{"id":6671,"date":"2016-05-27T06:51:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T06:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=6671"},"modified":"2016-05-27T06:51:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T06:51:36","slug":"the-coming-together-of-naaee-and-naee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2016\/05\/27\/the-coming-together-of-naaee-and-naee\/","title":{"rendered":"The coming together of NAAEE and NAEE"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the text of a guest blog that I have contributed to NAAEE's eePRO website in advance of a GEEP steering committee next week. \u00a0You can read it on line here<\/a>, where you will find links to the wider eePRO content.<\/p>\n

Between them, North America\u2019s NAAEE and the UK\u2019s NAEE have been in existence for over 100 years, and so it\u2019s good (not before time, some would say) that we have finally managed to organise a joint meeting. \u00a0I know that this is only for 2 hours at the end of a long day, and it\u2019s officially a \u2018reception\u2019, but it\u2019s the thought that matters. \u00a0Another view is that a first meeting over a glass of something chilled and a few canap\u00e9s is a sure way to start an association that might blossom.<\/em><\/p>\n

This first meeting is possible because the international steering committee of the\u00a0Global Environmental Education Partnership\u00a0[GEEP] is meeting in Bristol in the west of England, which is a better place than many when you\u2019re drawing people from Botswana, Japan, Kenya,\u00a0the Netherlands,\u00a0New Zealand,\u00a0Taiwan, the UAE, the UK and the USA. \u00a0And the city of Bristol is more appropriate than most UK cities because of its cultural, industrial and natural heritage, and because of its long-standing links with North America. \u00a0These are numerous, ranging from the momentous voyage of John Cabot\u2019s ship,\u00a0The Matthew,\u00a0from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497, to the less than glorious association of the city with the slave trade from 1698 to 1807, when great fortunes were made and much misery was assured.<\/em><\/p>\n

On a much happier note, what makes Bristol really appropriate for a UK meeting of GEEP, and the coming together of NAAEE and NAEE, is that the city was the 2015 European Green Capital. \u00a0This was something that galvanised huge amounts of activity across the whole life of the city,\u00a0from\u00a0the community, business, schools, universities and government. \u00a0A legacy of this is the\u00a0Bristol Green Capital Partnership\u00a0whose aim is to make Bristol \u201ca low carbon city with a high quality of life for all\u201d. \u00a0Those attending the reception next Tuesday will come\u00a0from\u00a0groups in and around the city with\u00a0an interest in environmental \/ sustainability education, which was something that was an important aspect of all that\u00a0Green Capital\u00a0creative endeavour and activity.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everyone here is looking forward to it, and to hearing all about GEEP, and I\u2019ll be blogging again after the event. \u00a0Meanwhile, if you\u2019re curious about what NAEE gets up to\u00a0\u2018over there\u2019, do have a look at our website:\u00a0www.naee.org.uk\u00a0where you\u2019ll find, amongst interesting things about EE in the UK, back copies of our unique practitioner journal,\u00a0Environmental Education. \u00a0The latest edition of this, with its focus on\u00a0a changing climate,\u00a0will be launched at the reception.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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