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  • Time to buy Round Up, but not, perhaps, Monsanto Futures

    This is from Reuters: Monday 6 June 2016 15.23 BST "EU nations have refused to back a limited extension of the pesticide glyphosate’s use, threatening withdrawal of Monsanto’s Roundup and other weedkillers from shelves if no decision is reached by the end of...

  • Farmers, wildlife and Brexit

    The National Farmers Union thinks that the UK should remain in the EU, although a majority of farmers seem to think otherwise, if a recent poll for the Farmers Weekly is to be believed.  It seems that many think that subsidies outside the...

  • The perfection of the beautiful demoiselle

    Sitting in the garden, on a rare perfect summer's day, along comes a female beautiful demoiselle to make it all ever more so.  

  • Don't do Brexodus says NUS

    What has the EU ever done for sustainability?  That's a question the NUS asked recently.  Its answer begins: "Back in April NUS National Conference passed policy to campaign to remain in Europe.  Students’ unions play a vital role in making...

  • Last word on GEEPing – for now

    The GEEP event last week ended with a reception at @Bristol hosted by the UK's National Association for Environmental Education [NAEE] – of which (it's no secret!) I am the current President. It was a great success, and it was particularly...

  • Tuesday GEEP

    Today is the last day of the GEEP meeting in Bristol, and we probably all felt that some progress was made yesterday in setting goals and reaching an understanding of what it's possible to achieve. Looking at it from an...

  • GEEPing in the UK

    I'm still GEEPing in Bristol.  I've been thinking about the 'country needs survey' I wrote (asking a number of people about it) before it all began.  Has anything changed the UK since that time, I wondered. Here are links to...

  • GEEPing Today

    I'm spending today – a UK holiday – bunkered with environmental educators from across the globe at a GEEP executive / steering committee meeting in Bristol. We're talking about GEEP's goals, objectives, etc – again.  I had to remind myself that I...

  • Learning outside the classroom in local natural environments

    I've been reading a draft of the Natural Connections Final Report which is a whopping 91 pages – almost as long as the evaluation proforma that Natural England suggested I use to provide my comments on the draft.  Needless to say, I...

  • The coming together of NAAEE and NAEE

    This is the text of a guest blog that I have contributed to NAAEE's eePRO website in advance of a GEEP steering committee next week.  You can read it on line here, where you will find links to the wider...