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I see that Eco Schools is making big changes to the way it operates.  These might be summarised as [i] abandoning the bronze and silver awards as stepping stones to flag acquisition; [ii] making the application process entirely on-line; [iii]...

When the government was asked by an MP recently whether it has "made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a compulsory sustainability component to the national curriculum", the following response was given by  the Rt Hon Nick Gibb...

I'm at home (of course) watching the rain pelt down.  I remember such July days from my childhood when rain stopped play in what I really wanted: all day cricket. It's an airless day, and checking my grid carbon app,...

I sometimes despair at Countryfile.  There was an outwardly commendable segment on Sunday’s programme about pollinators.  It was a coming together of Countryfile's Plant Britain scheme and Radio 2's Big Bee Challenge.  A bloke from Radio 2 interviewed the London...

Thanks (I think) to the NAEE weekly round up for the info on the latest UNESCO wheeeeeeze.  It's another research commission; this time on the Futures of Education.  Note the plural.  The commissioners seem a random selection from the great...

ok; that's maybe a bit premature, but I've been reading Hemingway (again). That said, the arguments against this time warp of an exam certainly continue to mount.  It was good to see Philip Collins adding to them last week.  If...

What seems likely to come to be seen as the most significant policy decision of recent times was not enacted by a vote in parliament after a considered debate, but was taken by means of a statutory instrument.  This is...

It seems that I am now a climate leader – or so says the 26,000 conversations campaign. Who'd have thought it?  The campaign was created by Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment students and recent graduates, and is collecting "conversation...

In his 1997 paper: Environmental Education: Historical roots, comparative perspectives, and current issues in Britain and the United States, William E Marsden begins by exploring the origins of the designation environmental education.  In this he mentions Liberty Hyde Bailey: "... as...

In January 2021, the government published the Skills for Jobs White Paper, with a clear focus on the pivotal role that further and technical education has in helping people get skills for good jobs now and in the future.  The Government followed...