There are 3 UN conference this year; two of these you know all about: the September meeting to agree the SDGs and the December meeting to try to sort out what to do about climate change. The first is likely...

It was news to me that fish don't metabolise those fabled fish oils — DHA and EPA — themselves; rather, these come via the food that the fish eat.  The oils are made by single-celled algae which then pass through...

The Guardian reports that although Ban Ki-moon has hailed the achievements of the millennium development goals, he has warned that the world is still riven by inequality.  The paper begins its report: The millennium development goals (MDGs) have driven “the most successful anti-poverty movement in...

I've just watched JP's recent lecture at the University of the West of England (Bristol) UWE – you can access it via this NAEE blog post.  Whilst what he said was of interest, especially the sooth-saying element of his talk:...

Confirmation from the provinces that those folk at FACE have grand ambitions for themselves and others.  Hence the Countryside Classroom, which, according to FACE is: "... an online portal that enables teachers to quickly and easily access high-quality resources, as well as identifying venues...

I have written a few posts now (see this, this and this) about Natural England's recent Near and Far conference.  It obviously made quite an impression on me – not wholly positive it has to be said.  I have been asked,...

Friday and Saturday morning found me in (two different) Wiltshire fields under ephemeral cirrus cloud, amid bird noise and warmed by a strong breeze.  I was with about 40 other people on each occasion at [i] the launch of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's Wild Connections...

For me, the best bit of the Far 'n' Near conference was the presentation by Matt Stevenson on Attention Restoration Theory.  This was an afternoon session on methodology, and the three other talks were all almost as good. I enjoyed the talks...

I can't remember whether I asked the question of myself during the recent near 'n' far conference presentation by the team from Natural Connections, or whether they asked it themselves.  Sadly, my notes are rather unconnected on that point.  It's a good...

I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky, And at every drifting cloud that went With sails of silver by. In his introductory remarks to...