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This is another word on the St George's House seminar, this time from regular guest contributor, Steve Martin. 24 hours at St George's House, Windsor, with a cadre of experts on sustainability would certainly not be everyone’s idea of fun!  But,...

This is the programme for the second morning of the 2nd St George's House consultation on the SDGs which ended with lunch last Friday. Lessons from elsewhere David Pencheon (NHS) Louise Scott (PWC) Emily Auckland (UK SSD) Group discussions How...

This is the programme for the first afternoon of the 2nd St George's House consultation on the SDGs. Introductions What are the purposes of tertiary education? Sector snapshots Student, Jodie Waite (University of Bournemouth) Academic, Stephen Sterling (University of Plymouth)...

I'm off to St George's House again today for another 24 hours thinking about the SDGs.  This event is focusing on HE and FE and is complementary to the event that Jamie Agombar and I ran before Christmas.  This time...

2010, the new coalition government, and Mr Gove's whirlwind arrival at the DfE and the loss of all the rainbows, came back to me as I read Jonathon Porrit's post about the 25 year non-plan.  I've been waiting for some substance around...

I see that the government now has a dedicated webpage to the SDGs.  This says: 'The UK is committed to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. The most effective way to do this is by ensuring that the Goals...

I’ve just read Revolution by Peter Ackroyd, which is a very engaging history of the 18th century.  Here's something to whet your appetite: "The Leicester Sisterhood of Female Handspinners was established by 18,500 women in 1788". In the book, Ackroyd says...

Today's post: Taking the Long View: a 25 year environment plan for the UK? is by the regular guest contributor, Steve Martin. Theresa May and Michael Gove took time out last week,  to visit the Wetlands Centre , in London to...

I wrote about the 25 Year Environment Plan – aka the 25 YEP – the other day, wondering whether there was within it – buried or otherwise – a 25 year environmental education plan, which I see is already being referred...

The government has a 25 year plan to do something or other about nature – or was that the environment?  Distressingly, they describe this as the 25 YEP. Mrs M (our Mrs M, of course), speaking at its launch, said...