February 2012

  • Tensions and Dilemmas in the work of sustainability-focused NGOs

    There is a tension in the educational work of sustainability-focused non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that is not usually present in schools or other formal educational providers – although they have tensions enough of their own to be going on with. Unlike...

  • NCVO's 12 essentials

    I've been an admirer of the work of NVCO for a while now, and have found its ideas and publications very useful on occasions.  I was browsing their website the other day, after a Coalition meeting – not that coalition...

  • Will we really understand only what we are taught?

    In one of the many unsolicited emails (I love them really) I received the other morning, this was included as a postscript: In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and...

  • Cracks in the wall

    Last week, The Scotsman carried a story that the Labour party north of the Wall has changed its mind about universal free higher education. The paper reported: Shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran attacked the First Minister’s stance on higher education...

  • 65 billion tonnes

    65 billion tonnes is an impressive amount in any context.  It probably even exceeds the amount of caviar that bankers get through in a year (Sorry, bankers everywhere, but this seems to be Be Mean month.  I'll get over it)....