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Wildlife, human population, and confusion
The Wildlife Trusts have produced a statement on population, resource use & consumption in the UK. It begins: The Wildlife Trusts believe that it is insufficient simply to prevent the further decline in the quantity and quality of existing habitats,...
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My week
I was at ECER in Istanbul with the new ESE Network – which you will know all about if you've been paying attention. The meeting was at BAU, a university I'd not been to before. There’s a rumour that it’s...
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ECER ESE 2
The presentations in the second Symposium session were: Research in Higher Education for Sustainable Development – Current Trends and Approaches Matthias Barth (University of Applied Sciences, Ostwestfalen-Lippe) & Marco Rieckmann (University of Vechta) Implementing ESE in education systems. Researching the...
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ECER ESE 1
Yesterday's presentations in the first Symposium session were: Education for Sustainable Development in School Contexts – Transformations and Translations Katrine Dahl Madsen (University of Aarhus) Research Priorities for Environmental Education in the UK, Europe and beyond Stephen Gough & Elsa...
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Blogging from ECER
After a gap of many years, I am at the European Conference on Educational Research in Istanbul. The pull of this year's event was the first meeting of a new grouping: Research on Environmental and Sustainability Education [ESE]. Another anachrocnym, I...
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In poor Faith
I was contacted the other day by someone I didn't know who wrote: "I am researching for student resources and found this page here psi.org.uk/ehb/projectsbarratt.html and I wanted to see if you were the person that manages this page. I have...
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The UN takes a dim view
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has initiated a number of processes to help devise the sustainable development goals (SDGs) that will maxise benefit for humanity during the years 2015-2030. One of these, the sustainable development solutions network (SDSN) has identified ten...
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Fashioning something fabulous in silk georgette
August was a creating month in our house. I laboured over the construction of a book chapter, and my wife over the re-creation of a 1930s dress. Hers is in silk georgette; mine in duller stuff in every sense. The...
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New entry in the Devil's Dictionary
Through editorial oversight, the original Devil's Dictionary entry for quality assurance was omitted. Happily, this can now be put right. Ambrose Bierce's original preface to this essential book of reference can be found in Richard Gingras' Introduction. Though Bierce stressed...
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The Daly News ...
... carried a piece by Dan O'Neill recently on a post-growth economy in France. I’ve recently returned from France’s first high-level “beyond growth” event, entitled An Innovative Society for the 21st Century. The conference, which included five separate sessions for the 250...
