June 2012

  • Equal opportunities in Argyll and Bute

    As Andy Stables has noted, the political slogan, equal opportunities – rather like the idea of sustainable development – is something of a contradiction, but that doesn't stop its being put into practice in some odd contexts.  A recent egregious example...

  • The moral case for renewable energy

    At the end of May, the Guardian reported that, over two days, Germany's installed solar capacity produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity, and on one of the days met nearly 50% of power demand.  Impressive, or watt?  Needless to...

  • Wildlife on the streets

    I spent this morning standing on a street corner in one of our most prosperous local towns, collecting money for the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust as part of its 50th year celebrations.  It was instructive to see who were the more...

  • Oh for a coherent conceptual frame

    Researchers from universities in Belgium, Mexico, Slovenia, the UK and the USA are setting out to look at the implementation of sustainable development principles, “as set up by the different declarations, partnerships, and initiatives into higher education institutions worldwide and...

  • Don't wait: empty those classrooms today

    Thanks to the NAEE blog for its advance notice of Empty Classroom Day on July 6th.  Fittingly, Project Dirt has the detail. I'm never keen on these sort of focused days, and certainly when part of every school day ought surely to...