News and Updates

The University of Bath has agreed eleven Climate Action Framework principles through discussions with staff, campus trade unions and the students’ union [SU].  These principles will guide how the University conducts business and inform the development of its next steps to meet...

I've been reading three letters sent recently to Teach the Future.  Two came from the DfE (one from the office of the secretary of state himself, and the other from some obscure Baroness), and the third was from a bloke in...

You might think that Bjorn Lomborg’s new book False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet would be in the UK news more than it has been, given how interested...

Last week's Economist had a long article on the caste system in India – Hinduism's original sin.  I read this with the sustainable development goals in mind, although the author(s) did not mention them.  You can read the article here....

It appears that John Muir (1838 – 1914) was not a perfect human being after all.  Despite his huge contributions to conservation in the USA with lasting legacies to this day, it seems he was a product of his time.  He...

Conformation, if it were needed, that XR is a well-heeled South of England phenomenon.  A study by the Universities of Exeter, Keele and Aston finds that those XR activists lying down for a week on Oxford Street last year were overwhelmingly...

I've never uttered these words before.  In fact, I'm not sure anyone has, and our benighted secretary of state for education is usually the recipient of criticism not compliment.  This has been doubly so in the last month or three...

I'm pleased to say that I have been selected as a member of the Teach the Future Advisory Board – actually, the Teach the Future Adult Advisory Board.  Here's the detail of the application process and the rationale for its work....

I am a member of the Ramblers and admire the organisation for its work keeping rights of way open and in good repair, and for their encouragement of exercise in the open air (rain and shine).  I occasionally join local...

I have respond to the interim report of the Dasgupta Review – the independent investigation of the economics of biodiversity.   This is part of what I said: I read your interim report with considerable interest and welcome the valuable pulling...