation, field work tutors, public engagement, adventure activities instructors also higher and further education roles. Voluntary roles are here.
2. To add Environmental Education skills to your CV look at short courses on how to deliver community events and environmental education not the actual events themselves; including how to deliver on topics as diverse as storytelling to running consultation exercises and techniques such as Forest Schools workshops. Browse short courses here.
3. If you’re thinking of a career in Environmental Education you’ll find details of qualifications here.
4. There’s a general overview of the sector here.

Next up is British Food Fortnight (but we’re only doing one week!) 6 – 12 October.