October 2015

  • Our green desert

    This was the phrase used by Simon King in his compelling and engaging, but unsettling, talk at the Bruton Eco-school roadshow the other week.  He was referring as much to Somerset as to England more widely, comparing the here and...

  • Living in an Uncertain World

    This was the title of last Tuesday night's I-SEE lecture by Richard Pancost, Director of the University of Bristol's Cabot Institute. His seminar abstract was that: "Our future Uncertain World (sic) is not one of which we have no knowledge – we have...

  • VW's moral licence to trade

    I wrote the other day about VW and its emissions troubles.  All is not gloom for the company, however, as it wins prizes for its Corporate Social Responsibility.  Indeed, as the Telegraph reminds us, VW is a "global leader" in CSR.  Maybe,...

  • An unreal world learning model

    I've been looking at the Real World Learning model which says that "it offers a holistic and flexible approach to outdoor learning for sustainability; a way of thinking, reflecting and being" which sounds good.  It also says that "each element on...