Talks and Presentations

Mark Lynas's recent lecture to the Oxford Farming Conference begins: I want to start with some apologies.  For the record, here and upfront, I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops.  I am also sorry that I...

An email yesterday from the SDE Network in Scotland, announcing a new year conference.  It said: We are delighted to formally invite you to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Conference jointly hosted by the Scottish Government and...

I watched this the other night as it promised to be Brian Cox-free.  It was, and I was impressed with what went on: populist, but serious-ish.  I actually learned something – about Einstein's work on fridges. The kitchen experiment to...

... when the EAUC treats with the EDG on November 14th. Although meeting the diminished Clegg may now be a turn-off rather than the turn-on he once was, don't worry because he may not even be there. It's a proven,...

I spoke briefly at a Food Growing in Schools Task Force conference the other day, offering a summary of the day.  I'll not trouble you with what I said, though you can see a few presenters' PPts here, other than...

Harmony with Nature generates about 22 million Google results.  Harmony in Nature, on the other hand gets around 125 million.  Make of that what you can.  Each phrase is problematic: the first is wishful thinking dressed as political theory; the second...

As I noted earlier, on Monday, I'm giving a talk on the potential benefits and risks of ESD indicators at a symposium at the University of Bern which explores an ESD indicator set  that has been generated by researchers and practitioners...

Here is a link to recent work carried out in Austria, Germany and Switzerland on indicators to evaluate ESD. The publication: Education on the Path to Sustainability – proposed indicator set to evaluate education for sustainable development results from the international research...

The BBC had a programme the other week, 'Greening the Military', which looked at how British (and other) armed forces are increasingly having to take account of the environmental impact of their activities.  This is part of the BBC's blurb for...

A pleasure yesterday to be part of a South west Learning for Sustainability Coalition team welcoming visitors from the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership in Tel Aviv to the University of Bath. The Center is: "dedicated to building...