Sustainability Research Pod Jaya

This special podcast captures a conversation that details the history and success of the MSc in Education for Sustainability delivered at London South Bank University since 1994. This is an episode with Professor Ros Wade and Angela Grunsell who were at the forefront of designing and delivering this exceptional degree in the 90s and continued teaching on the degree until 2020.  

This episode is funded by The British Academy as part of the Shared  Understanding of Sustainability Research (2022). This is part 3 of 3  episodes.

The research bought together 9 network members from different  sectors in London to discuss sustainability and policy paying attention  the inclusion of racialised communities

For information on the funded research please visit   www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/shared-understandings-of-a-sustainable-future/shared-understandings-of-sustainable-future-research-awards/

This episode is funded by The British Academy as part of the Shared Understanding of Sustainability Research (2022). This is part 2 of 3 episodes.

The research bought together 9 network members from different  sectors in London to discuss sustainability and policy paying attention the inclusion of racialised communities

For information on the funded research please visit  www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/shared-understandings-of-a-sustainable-future/shared-understandings-of-sustainable-future-research-awards/

This episode is funded by The British Academy as part of the Shared Understanding of Sustainability Research (2022). This is part 1 of 3 episodes.

The research bought together 9 network members from different  sectors in London to discuss sustainability and policy paying attention the inclusion of racialised communities

For information on the funded research please visit  www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/shared-understandings-of-a-sustainable-future/shared-understandings-of-sustainable-future-research-awards/

In this episode, Rebecca Taylor, a graduate of the Education for Sustainability MSc, an English language teacher, sustainability coordinator and literacy specialist discusses some of the challenges and opportunities around sustainability being embedded in the English as a second language classroom.

In this episode:

A discussion about outdoor education with Marina Robb (Bsc; PGCE; MA; Msc; Author), Founder and Managing Director of Circle of Life Rediscovery Community Interest Company and The Outdoor Teacher Ltd, both leading organisations that aim to transform education and health through nature. Co-author of ‘Learning with Nature’, a respected practical reference book for Forest School & Outdoor practitioners forwarded by Chris Packham and ‘The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy’, Marina has been the recipient of funding from Natural England, Mind and The National Lottery, amongst other grant makers for her outdoor work with disadvantaged teenagers, families and young people.

The flagship project ‘ The Woodland Project’ won the ITV People’s Project in 2017, supporting families and teenagers with disabilities and mental health issues. Marina is a senior practitioner for residential camps in Sussex woodlands, Forest School & training, nature-based training for adults, nature & health interventions, outdoor learning days and youth training programmes.

In this podcast she shares a little of her 30 years experience in outdoor learning and her deep understanding of effective nature education through an outdoor discussion with LSBU host Brian Davies, currently completing the Masters Programme in Education for Sustainability at LSBU.