Books
Activities, ideas for activities, and guides to designing them ...
Sharing Nature with Children, by Joseph Cornell. Published
by Dawn Publications. ISBN 0 916124 14 2
Lots of play and nature activities with environmental themes. These activities
don’t require many props.
Sharing the Joy of Nature, by Joseph Cornell. Published
by Dawn Publications.
ISBN 0 916124 52 5.
More games and activities.
Talking to the Earth, by Gordon MacLellan. Published by
Capall Bann Publishing. ISBN 1 898307 43 1.
Some different art and drama activities for children of all ages
Earth Education... a new beginning. by Steve Van Matre.
Published by The Institute for Earth Education. ISBN 0-917011-02-3.
This is the ultimate book for ecological education, a diy guide to designing
your own ecological adventures. Good Book
Earth Magic, by The Institute for Earth Education (available
from the Institute)
This is a “how to guide” for earth walks, a series of linked play activities
for immersing kids in the natural world. Good Book
Conceptual Encounters 1, by the Institute for Earth Education (available
from the institute)
A “how to guide” for getting basic ecological concepts across to 9-12 yr
olds as part of an earth education programme. Good Book
Youth Action and the Environment, by Alan Dearling & Howie Armstrong.
Published by Russell House Ltd. ISBN 1-898924-07-4.
Loadsa ideas, issues and contacts. Good Book
50 Simple things that Kids can do to save the Earth, by the Earth
Works Group. Published by Warner Books. ISBN 0 75515 0461 0
Ideas and activities that kids can take up.
The Second co-operative sports and games book, by Terry Orlick. Published by Pantheon. Some nice ideas from around the world.
First Aid for Children Fast, in association with the British Red
Cross. Published by Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0 7513 0138 8
A very good easy to use first aid guide, illustrated with photographs so
that if necessary children can also use it. - Good Book
Child orientated look at the environment ...
Rescue Mission Planet Earth, by children of the world, a children’s edition of Agenda 21, in association with the UN. Published by Kingfisher Books. ISBN 1 85697 175 9. A look at environmental issues written and illustrated by children.
Ecology, by Richard Spurgen. Published by Usborne. ISBN
0 7460 0287 4
Explanation of ecology, and some activity ideas, pitched at primary age children.
The heavy stuff, lots of interesting ideas, insights, and perspectives ...
Ethnic Environmental Participation; Key articles Vols 1&2, by
Judy Ling Wong FRSA, Director BEN, Published by the Black Environment
Network. ISBN 1 874444 36 6
Essays on how to include ethnic groups in environmental activities, why there
are barriers to ethnic participation in the natural environment, and a look
at issues of class. Good Book
The Geography of Childhood, why children need wild places.
by Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble. Published by Beacon Press. ISBN
0-8070-8525-1.
How children interact with their environment, by two parent naturalists,
Good Book
including a very good chapter on gender and the environment.
Reared In Captivity - restoring the freedom to play. (Papers
of the 1999 Joint PLAYLINK / Portsmouth City Council Conference. Published
by PLAYLINK, Tel: 020 7820 3800 email: info@playlink.org.uk Address; PLAYLINK,
FREEPOST EDO 5600, London SW9 6BR
- an interesting and important set of documents on the harm we are causing
to our children by over protectiveness, and the importance of the freedom
to play.
The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood, by Edith Cobb.
Published by Spring Publications. ISBN 0-88214-360-3.
“Since the imagination arises from the child’s contact with nature,
each child is a born ecologist. Thus: save the children to save the imagination
to save the planet.” This book looks at the symbiosis between the
natural environment and the development of the whole person. - Good Book
Nature and Madness, by Paul Shepherd. Published by The
University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-1980-5.
Why our society has developed mass psychosis and how an ecological sensibility
might maintain our planet. - Good Book
Ecology of Freedom: the emergence and dissolution of hierarchy,
by Murray Bookchin. Published by Black Rose Books. ISBN 0921689721.
Historical context to the social roots of the environmental crisis.
