The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has opened nominations for the 2026 Champions of the Earth award – the UN’s highest environmental honour. Open to individuals and organisations, this year the spotlight is on ocean action. Closes April 15th.

Can you help? A PhD student from the University of Canterbury, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, is looking for a few more participants for her research

Your school has a digital subscription to the archive section of NZGeo.com, one of the largest and richest collections of local content available in New Zealand.

Resource Drop! The Human Organ Atlas bridges cellular and whole organ scales with images of whole intact organs at 8-20 μm resolution and region of interest zooms at 1 μm

A kit with official Lego pieces for Kārearea, the 2025 Bird of the Year, is now available on Bricks By Mike.

Nominations are open for the 2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education, with awards of USD $50,000.

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At the ISTP 2026 summit, countries outlined priorities including stronger teacher development, greater autonomy and improved wellbeing to address key challenges in education. See a list of what every country is committing to here (OECD)

Registrations are now open for the 6th Australia New Zealand Marine Biotechnology Society Conference 2026, bringing 200+ experts, researchers, students and industry leaders to showcase developments in marine biotechnology.

The Ministry of Education has released new professional learning for SMART, a free bilingual digital tool supporting student assessment and progress tracking in Years 3–10.

Resource Drop: Shademap allows you to simulate shadows at any time of the day.

UNESCO, UNICEF and ITU have launched a global charter for public digital learning platforms. This is a high-level global direction for how digital education systems could be built and governed.