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Roots & Shoots UK Awards 2014 – Coming Soon!

This year’s Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots UK Awards are to be held on 1 December 2014 at London Zoo. It’s been a really strong year for entries across all our categories and we’re really looking forward to the awards day where the winners will be announced in the presence of Jane Goodall herself and other special guests.

Green Engineering

After recent extreme weather and natural disasters could green engineering be the answer to reducing the effect of future natural events? In this post we take a look at some of the things that are happening around the world and at home in the UK.

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Wins International Green Apple Award at House of Commons, Westminster

London UK – Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots programme won its third Green Apple Award in the UK on Monday 10th November at a prestigious event in the House of Commons. The award was presented by the Chief Executive of The Green Organisation, which recognises both companies and charities who have made an outstanding contribution to […]

National Geographic Kids Magazine Sponsors Most Outstanding Photograph Award at the Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Annual Awards

National Geographic Kids is an exciting monthly magazine, which gives boys and girls a whole new way to learn about and explore their world. Packed with features, posters, puzzles, quizzes and exciting things to make and do, Nat Geo Kids is a great resource for children, parents and teachers. The twelve Roots & Shoots finalists […]

Featured Activity: Who Lives in the Ice

This weeks featured activity looks at the people live in cold places in the world today? Who are they, and how do they cope with these extreme environments? Use this activity from our Ice World Mission Series to find out who they are, think about what a day in their life would be like, and […]

How to be a Scientist

Ever wanted to get involved with science studies, but don’t know how? Citizen Science could be for you and your school! You can join in with a whole bunch of exciting science projects. So what are you waiting for? Read this blog, go outside, get online, and be a scientist!

Climate Change Activity

This weeks featured activity is about climate change and it’s impact on the physical and human geography of the UK. Life will be very different if our geography keeps changing as a result of climate change. Get your students involved in finding out how different things could be and what they can do about it. […]