News and Updates

I see that Nature (a Springer journal) is opening up the mysteries of the peer-review process.  See this report in the THE.  About time, many say.  Hang on a bit, others respond. Dr Ritu Dhand, vice-president at Nature Journals, told the THE that...

Regular readers will know that I don't like zoos.  I include so-called safari parks.  I regard them as little better than prisons for other species where humans go to gawp just as our ancestors in less enlightened times used to...

It seems bad form to kick a country when it's down, but the Australian government is a disgrace.  Its prime minister claims that that it will “meet and beat” its greenhouse-gas emissions reduction goals, but that seems fanciful, even though the...

Despite the difficulties of train travel, it was a real pleasure to attend a 30th anniversary meeting of LEEF (London Environmental Educators' Forum) on Monday at the London Natural History Museum.  This was a well-attended, well-organised event with a theme...

Thanks to Jess Tipton for alerting me to the section of the New Zealand government website that focuses on "education for sustainability".  This is how it begins: Education for sustainability "Sustainability is a critical issue for New Zealand – environmentally,...

Empty Gestures on Climate Change is an article by Bjorn Lomborg.  You'll find it here.  The gist of his argument is found in the next paragraph: "Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs, wash your clothes in cold water, eat less meat,...

 Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders [ @RealGeoffBarton ] thinks so.  What follows is the beginning of his article in the TES late last year: "In Bristol this week, at the annual conference of...

Commenting on what Greta Thunberg had to say at Davos, the US Treasury Secretary dismissed her with the thought that she really ought to go to college to study some economics.  So here's a non-mainstream suggestion for her. Economist Ann...

David Aaronovich has called Trump v Thunberg "the battle of our age" and both were at the annual Davos shindig where climate change was the theme despite the prevalence of private jets.  I don't know about you but I thought that...

A rumour is abroad that the Quality Assurance Agency in Scotland is going to make ESD the focus of a new enhancement theme.   In case you don't know (and why should you?), these themes aim to improve the learning experience of...