News and Updates

I'm off to an Outdoor Learning Workshop tomorrow at DEFRA to hear more about the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan.  Here's the ambitious agenda: Overview of the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan Framework and Connecting People with the Environment strand Activity 1: The...

I heard a bloke on BBC Radio 4 say that, in 10 years, you won't be able to buy a pair of shoes that don't have an IP address.  Smart in more senses than one, then. I suppose the advantage...

The boys and girls at people 'n' planet have released their 2016 league tables so that everyone can admire their performance – or keep very quiet about it depending where they rest.  As before, P&P have created class divisions (how appropriate) with a...

The phone rings; it's the Trump Transition Team (TTT, ardently armoured of alliteration) calling.  It's an invitation to Trump Towers to make a presentation to the President Elect and the team.  They say that their current plan is that, on Day...

There is now an opportunity for the right individual to join The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country as Chair of Trustees.  What's unusual, is that the Trust has made the person spec publicly available.  Here it is:...

I wrote yesterday about Jesuitical tendencies in Liverpool that were on show at the Cambridge Primary Review Trust event last week, but there was more to the conference than that.  I liked the way that the whole thing was organised...

The 8th of November might have been a good day for American coal, at least in the short term.  But the previous year had been quite good as the Telegraph reported last week with the global price of coal rising 100%...

I see that Wiltshire is to have a new university – its first.  This will be c/o James Dyson who, fed up with the lack of engineers to choose from for his business, has decided to do something about it....

I wrote about the summary report of the Living Planet Index last week and thought it much less apocalyptic than the Guardian headline writers.  It is, of course, full of facts 'n' figures which make absorbing reading.  There are a few surprises...

As slogans go, "Unlock the lock-ins" is up there with "Rectify the anomaly" and "Stronger together".  In fact, it's way ahead as it manages to be both meaningless and misleading at the same time which is quite something.  That is,...