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Infinite growth, a finite environment, and the hereafter
Here's a link to a recent Ronald Rovers blog – The Growth Syndrome: a pyramid game. In this he addresses issues of economic growth and the planet's ability to cope with that growth (and much more). This is how it begins: Richard Attenborough...
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The Paris Discord and Lignite Angst
I was never much enthused by the Paris Agreement; too much hype and hope as opposed to proper targets and legal enforcement. It was, of course, the best deal on offer at the time. Now that the US government has walked...
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A curriculum for equality?
Thinking of Ofsted this week, and the lack of a focus on curriculum in the current election, I remembered it was not always like this. I can recall when discussions on the curriculum in England – in which HMI played a...
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Standing at EASE
SEEd is holding a launch next week of EASE: the Evidence Alliance for Sustainability Education So what is this rather contrived acronym all about? I've pasted, below, what SEEd says. It's hard to disagree (and I don't want to) with the first...
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Can we think like 21st century economists?
I wrote the other day about Kate Haworth's Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist. These are Raworth's seven ways in which she believes we can all start to think like 21st century economists: 1. Change the goal:...
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Ofsted confirms that deep means depth
I have had a response from Ofsted to my query about a curriculum that was balanced / rich / deep. It was from Sean Hartford HMI, National Director for Education. He confirmed that a balanced curriculum is still a necessity, even...
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Online Anarchy Optional
This is part of an editorial in Thursday's Times. Online Anarchy Optional YouTube added a black ribbon to its logo this week as a mark of respect to those killed and maimed in Monday’s gruesome attack. Yet as the site...
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The problem with Doughnut Economics
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist, by Kate Raworth, was published earlier this month. This is a development of her paper for Oxfam in 2012 which I commented on a while back. You can find details here –...
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All those manifestos
I've been reading the election manifestos – well, three of them (and a sort of manifesto from the Greens). I did some searches for the number of times the following came up: education for sustainable development / sustainability education for...
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Ofsted on Rich and Deep – a promise made
Still not having had a response from Ofsted to my March 2017 enquiry, I wrote again: Earlier this year, I listened with great interest to the Chief Inspector’s first interview on Radio 4, and I then read her speech to the...
