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About a year ago, I wrote this: We are encouraged to take both the Copernicus Alliance, and EAUC’s LiFE (Learning in Future Environments), seriously, as major initiatives supporting sustainability and learning, and I have no doubt that, for those involved, there...

The headline to a Guardian HE Network blog, published last week, says:  Why have academics been so slow to work with students on sustainability? It's always a newspaper temptation to identify a culprit or two.  The blog post itself, by...

The day began with a free vintage (c. 2007) e-book offer from Arjen Wals: Social learning towards a sustainable world.  The publisher's blurb begins with commendable understatement: "This comprehensive volume – containing 27 chapters and contributions from six continents  presents...

A while back, I had an "interview" by questionnaire.  An odd process; whilst it certainly gave me a lot of time to consider and shape my responses, there no time to interact with the interviewer.  I sent a few papers...

This began well with an extended cabaret on the lawn by a green woodpecker and then the arrival of the first fieldfares.  Fortunately, we have enough apples and ants to cater for all. Poor PISA scores were heralded by Sunday newspaper...

Well, the last word from me on the "Enabling the future we want: education for sustainable development in the UK – a manifesto for dialogue, collaboration and action post Rio+20".  I am sure that others will have things to say...

You could tell the PISA scores were going to be bad when, just before publication, Mr Gove blamed the last government's policies.  In the event, PISA revealed the UK to be around the OECD average for maths and reading, and a...

First, warm congratulations to Simon Kemp who won the Times Higher Award last week for 'most innovative teacher of the year'.  The judges said: Simon Kemp’s imaginative approach to teaching, particularly by putting students in high-pressure, real-life business situations, hugely...

The SDRN’s Annual Conference: Sustainable development in the UK in 2020 is to take place on Tuesday, 28th January at the BIS Conference Centre in London. SDRN says: The UK has committed to a range of nationally and internationally-set sustainable...

This question ran through a 2012 conference in Berne at which I spoke.  The conference marked the conclusion of the project "Development of Indicators to Evaluate Offerings and Performance in the Area of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)", which ran...