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BBC Radio 4's "Open Country" last week was all about the work that Wiltshire Wildlife Trust does around human wellbeing.  It was a rather inspiring 25 minutes.  You can find it here. The Trust has been running its wellbeing programme since 2008,...

It has long been a core claim by Ofsted that all its inspection judgements have very high inter-rater reliability; that is, an outcome would be the same no matter which inspection team pitched up to a school (or wherever) on the day.  Another,...

I've been suspicious for a while now of how the Green party views economics – feeling that the faithful thinks that economic concepts can be rewritten to suit themselves – they are not alone there, of course.  However, I have always assumed –...

I am off to the University of Plymouth today for the Education for Sustainability in Higher Education: Achievements & Prospects conference.  If you're not there, the hashtag is #sustedPU . It's a full day.  It begins with a keynote from Jane Davidson (INSPIRE, University of...

It seems that the UNEP chief has been given an i3 car by BMW, though for how long, isn't clear.  The decal on the side of the car says: "100% electric", but that depends what the electricity was made from.  Nobody is...

Here are a couple of further comments on the letter that Steve Martin and I got from the DfE just before New Year.  I have already written about the "we were busy reorganising" excuse they gave for not going to Japan. 1....

You'll have noted that UK ministers gave the following reason for their absence at UNESCO's Nagoya ESD-fest: "... heavy diary commitments of ... a relatively new ministerial team in England, and the post-Referendum reshuffle of responsibilities in Scotland". There you are.  Such...

Here is the response that Steve Martin and I have had from the DfE in response to a letter we sent to Nicki Morgan at the end of November.  See what you make of it; I'll be commenting on a...

No wonder Druids are more confused than usual this time of year when sunset started getting later around December 15th, and the sunrise will only be earlier after January 1st – even though their blessed Solstice was on December 21st.  Actually, it was at...

At long last, HEFCE has published its policy framework on sustainable development: "Sustainable development in higher education: HEFCE’s role to date and a framework for its future actions".  You can access it here. If you decide to read it –...