April 2019

Many congratulations to Zamzam Ibrahim on her election as the next NUS president.  I know Zamzam from her chairing of the NUS sustainability working group that I sit on.   It's good to see another sustainability supporter elected to NUS's highest office,...

Green energy lobbyists and commentators are constantly shouting about new records for renewable energy – that is renewable electricity production.  Progress is being made, it seems, all around us, led by China. However, according to a recent report from the...

I missed the social media kerfuffle over the death of a young turtle the other day – but then I missed seeing the BBC programme as well as I don't watch wildlife programmes (they peaked for me with Hans and...

I've been trying to read the responses from 'the environment / environmental education sector' to Ofsted's consultation seeking views on its proposals for changes to the education inspection framework from September 2019. I note that the response from the Green Schools Project (click here.) is...

Today's text is a message sent to the SHED-SHARE Maillist by two academic colleagues: Steve Martin & Stephen Sterling. As far as I can see it stimulated little discussion.   Colleagues, As many of us know our unsustainable lifestyles and...

The US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James, the Hon Woody 'Woodpecker' Johnson, has put the genetically-modified cat amongst the chlorine-washed pigeons by insisting that in any post-Brexit trade deal between UK and Uncle Sam all...