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To mark the 70th anniversary of the Field Studies Council, the RSA convened a panel to look 70 years into the future, and predict the emerging drivers which might most affect people's physical connections with the outdoor environment.  This the...

HEFCE, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, has launched a consultation around its plans to promote dialogue within the higher education sector on what more can be done to promote sustainable development.  This time around, students are specifically invited...

It’s not widely known, but, when the UK's Vice Chancellors last marched on Whitehall, they did it to this chant: What do we want?  – More leadership development materials ... When do we want it?  – By the end of...

What follows is a critical appreciation of the Education for Sustainable Development – draft guidance for UK higher education providers, which has been produced by an expert group in collaboration with the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and...

A highlight of the recent Beijing Forum was a field visit to No. 55 High School.  You can find details of the school here.  This is one of Beijing's experimental ESD schools which also has an international arm. Now,  I usually...

I’ve been reading the RSPB’s new survey of 8 to 12 year olds and their conclusions that only 21% of them are as “connected to nature” as the RSPB thinks they need to be.  This is based on a survey...

It began with a 17 hour journey with the turning Earth across 7 time zones: Wiltshire to Beijing: door to door.  Once there, the days were ok – the nights not. It was rather fine weather, from a sunnyist point...

You have to go all the way to Beijing to meet a man from Manitoba with radical insights into education and sustainability, but it was worth it, for this Leninesque perspective: Sustainable Development  = ESD + Hydroelectricity This is tough...

A nice quote from Engels in Mr Tao Xiping's talk on the Strategic Value of ESD and its Future Development: "We are punished for every victory over nature." It would be nice to think so, as would be the notion...

A new campaign c/o The Art of Positive Change: A new social media campaign, launched as a result of the Powered by Nature Awards – an initiative of IUCN CEC and ALCOA – encourages people to turn off their lights and...