April 2018

More from UNESCO's Issues and trends in Education for Sustainable Development  [A. Leicht, J. Heiss and W. J. Byun (eds)].  As I omitted to say when I last commented on this book, this is not a 'keep-you-awake-at-night' stuff.  But there are things...

I've now had time to read UNESCO's Issues and trends in Education for Sustainable Development  [A. Leicht, J. Heiss and W. J. Byun (eds)].   Chapter 10, Monitoring ESD: lessons learned and ways forward by Ashley Stepney Lockhart (pps. 215 – 232) stood out for me, particularly...

Jonothon Porritt will be giving an I-SEE seminar at Bath on ‘Exploring the Psychodrama of Accelerating Climate Change’ on April 10th – tomorrow.  Details here. Here's his Abstract: The evidence about climate change keeps on getting worse – confirmed both by ever...

The Prince of Wales' website has a feature on HRH's March 26th trip to unveil a plaque on the shore of Derwentwater marking the [newish] UNESCO cultural world heritage site – the Lake District.  Details here. It includes this: "There...

There's a fine RSPB video about their work with United Utilities in a small Lake District valley, Swindale [the vale of the pig].  Here's Rory Stewart's description of Swindale: "Swindale has always felt like a hidden miracle – a tight-necked...

Spending an afternoon at Wiltshire Council's eastern area planning committee is as good a way as any to gain insight into sustainable development in the county.  I popped along last week to find 8 councillors (all men of a certain...

At yesterday's press conference by the overground littering pressure group, Litter UK, their Chief Strategist, Dr Meg Dods (D.Litt), encouraged its millions of members across the country not to be discouraged by the government's latest campaign against plastic waste.  The...