March 2018

Somewhat to my surprise, I found myself contributing an article to the UK United Nation's Association [UNA-UK] publication on the SDGs.  Here's what I sent them: Education as the key to everything In 2015, the United Nations resolved: [1] “…...

If you missed the launch of The World We'll leave Behind the other week, never fear, as you can catch up with it here c/o Bath's panopto recording of its seminars. Sadly, you'll just have to visualise the powerpoint, especially...

Here's the letter that Oxfam's Paul Langley [Head of Public Engagement & Education] sent to all the teachers on its maillist: Dear [INSERT NAME] / Colleague You will have seen the devastating reports about Oxfam.  It has been extremely distressing for...

I wrote the other day about the witness statement I've given to a session on the SDGs at Atlantic College later this month, and this prompted a reasoned response from Morgan Phillips.  Rather than leave this buried as a footnote,...

Green Stories is a writing competition about what a sustainable society might be like.  Further details are here, and I was immediately tempted to nominate John Huckle's Bedford 2045 which I mentioned the other day.  Surely there are no better examples around, I thought, but then...

What do you make of this: "Children entering school in 2018 will need to abandon the notion that resources are limitless and are there to be exploited; they will need to value common prosperity, sustainability and well-being. They will need to...

Thanks to Jamie Agombar for pointing me to an HEFCE blog about generic critical thinking and communicating skills.  Although mainly about HE and employment, the post seems to have wider resonance, and these sort of skills are at the heart...

Mrs M had her day in the highest German federal administrative court last week over the great emission scandal.  Like Macavity, she wasn't there in person, of course, but her policies were – and they lost. The result is that German...