News and Updates

I noted the other day that the GLP management group is not exactly balanced.  It comprises: Pearson, the Geographical Association, UCL Institute of Education, Oxfam UK, the Royal Geographical Society, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), and Think Global.  This is...

The NAEE website has had a global learning theme over the last few days; see, for example, here, here and here.   A key element of this has been the work of Harriet Marshall (who works for the Global Learning Programme – GLP).  In...

I've been reading what the admirable Shakira Martin, President of NUS, has been saying about sustainability education.  You'll find it here, adapted from a speech she delivered at a Labour Party Conference fringe event.  There's much to agree with in what...

Wales Environment Link (WEL) is a network of environmental, countryside and heritage non-governmental organisations across Wales.  Its vision is a healthy, sustainably managed environment and countryside with safeguarded heritage in which the people of Wales and future generations can prosper. As...

Even business is taking the SDGs seriously.  This is, in part at least, because they are good for business because development is good for business; just as business is good for development. There's a new report [**] on all this...

I was pleased to see the decision of the governors of Colston's Girl's School in Bristol not to change the name of the school, despite all the moralising urgings. Edward Colston was deputy governor of the Royal African Company in...

Sadly, I cannot be at the Student Sustainability Summit on November 8th.  As such, I'll be missing inspiring talks on: Connecting the dots – sustainability and liberation Liberation and climate change are sometimes seen as completely separate issues. What has Black...

There was a seminar in Zug the other day organised by ARC**, the Alliance of Religions and Conservation; sadly, I wasn't invited.  It was a meeting of the great, the good, and the ugly.  The Economist reported it: Green investors and right-wing sceptics...

Joshua Russell (Canisius College, Buffalo) is seeking contributions to a book called Queer EcoPedagogies: Explorations in Sexuality, Nature, and Education.  His call begins: In 2002, Constance Russell, Tema Sarick, and Jacqueline Kennelly wrote what was arguably the first foray into queer theory...

I wrote about GEEP yesterday and its call to action. GEEP's mission and goals are: "to build capacity to advance policy, governance, and practice in environmental education around the world, including at the local, regional, national and international levels, foster strategic partnerships...