June 2017

People & Planet will publish its latest University League in November this year. The rankings will include 150 UK universities that receive public funding and have degree awarding powers.  All such universities will automatically be included in the table. 50% or more...

The BBC reported that the UK achieved a new high for solar electricity being transmitted through the grid: 8.7 GW (24.3% of power) –  on Friday May 26th.  It wasn't clear from the reporting whether this was an average figure or one at...

Palgrave MacMillan has announced a new edited book by Jickling and Sterling.  Its title is: Post-Sustainability and Environmental Education Remaking Education for the Future (although I think there should be a colon somewhere here). The publishers say: This book provides a...

Politics aside, as a blogger I'm very pleased to see Mr Gove back in government; it's been dull without his wit 'n' wisdom to entertain 'n' enlighten us.  That he's gone to Defra add spice to the mix.  I see that...

There seems little doubt that, were there coal deposits in the Arctic, the bucaneering White House would be issuing executive orders allowing their exploitation.  This would be timely, of course, as the Arctic is increasingly ice-free.  And why is it becoming ice-free?  Would...

I was pleased to see Alan Kinder's blog for NAEE the other day: The contribution of fieldwork to geography education.  As the Chief Executive of The Geographical Association, Alan knows a lot about this subject.  He was arguing against the popular view...

Do you ever wonder what became of nudge theory; you know, the idea that we can be helped to make the right decisions.  It's alive and thriving, it seems according to a recent Economist article whose full title is: Nudge comes...

Todays guest blog is by Quinn Runkle, the NUS Senior Project Officer for Communities and Curriculum.  Quinn writes: The recent OECD Education meeting in Lisbon was both fascinating and impactful.  My initial reflections are: The working group’s focus is Education...

Work on the Wild Side: Outdoor Learning and Schools is a notdeadfish report by Tash Niman and Anita Kerwin-Nye, in partnership with the English Outdoor Learning Council, the Institute for Outdoor Learning, the Association of Heads of Outdoor Learning Centres,...

Here's a link to a recent Ronald Rovers blog – The Growth Syndrome: a pyramid game.  In this he addresses issues of economic growth and the planet's ability to cope with that growth (and much more).  This is how it begins: Richard Attenborough...