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I ended yesterday's post like this: "It is no small wonder that those interested in social justice find it easier to bend the ear of those with money and clout." The "this" in question was the vast array of environmental NGOs...

I wrote yesterday about the usefulness of NGOs interested in global learning / social justice talking with NGOs that are interested in (or which should be interested in) education related to the goals that have a natural capital grounding.  The NGOs I...

Inevitably, given the stimulus of the St George's House event, I have been thinking some more about education and the SDGs, and in particular about the role of schools and NGOs in relation to the goals.   What follows here is...

In the end, and disappointingly, I couldn't get to the NUS celebration of its Green Impact programme at the Commons late last month.  It was an enthusiastic, sell-out crowd.  NUS has helpfully written up the event (and the background to...

January 11th sees Plymouth's annual Sustainability in HE conference.  Will you be there? It's their usual mix of posters, presentations, keynotes, networking and lunch.  The first keynote asks: If education is the answer, what's the question?  Of course, education isn't the...

I know that, quartered safely out here in Wiltshire, I live a sheltered life, but I was still surprised to learn about the existence of UKSCQA – the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment (UKSCQA) which "provides sector-led oversight of...

If you think your life is tough, spare a thought for the benighted members of the Second committee of the UN General Assembly (Economic and Financial Committee) who recently had to endure a tedious presentation about ESD.  You can read...

So, how do the SDGs map onto the Daly & Meadows model?  Here's a first approximation ... Wellbeing – is the Ultimate End – happiness, fulfillment & enlightenment – to be achieved through ethics Goals: – ?3: Good Health and Well-Being   Human and Social...

As part of my reflections on last week's St George's House consultation, here are a few thoughts about schools and the SDGs: If we’re to think about what schools might do in relation to the goals, it’s important to think...

I wrote yesterday about the Stockholm Resilience Centre's disappointing wedding cake model which attempts to create a convincing case for viewing the SDGs as a coherent whole.  I say disappointing because it fundamentally misrepresents the human society – human economy relationship...