February 2015

Bristol is Europe's Green Capital for 2015, but you have to wonder how this came about as its sustainability credentials seem pitifully few.  In the BBC's most recent Costing the Earth, Tom Heap explored these issues.  Clearly, the award was granted as much on future...

HEFCE announced on Wednesday that its Deputy CEO, Steve Egan, is leaving and will be taking up a new post at Bath as Vice President (Implementation).  I'd say that's ... Bath 10 – 0 HEFCE Eat your hearts out all...

I watched a TEDx talk by Jeremy Howard on deep learning and the rise of the machines.  You can see it here.  Prepare to be just a little bit impressed.  It might have been coincidence (or media-smart machines at work), but...

As you know, the UN is planning to replace the Millennium Development Goals with 17 Sustainable Development Goals.  One of these (Goal 4) relates to education and learning.  Stephen Sterling has contributed to a recent report critiquing the goals, and he...

This is Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all These are the 10 targets: 4.1 – by 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and...

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 risk failure without clearer, more measurable targets that are based on the latest scientific evidence, a report from the International Council for Science and the International Social Science Council, has warned – as Reuters and...

I once knew a man who never asked his children a straight question such as "Would you like an apple?"  He'd always say something like: "Would you like an apple or an orange?"  That is, he'd always make it clear...

The Guardian ran a piece the other day about The Crystal.   They termed it: 'Children of change: empowering learners through education for sustainable development'.  Control of the contents was not the Guardian's, but rested with The Crystal which is...

The latest edition of SEEd news contained a link to the Sustainable Schools Alliance [ SSA ] which is co-ordinated by SEEd.  Its membership is here, though I'm told this is out of date. Much of its work is focused around the Sustainable Schools...