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 I came across this summary of how one UK university has been responding to the need to use less carbon (and other stuff) in its operations.  I was quite impressed seeing how student numbers have grown: –  Electricity use down...

More from the GCSE barricades. In this year's exams, Edexcel asked students to identify the gender shown by a diagram of a set of chromosomes, and then explain how gender is inherited from parents.  Except, of course, it isn't.  It's...

I began to blog on this site 10 years ago today on June 10th 2009 and now, some 1900 posts later, I am still at it. The first post was about the south-west learning for sustainability coalition, which collapsed under...

I read that the University of Plymouth is being unfairly criticised for spending a mere £375,000 on the much needed refurbishment of the vice-chancellor’s office while prudently saving £zillions cutting 150 jobs that are now surplus to requirements. Fools!  Who...

When communism fell apart in the USSR there was panic in an unusual sector of the economy: the school examinations industry. What was to become of all those questions about Marxist-Leninist theory and the history of the communist party —...

As I write this, no coal is being used in a UK power station to generate electricity, and it has been this way for a while now.  Indeed, zero-coal records have been set, and if plans come to fruition, the...

The Education in England (the history of our schools) website contains HMI publications including the (1979) second edition of its Curriculum 11-16 Working Papers.  This deals with environmental education because this was a time when HMI took it seriously, unlike Ofsted today....

Where has all the plastic gone? Long time passing Where has all the plastic gone? Long time ago Where has all the plastic gone? Gone to recycling every one. Oh, when will we ever learn?  When will we ever learn?...

I don't listen to the BBC's "flagship" Today programme, preferring my own prejudices first thing in the morning – and the more calming tones of Radio 3's Breakfast show.  But I see from the NAEE weekly update that Angela Rayner, Shadow Secretary...

As I noted yesterday, UKSCN has issued an open letter to government and educational institutions whose language contrasts with that in their 4 basic demands which you will find here. –  Demands 2 & 3 (apart from the emphasis on the national...