September 2010

  • If you want to cut your printing costs ...

    … use Century Gothic, the thinnest font around.  10% ink savings guaranteed, it seems, though using fewer and shorter words might do the same thing.

  • Meanwhile, something in Parliament stirs ...

    The Environmental Audit Committee, chaired by Joan Walley MP, has launched an inquiry into how sustainable development can be further embedded in Government policy decision-making and operations.  As part of its inquiry, the Committee will examine latest sustainable development performance...

  • Mappiness, mappiness; the greatest gift ...

    When I saw this in the latest SDRN mailing, I thought researchers have discovered what many already know: happiness through looking at, and using, maps.  Not so.  Read on, especially you iPhoners: Researchers at the London School of Economics have...

  • Recognising Plants – and their Rights

    A good conversation with a colleague yesterday about evaluation and learning, especially about plants.  Is it really enough if young people can recognise a few plants – and colour in their copybooks correctly?  Shouldn't we be seeking something more sophisticated...

  • The Sustainable Schools Strategy is Dead: long live …

    It is widely reported that the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has now abandoned the department’s sustainable schools strategy and, hence, any active government promotion of, and support for, the idea and reality of sustainable schools.  I say...

  • Sense & Sustainability revised

    Ken Webster and Craig Johnson's challenging book (now revised) has been re-issued through the Ellen Macarthur Foundation as a free PDF.  Download it here.  Ken is now the Foundation's Head of Learning.

  • Ellen MacArthur Foundation

    Off to the launch of the Ellen Macarthur Foundation tonight. The ambition of its education programme is striking: Education at the Foundation revolves around sharing our enthusiasm for the bigger picture. It explores in particular the excitement around the circular...