April 2019
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Congratulations to Zamzam Ibrahim
Many congratulations to Zamzam Ibrahim on her election as the next NUS president. I know Zamzam from her chairing of the NUS sustainability working group that I sit on. It's good to see another sustainability supporter elected to NUS's highest office,...
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Wear more Welsh wool sweaters
Green energy lobbyists and commentators are constantly shouting about new records for renewable energy – that is renewable electricity production. Progress is being made, it seems, all around us, led by China. However, according to a recent report from the...
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Blue planet blues
I missed the social media kerfuffle over the death of a young turtle the other day – but then I missed seeing the BBC programme as well as I don't watch wildlife programmes (they peaked for me with Hans and...
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Encouraging Ofsted to do the right thing.
I've been trying to read the responses from 'the environment / environmental education sector' to Ofsted's consultation seeking views on its proposals for changes to the education inspection framework from September 2019. I note that the response from the Green Schools Project (click here.) is...
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Climate breakdown, the economy and SDGs
Today's text is a message sent to the SHED-SHARE Maillist by two academic colleagues: Steve Martin & Stephen Sterling. As far as I can see it stimulated little discussion. Colleagues, As many of us know our unsustainable lifestyles and...
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Will it be doubleplusungood food c/o Uncle Sam
The US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James, the Hon Woody 'Woodpecker' Johnson, has put the genetically-modified cat amongst the chlorine-washed pigeons by insisting that in any post-Brexit trade deal between UK and Uncle Sam all...