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I count myself blessed that I don't have to teach about climate change.  It's hard enough to take a coherent view yourself than to have to help others take their own stand on it.  And where to begin?  Normally, I'd...

It is hard to pick up a newspaper or watch TV without coming across somebody official telling us to take more exercise.  The NHS, for example, recommends that someone my age has a mix of "moderate and vigorous-intensity aerobic activity every week...

In case you're wondering what happened to the EMF – the Ellen MacArthur Foundation – here's an update. You'll recall that it began in 2010 with the aim to inspire a generation to rethink, redesign and build a positive future.  The Foundation works with...

Yesterday, I wrote about some of the positives of renewable energy, including the large strides that China is making.  The latest Economist adds some perspective to those figures with a story of dubious financial activity in Beijing and Hong Kong, leading...

Here are a few factoids: Rooftop solar is growing worldwide by 50% per year. In 1985 solar cost $12 per watt, but today’s prices are closer to 36 cents per watt. Every five hours the world adds 23 MW of...

The RSPB says that Cetti's warbler is a small nondescript bird which skulks around, keeping out of sight.  This may be a sound survival strategy.  It has bred here since 1973.  Gary Mantle mentioned it in one of his recent blog posts.  It has...

An IMF working paper, How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?, paints a picture of energy subsidies at global and regional levels by focusing on post-tax subsidies.  These arise when consumer prices are below supply costs plus a tax to reflect environmental damage and...

Have you come across Guy McPherson?  He's an academic interested in climate science / change.  I only know about him because Dave Moreman mentioned him in his encounter with "Ask Gareth" the other day. If you decide you'd like to...

Superworm is super-long.  Superworm is super-strong.  Watch him wiggle!  See him squirm!  Hip, hip, hooray for SUPERWORM! "Have a forest adventure with Superworm in 2015" – says the Forestry Commission's website.  To aid this, the Commission has published a book by Julia...

EAUC 's Food for Thought last Friday afternoon was about a question posed to blogger Gareth Kane ( Ask Gareth ...) by Dave Moreman, a senior lecturer at Staffordshire University.  Moreman asked:  How can I teach sustainability when I live unsustainably? The first thing Kane did...