October 2021

Here's a link to a video produced by UNDP ahead of COP26.  In it, a T-Rex lookalike addresses the UN General Assembly on the need for action on the climate.  As T-Rexs go, its behaviour is quite restrained, though why...

Here's a letter sent to the Secretary of State for Education (England) by four education unions (NEU  NASUWT  UCU  UNISON) the other day.  Two of the unions represent teachers in English schools: Dear Mr Zahawi Quality Climate Education As the Intergovernmental...

Everywhere I turn there are COP stories.  Some of these are gloom-filled news items about President X not turning up, or Prime Minister Y.  Others are about the likelihood of the commitments / promises / pledges / etc made within...

Which country's education ministry has said this in the run up to COP26? "The Department for Education is committed to sustainable development and we believe that it is vital for our schools to prepare our young people for the future....

I got this email a while back: Dear William Congratulations again on publishing your article, 25 Years on: Looking back at Environmental Education Research, in Environmental Education Research, earlier this year. It is an accomplishment to be a published author, take a...

News the other day that, two years ago, Glasgow City Council bought 200 electric cars for use by its staff.  Commendably "progressive" you might think.  Less impressive is the fact that they have not been used at all since purchase....

I fear for her safety and for the future of the university.

The XR Youth Solidarity group, together with activists from WTF WWF, targeted WWF UK headquarters last month.  The Guardian reported that they went there to express solidarity with indigenous groups across Africa who they say have been evicted and persecuted...

What's the carbon footprint of a great spotted woodpecker [Dendrocopos major]? That might sound a silly question given that these fine birds are in wild populations [click here for vital stats].  They might even be thought to have a negative footprint given...

Do you know how long it takes to get to Dundee by bus from St Andrews?  Or when that university's biodiversity strategy was approved?  No?  Then woe betide you if you hope to get a degree from that august institution....