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Over the Summer, I was sent a series of articles on global heating on jw.org – the Jehovah's Witnesses website.  Surprisingly balanced, I thought, (apart from the conclusion that is) given what I suspected might actually be the case.  The...

As part of the celebrations of 150 years of state education in England, Michael Barber has written an appreciation of 11 people who contributed much along the way.  It's here.  Foster's 1870 Eduction Act was the start point, and Baker's 1988...

This is an extract from a Teach the Future [TtF] blog by Henry Webb, a 19 year old undergraduate: "Another major problem with the current system is the contradicting messages taught to students.  While climate crisis education is insufficient, climate change as...

We've eaten (or given away) all the Discovery apples in the garden and are now eating (and giving away) the Bramleys.  The supermarkets meanwhile are still full of tasteless, sugary fruit from abroad or storage (or both).  Why is this?...

I wrote last month that the University of Bath has agreed eleven Climate Action Framework principles through discussions with staff, campus trade unions and the students’ union [SU], and that these principles will guide how the University conducts business and inform the...

I see that Extinction Rebellion's loose leadership has just noticed that it has been infiltrated by a "tight-knit group of politically motivated men" (as Harold Wilson memorably put it in 1966); that is, those bent on the destruction of capitalism...

A curious half-discussion the other day – by zoom, of course.  It focused on how best to raise public awareness of the ecological / environmental issues we all face, especially climate change, so that the said public then might bring pressure to...

What should we make of this humungous sum, which is BP's trading deficit for the second quarter of 2020?  Many who long for peak oil will no doubt rejoice, although BP's shareholders might not be amongst them.  NB, I am...

I read – in the Sunday Times – with incredulity that some 72% of US universities and colleges hold segregated graduation ceremonies.  They are not described as such of course; Brown uses "Blackalaureate" to dignify this disgrace to Enlightenment values....

Wikipedia has a helpful list of English Education ministers down the years.  There have been 41 (so far) in my lifetime.  This is an average of more than 1 every 2 years.  Most (60% or so) have been Conservative).  It...