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As you know, the UN is planning to replace the Millennium Development Goals with 17 Sustainable Development Goals.  One of these (Goal 4) relates to education and learning.  Stephen Sterling has contributed to a recent report critiquing the goals, and he...

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 risk failure without clearer, more measurable targets that are based on the latest scientific evidence, a report from the International Council for Science and the International Social Science Council, has warned – as Reuters and...

I once knew a man who never asked his children a straight question such as "Would you like an apple?"  He'd always say something like: "Would you like an apple or an orange?"  That is, he'd always make it clear...

The Guardian ran a piece the other day about The Crystal.   They termed it: 'Children of change: empowering learners through education for sustainable development'.  Control of the contents was not the Guardian's, but rested with The Crystal which is...

The latest edition of SEEd news contained a link to the Sustainable Schools Alliance [ SSA ] which is co-ordinated by SEEd.  Its membership is here, though I'm told this is out of date. Much of its work is focused around the Sustainable Schools...

'Education, Nature, and Society' is the title of Steve Gough's latest book for Routledge, and he generously gave me a copy last week.  Here's a taste of the book, from the website: "Environmental issues continue to divide opinion, sometimes in extreme...

I received this on Friday: David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have signed a joint statement about tackling climate change.  In a public agreement they have committed to working together across party lines to tackle climate change.  This is...

The Associated Press reports from Geneva that UN negotiators have produced "an early draft" of the text for the climate deal in Paris next December.  The previous text was 38 pages long; it now has 86 in order to make sure the...

In Paris, on Thursday 19, to Friday, 20 February, there will be a UNESCO Regional Ministerial Conference on Education Post-2015.  This is a "category 5 advisory committee", and is organized by UNESCO for Member States of the Eastern and Western European...