News and Updates

I wrote the other day about how Eco-Schools UK seems to have lost its way given that their work has no focus on the climate issues that are so consuming young people's thoughts and concerns. Further evidence presented itself when...

The recent SEEd Newsletter asks: Isn’t it time we attempted to bring together the hundreds of organisations and individuals with commons cause, who are doing work around ESD or global citizenship within a common narrative?  Where do we all fit...

These days I can tell the difference between yellow rattle and yellow archangel – and between ribbed melilot and weld – but I couldn't when I was at school.  I can do this now because I'm interested in what these flowers...

I can't be the only person to have noticed that there is a sudden coming together of four complementary and mutually-supportive forces in relation to the curriculum and the crises in climate and ecology.  These are: Teach the Future Harwood...

Flush from its great triumph in banning the hunting of foxes and stags without actually stopping fox and stag hunting, I see that Labour party activists have turned their attention to saving the grouse by banning shooting, as the Times...

Thanks to NAEE for publicising the programme for the Education for the Future: Climate Emergency Conference where Teach the Future was launched.  The full set of events and activities is here. As was appropriate, NAEE focused on curriculum issues, highlighting the following: What...

We're having to get used to hearing that the Earth is "burning" as it becomes a favoured phrase of those wishing to draw attention to the implications of rapid climate change. Thanks, then, to NAEE for alerting us back in...

I got the following email the other day from EAUC: "We have partnered with Association of Colleges, GuildHE and Universities UK to establish a Climate Commission for UK Higher and Further Education Leaders. Your university/college Vice Chancellor or Principal would...

It's not often that TV can devote time to probing the facts 'n' figures behind the claims of an organisation such as XR, but the BBC managed this on 9 October when Andrew Neil interviewed Zion Lights (nb, their forename...

Rather to my (pleasant) surprise, Friends of the Earth has awarded Wiltshire Council top of the league status when it comes to climate-friendly councils.  It scored 92% which must be A* territory.  You can access the full list here. This...