December 2016

In a Times report the other day about how the ever-generous taxpayer continues to lavishly fund UK and other consultancy firms out of the foreign aid budget, was the story of average payments by DfID of £4,765 for writing a...

The Guardian's headline over its report on People 'n' Planet's new league table was: Universities struggle to meet green goals Specifically, they reported this: "UK universities are helping lead the world on environmental research – but when it comes to...

I, whimsically perhaps, thought that going to the Tate's Paul Nash exhibition might be a good preparation for last Friday's Defra meeting and the discussion of the government's grand 25-year post-Brexit plan for the environment.  Whilst the Defra event was never...

There was a meeting last week at Defra about the UK's 25-year environment plan.  This was not actually about the plan, or about the environment; rather, it was about that most muddled of ideas, outdoor learning. If we get the "outdoor...

Describing itself as a "one-stop shop for education data" which brings together "brings together all available data", UNESCO's Institute for Statistics has launched its eAtlas for Education 2030.  Sadly, it's off to a poor start. If you go here, you...

I'm off to an Outdoor Learning Workshop tomorrow at DEFRA to hear more about the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan.  Here's the ambitious agenda: Overview of the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan Framework and Connecting People with the Environment strand Activity 1: The...