News and Updates

I'll not be going to COP26 in Glasgow in November but here's some advice for those who are: –  You'll be drinking lots of beer to help you get through the tedious hangings around that accompany all such meetings.  You...

The University of Reading is holding a Climate Education Summit on September 15th.  It aims to attract young people, scientists, teachers, policy wonks and activists to create "a new, nationwide action plan for better climate education in schools and colleges"....

Trouble House Halt was the first station you came to if you travelled by train from Tetbury to Cirencester.  It is close to what is usually regarded as the source of the Thames.  Though now long gone, the Halt was...

I read that it’s all my fault that recycling rates are so low.  It’s because I don’t wash the food cartons and yoghurt pots enough before I put them into the bins.  It’s also because I'm a "wishcycler" which is the...

I'm a critical friend of Teach the Future and sit on its Adult Advisory Group.  I had this email the other week that set out some of the things that Teach the Future has done: Hosted a reception in the UK parliament Wrote...

I've been watching the climate education and school sustainability inset training video for secondary school staff from UKSSN / GAP / Transform our World.  It sets out to provide a brief overview of the key issues and why all school staff need...

The DfE says that it is so overwhelmed by dealing with the virus and the problems associated with GCSE and A level exams (ie the lack of them) that it cannot find the time to decide whether to allow the...

I see that the Prince of Wales will be speaking at COP26, and that the Pope will attend as well.  There are also rumours that Greta has squared her attendance at the event with her conscience and so she will...

As I mentioned last week, Eco Schools is changing the way it operates.  See this. It's 2021/22 model of having all judgements of quality around the award of the green flag being made on-line with no visiting assessors being involved is...

I've been dipping into the IPCC's new report, and reading other people's comments.  This struck me from The Economist: "A crucial part of this document is the “summary for policymakers”, which is, to some extent, also a summary by policymakers....