News and Updates

I wrote the other day about Oxfam's careful arithmetic in its showcasing of how so much wealth is owned by so few.  8 billionaires, says Oxfam, own more [ $426bn ] than half the world's population [ $409bn ].  Not so, says...

UK Stakeholder's for sustainable development [UKSSD] wrote an open letter to Mrs May last week.  It was published in the Times.  It's here: Dear Prime Minister, As a group of businesses investing in making our economy fit for the future,...

I'm well known for my toleration and generosity of spirit, for my forbearance and my willingness to see the best in everybody.  I can even believe that there might be some good in the new president – somewhere, secreted away, and that...

A UK team of two (from EAUC and NUS), is heading off to Uzbekistan to sell them the delights of ESD.  You'd have thought that the Uzbeks had problems enough, but apparently not.  This is a British Council funded jaunt and you...

Indicators have been proposed for the Sustainable Development Goals from the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network: Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for Sustainable Development Goals: Launching a data revolution for the SDGs Such indicators are, of course, vital if we...

I got an email from Oxfam the other day.  You probably did too. Its subject line said: "8 billionaires have the same wealth as half the planet."  Shocking, of course, if true.  And of course, it is.  Well, it is...

I see that UNESCO, bored with having to sort out ESD's contradictions, is trying to invent a new acronym: ECCAR – Education for climate change awareness and resilience This is less catchy than a dose of flu, and about as welcome.  It all...

You might (or not) have caught the BBC's brief news item saying that the Wildlife Trusts are planning to set up a Trust to run four nature schools.  The Nature Schools website says: "A team led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust...

There was a report very late last year (ie, 31st December) that the government plans to give Britain’s natural assets monetary value and include them in the national accounts.  This is, it's said, to be part of the 25-year plan...

Thanks to Steve Martin for his post to SHED-SHARE just before Christmas about the EAC's comments on UK efforts at sustainable development.  Here it is: "You might like to read the recent, highly critical report from the Environment Audit Committee,...