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Mark Lynas's recent lecture to the Oxford Farming Conference begins: I want to start with some apologies.  For the record, here and upfront, I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops.  I am also sorry that I...

I took the Guardian / Observer science quiz at Christmas, and scored a miserable 8 out of 20.  Mind you, the questions had a lot to do with popular culture which never seems to be my strong suit these days...

I've been reading the report that UNESCO released last year: Shaping the Education of Tomorrow: Full-length Report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.   I briefly wrote about this at the time of its release, noting Arjan Wals' concerns...

A summary report on the Turnaround Leadership for Sustainability in Higher Education project landed on my desktop today.  The full report is at the AGOTL. As I skimmed it, I noticed two things: 9 out of the 15 citations come from...

A New Year mail from Justin Dillon and Alan Reid who asked for suggestions of material to go into a publication in the Routledge  ‘major works’ series which is intended to draw from material that has already been published.  The task is...

An email yesterday from the SDE Network in Scotland, announcing a new year conference.  It said: We are delighted to formally invite you to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Conference jointly hosted by the Scottish Government and...

Recent reports, in New Scientist amongst other sources, say that the Chinese are adapting to circular economy ideas.  Here is a report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation itself, including this link to ChinaDaily which reports ... The park includes three "recycling...

I spent an enjoyable hour on Friday afternoon last week watching a dozen or so student videos that Simon Kemp kindly alerted the SHED network to. Simon wrote ... I would like to alert you to our ‘Sustainability Film Festival’...

I wrote a while ago about the re-birth of the Sustainable Schools Alliance.   A proposed management board for the Alliance met two weeks ago.  It was a good turn out with a good mix of organisations around the table, including: Anglian...

I have been watching the run-away train that is the government's new energy bill as it careers towards us.  I've thought all along, as I have listened to rumour and leaks, that, surely, no one could be so stupid as...