Members Page

We hope to use this page to keep members updated on each other and on the latest happenings within the organisation.

For details of the Highland Environmental Educators Group, please see the "Educators Group" page.

HEN annual report & AGM agenda 2007

Editions of the Education for Sustainable Development Scotland bulletin are now available here.

This includes updates on HEN's activities as well as other Regional Environmental Education Forums in Scotland, and funding news, resources and events updates. The bulleting can be downloaded here, and for more info on ESD Scotland visit http://www.esdscot.org/.

February 2006 edition

October 2005 Edition

The North East Forest Education Initiative are running a 2-day workshop entitled 'Sharing Nature Workshop’ at Mar Lodge, Braemar.

It will be run by the author and eminent environmental educator Joseph Cornell. Joseph is author of the seminal works 'Sharing Nature with Children' and 'Sharing the joy of Nature', two texts which are essential reading for anyone involved with outdoor teaching.

Both two-day workshops will involve indoor and outdoor sessions and activities – and lunch will be provided. If you would like further details or a booking form, please contact Simon Harry for a booking form. Contact details below:

Simon Harry
FEI Development Officer
simon.harry@forest-education.org

3 Fraser Street, Conon-Bridge, Ross-Shire, IV7 8BW
01349 867002
07947772066

Progamme and further infomation plus booking form are available to download below:

Actions and Ideas - 14^th March 9:30 – 3:30 Council Chambers Inverness.

Local Actions and Global Connections. Today’s ideas, resources and techniques for community learning. Lunch provided – attendance fee of £25. For more details please contact Janis Keast of Highland One World Group on Janis.keast@hcs.uhi.ac.uk

Changing people’s perceptions literacy, participation and empowerment
conflict resolution development issues understood in context
making global connections between consumers and traders
building solidarity with communities across the globe action at a local and global level

Its aims are to enable people to understand the links between their own lives and

those of people everywhere, and to increase understanding of the economic, social, political and environmental forces which shape all our lives. It also helps us to develop skills, attitudes and values which enable people to work together to bring about change, and to work towards achieving a more just world in which power and resources are equitably shared by all.

Your local IDEAS member:

Highland One World Group

The Education Centre

Castle Street, Dingwall, Ross-shire IV15 9HU

Tel. 01381 621 265

www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/global_dimension

www.ideas-forum.org.uk

IDEAS (International Development Education Association of Scotland) is an umbrella association of over 40 organisations in Scotland involved in Development Education. The network aims to influence those in all sectors of education and lifelong learning. Links are sought within both formal and informal education, including teachers, policy makers, youth & adult education workers, trade unions and a range of voluntary and statutory organisations.

Programme

9.30am-10.00am Coffee & registration

10.00am-10.30am Welcome, introductions & global bingo

10.30am-11.25am Workshop 1

11.35am-12.30pm Workshop 2

12.30pm-1.15pm Lunch

1.15pm-2.10pm Workshop 3

2.15pm-3.00pm Group activity – Evaluation with a difference

3.00pm-3.30pm Tea & debrief

Workshops

Participants will be able to go to 2 workshops in the morning and a further 1 in the afternoon, when there will also be a group activity. All workshops will give ideas for practical activities – full details in the Action & Ideas Pack. Most will focus on resources from our catalogue, ‘Global Resources: Activities for Adult and Youth Groups’, a copy of which will also be included.

The cost of the day is £25.00. This includes a buffet lunch and refreshments plus the Action & Ideas Pack. The event should be pre-booked on the attached form and sent to:

Janis Keast, Highland One World Group

The Education Centre, Castle Street, Dingwall, Ross-shire IV15 9HU

or email to: janis.keast@hcs.uhi.ac.uk

Download Programme in pdf format here

Up and coming Highland events

A Highlands Waste Education and Awareness-raising workshop took place on October 18^th at Glachbeg Croft, Tore.

The purpose of this workshop was to bring together all those involved in waste education and awareness-raising in schools and the broader community in the Highland Council Area. SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) and HEN worked in partnership to deliver this event, which will be the starting point for a Highland-wide Waste Awareness Plan. The notes generated during the workshop are now being brought together as a single document, which will be circulated widely for consultation as part of the process of creating a Highland-wide education plan.

For further information, please contact Susan Carstairs at the SEPA Dingwall office on 01349 860414

The Partnership for Rural Inverness & Nairn

The aim of the day is to assist Communities and individuals, helping them look at and address housing concerns in their area.

Practical assistance with regard to issues like insulation, self-build, health issues related to poor housing, etc.

Date: 29/10/2005

Time: 9.15 am—1.pm

Light refreshments will be provided

VENUE:

The Green House

Beechwood Business Park, Inverness

Contact: Bill Forrest   01243 724213

Key note speakers will include Jess Christman of

Community Self-Build Scotland

The principle aims of Community Self-Build Scotland are:-

·         To Provide Information and Education regarding the Community Self-Build Process

·         To Provide Advice, Assistance and Training for the Benefit of Self-Build Groups

·         To Provide Development Services to Self-Build Groups

·         To Promote Community Self-Build by influencing Public Policy

www.selfbuild-scotland.org.uk

Opportunities for community recycling

Networking Buffet and Seminar

Cairngorms, Tues 1 & Wed 2 Nov 2005

The event is FREE and open to interested individuals from other rural areas and agency representatives as well as people from within the park boundaries. The seminar will be preceded by a Buffet Reception for delegates on Tuesday 1 November between 4pm and 8pm. The reception will also include a tour of the Cairngorm Mountain Centre. The reception and tour is FREE to delegates attending the event. A limited travel and accommodation bursary is available. Please email va@srms.fsbusiness.co.uk for more information.

Visitors to national parks anticipate a high level of environmental performance in the park. Community recycling can contribute to this performance whilst attaining other local benefits.

Zero Waste seeks to promote a healthy community without waste. It advocates meeting human needs through infrastructure design and resource use that works in harmony with natural systems.

Zero Waste is a design philosophy that can help communities achieve a local economy that operates efficiently, sustains good jobs, and provides a measure of self-sufficiency.

Community recycling initiatives offer a range of positive outcomes to communities including the creation of job opportunities, training placements, production of end products that can provide a valuable service to the community, e.g. furniture and white goods’ recycling, re-use of paint, compost, and increased waste awareness.

l22 1RB 4:15pm

The proposed seminar will aim to:

• Raise awareness of the potential of community recycling in the park area

• Demonstrate best practice in community recycling in ‘rural’ and ‘remote rural’ settings.

• Network communities from across the Cairngorms Park

• Develop partnership

• Highlight support currently available for community recycling

The event will include presentations from Andrew Thin, Convenor of the Cairngorms National Park Board, Susan Carstairs, SEPA, and Iain Gulland, CRNS, as well as a range of workshops led by experienced community recyclers.

Event: Networking

All enquiries to va@srms.fsbusiness.co.uk.

This event is being organised by the CRNS and has received assistance through the Cairngorms National Park Authority Grants Scheme and from Cairngorms LEADER+ Programme from European Structural Funds and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise (INBSE). It has also received in-kind support from CairnGorm Mountain Ltd.

Please see below for a downloadable pdf with further details and booking form

Highland Environmental Network,

H.E.N, c/o: Glachbeg Education Centre, Allanglach Wood, North Kessock, IV1 3XD

www.highlandenvironment.org.uk admin@highlandenvironment.org.uk