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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...

I did as I was encouraged to do the other day and looked at the new SORTED resources on sustainability on EAUC's Sustainability Exchange website.  Its aimed at the FE sector, and the first thing that you read is this nonsense:...

I heard a bloke on BBC Radio 4 say that, in 10 years, you won't be able to buy a pair of shoes that don't have an IP address.  Smart in more senses than one, then. I suppose the advantage...

The boys and girls at people 'n' planet have released their 2016 league tables so that everyone can admire their performance – or keep very quiet about it depending where they rest.  As before, P&P have created class divisions (how appropriate) with a...

The phone rings; it's the Trump Transition Team (TTT, ardently armoured of alliteration) calling.  It's an invitation to Trump Towers to make a presentation to the President Elect and the team.  They say that their current plan is that, on Day...

There is now an opportunity for the right individual to join The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country as Chair of Trustees.  What's unusual, is that the Trust has made the person spec publicly available.  Here it is:...

This is the presentation I made at the CPRT conference last week in a small group session about global leaning and sustainable development, chaired by Kevin Bailey: The SDGs as a radical curriculum alternative? The sustainable development goals were agreed by...