A game of how many trees can you plant A race to twenty-five or forty Saplings to be nurtured In fields of shrubs and glorious mud
A number of Youth Climate Summit Ambassadors have got their hands dirty with planting trees. In particular, Alexandra set herself a challenge with how many she could plant over the summer holidays, managing around 40 saplings.
Photo credit: Youth Ambassador Alexandra
A school need not be contained within walls Break down barriers, connect with nature And it’s play-ground of plenty
All the rage at the moment are Forest Schools. One example is Fox Wood Forest School in Diss, Norfolk, which has reclaimed 3.6 acres of agricultural land, planting hundreds of saplings and setting up a range of ‘stations’ and play areas from a mud kitchen and potion table to a strider-bike track and a log shelter.
Kit Marie Rackley (they/she) is an award-winning ex high-school Geography teacher in the UK. Throughout that time and continuing today, Kit Marie provides teacher continuous professional development (CPD) and training, which previously included a role as Associate Tutor for the School of Education at the University of East Anglia.
Kit Marie has worked as an education consultant and project manager with climate and energy scientists, including researchers based at NOAA Boulder, Colorado and as an educator and trainer at the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco, California, and is now freelance consultant with the UK’s Geographical Association and the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT). They are a published educational author, including works with National Geographic Kids and Diverse Educators.
Kit Marie is a strong and passionate advocate of youth voice and empowerment, decolonising the curriculum, and inclusive and intersectional education. Much of their work revolves around the climate crisis, focusing around framing it as a school safeguarding issue. Kit Marie runs an educational resource blog at Geogramblings.com, and is host and producer of the Coffee & Geography podcast.
View all posts by Kit Marie Rackley (they/she)
One thought on “Why Not Now?: Forests and Forest Schools”
Geogramblings 
One thought on “Why Not Now?: Forests and Forest Schools”