{"id":57913,"date":"2024-03-15T14:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=57913"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T15:58:51","slug":"outdoor-learning-conference-in-sheffield-aims-to-tackle-climate-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/outdoor-learning-conference-in-sheffield-aims-to-tackle-climate-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor learning conference in Sheffield aims to tackle climate emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Efforts are being made to address global warming and enrich school curriculums through an Outdoor Learning Conference held by Sheffield City Council.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual conference took place on Wednesday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofecclesallwoods.org.uk\/woodland-discovery-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Woodland Discovery Centre\">Woodland Discovery Centre<\/a> in Ecclesall Woods as part of the Festival of the Outdoors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodland project officer in Sheffield City Council, Jon Dallow, said: \u201cThe outdoors is a natural health service that we are given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we can engage people positively in the outdoors then it can lead to them saving it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheffield Outdoor Learning Conference\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_wujgVM95w?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There were numerous organisations at the event who look after Sheffield\u2019s great outdoors, lending their hand to nature and the climate emergency which Mr Dallow believes is \u2018interlinked\u2019 in the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education officer for young people at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildsheffield.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust\">Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust<\/a>, Corrie Porter-Young, said: \u201cIt\u2019s a chance to reach teachers and educators and develop their skills.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activities included workshops from making the most of school grounds to sustainability inside and outside the classroom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary school teacher, Toni Howell, attended the event and said: \u201cWe\u2019re hoping to develop a forest school area, get more children outdoors and today has taught me how to get support with it all.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts are being made to address global warming and enrich school curriculums through an Outdoor Learning Conference held by Sheffield City Council.&nbsp; The annual conference took place on Wednesday at the Woodland Discovery Centre in Ecclesall Woods as part of the Festival of the Outdoors.&nbsp; Woodland project officer in Sheffield City Council, Jon Dallow, said: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":574,"featured_media":57914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,85],"tags":[375,15,522,38,131],"class_list":["post-57913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-story-2","tag-climate","tag-news","tag-schools","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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