News and Updates

My last word on Germany for now is to suggest you read the Economist article urging the miserable Germans to cheer up.  Here's a flavour of what it says: "Germany’s economy, for example, is powering ahead. Unemployment is at a...

My first memorable experience in Bavaria was a man on a bike in Munich with a teeshirt which said: Rules Rules Rules – except that all the words were crossed out.  Not quite an anarchist, I thought, because the words would then...

Why are so many of those who are passionate about conservation not more politically conservative by nature? I found myself musing on this (not for the first time) as I read a recent Economist article on why large parts of the...

38 Degrees has been sending breathless emails about getting involved in shaping post-Brexit environment policy.  Here's how the message (to Caleb B –calebb@inverauchtamucktie.sc) began ... Dear Caleb, It’s crunch time for our environment. Right now the government’s deciding what our...

I am mildly encouraged that UKSSD has been invited by DfID to discuss its report, Measuring up, on the Sustainable Development Goals in the UK and how this might contribute to the UK’s contribution (it's a Voluntary National Review) to the...

Thanks to the NUS, there is now an optional bank of questions on sustainability in the UK's National Student Survey [NSS].  It has taken five years or so to get them there, and they have changed a bit on their...

I have written about the malign influence of Ofscoff [1], the independent government Office for Strictures and Control on Fodder and Food, before.  Yesterday, it was forced to issue an abject apology to supermarkets. Offscoff's Director of Diminishing Expectations, Dr Cuddie Headrigg,...

I've been reading Rethinking Schooling for the 21st Century: The State of Education for Peace, Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in Asia which is available here. The fact that there are two pages of acronyms tells you it's going to be heavy...

I was struck by two things in a recent report by RenewableUK (a trade body) which said this: "66% of respondents to a new poll of 3,609 adults said they would like to see onshore wind farms built where it has local support;...

NAAEE is hosting a webinar on New Thinking in Sustainability and EE in which Marc Stern and I are introducing our respective books – although it would have been more instructive, perhaps, had we been invited to introduce each other's books; much...