New Publications

This was the title of Stephen Gough's Inaugural Lecture last Thursday in Bath.  He concluded, after an erudite tour d'horizon that it wasn't.  There was, of course, much play around nature / natural, and I noted, I think for the...

It was a pleasure to read Robin Alexander's incisive critique of Mr Gove's attempts at curriculum reform: pleasing, but oh so disappointing that such a riposte should prove necessary.  Here's the Abstract to Alexander's Forum paper for a flavour of...

A recent Economist ran a piece on Hurricane Sandy, and the costs to come from it.  It was typically thoughtful (if you like the Economist's thinking on economics and society, as I tend to do.  If you don't, it will...

Unfolding the Power of ESD – Lessons Learned and Ways Forward reports on the conference The Power of ESD – Exploring Evidence & Promise, which took place in Gotland, Sweden, in October 2012.  The conference was organized by the Swedish...

A good article in the Observer last week from Jeff Forshaw.  He's a mate of Brian Cox – Oh, and a professor of physics and astronomy at Manchester.  It begins: In an editorial for the New Statesman, my colleague at the...

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...

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’...

The report of the Hefce project Leading Curriculum Change for Sustainability: Strategic Approaches to Quality Enhancement has emerged.  Judging by the mail message announcing this, its writers are pleased with it.  It will, of course, be a "great success" and make...