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It is 60 years on from the publication of Silent Spring in 1962.  A recent feature in The Economist explored the legacy of this iconic book. In the book that Paul Vare and I wrote, Learning, Environment and Sustainable Development: a history...

It has been inspiring to see the school protests in Iran over the regime's misogynistic dress codes and its thuggish behaviours.  I'm used to seeing pictures of young people (mostly it seems girls and young woman) across the world protesting...

I see that the King has been prevented from going to COP27 in Egypt next month.  That’s to say, he was advised against it by the government and he's taken the advice. What a pity. You have to wonder why...

On Monday, in the NAEE weekly news round-up, there was a short focus on the new DfE ministerial team which you can see here.  The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP is the Secretary of State for Education Kelly Tolhurst MP is the Minister for...

A month ago, I wrote about the bizarre market for widgets; that is, for electricity.  It began: "Suppose you were in the market for 20 widgets.  You might put out a call for makers to submit prices.  So far so...

Finally, the company that supplies my electricity has told me how much per unit I will have to pay from October for the next two years.  This is much less than the scary (pre-subsidy government announcement) forecasts from OfGem, the...

There was a brief flurry of interest last week about bringing back imperial units of measurement.  Well, maybe.  Some never went away of course (pints of beer, miles on roads, etc) while others reside in fond memory. Do you have...

There's a lot I could write about the death of Queen Elizabeth.  But I'm limiting myself to two brief acknowledgements of her greatness. Here's Philip Larkin: In times when nothing stood But worsened, or grew strange, There was one constant...

Last Friday, I gave a brief input to the launch of Teach the Future's review of the English National Curriculum for key stages 3 and 4.  This covers subjects ranging from History to Art and Design, and uses a tracked changes...

As people turn to burning wood over the coming winter in order to reduce heating costs, it's good to have some guidance about which woods to choose for efficiency and effectiveness.   The Firewood Poem is a good place to start....