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What a GEM
The Transformative Learning blog asks: Does the GEM 2016 report signify a change from the dominant neo-liberal agenda that sees education as an extension and a driver of the globalizing economy and the its push for infinite growth, innovation and...
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Adelstrop
It's National Poetry Day today, although everyday should be that, I think. Here's my contribution: Edward Thomas's evocative Adelstrop Yes, I remember Adlestrop -- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June....
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Prime Minister to announce support for ESD
There is a rumour that, at this week's UK Conservative Party conference, the Prime Minister will announce approval for a pro-ESD raft of policies to be implemented in 2017 as part of the government's commitment to the sustainable development goals. Not...
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Does panda success put their supporters at risk?
There must be concern amongst those that need the Giant Panda to be endangered so that they can continue to exploit its image for their own ends, that it's now less endangered than before. As such, it must be feared...
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Will the CAP continue to fit?
The other day, the BBC drew our attention to the €zillions of taxpayer cash that the EU continues to lavishe on large land owners through the completely bonkers (a kind word) Common Agricultural Policy. At least the UK is clear(ish) about...
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Brite Green Higher Education carbon report launched
The Brite Green Higher Education carbon report has been launched. EAUC says: Based on data from the 2014/15 academic year, the report looks at how the sector is doing overall and specifically, how institutions are performing against their 2020 carbon...
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Clear the Beaches
The Times carried a story the other day that the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) had banned an anti-Fracking advert from Friends of the Earth (FoE) on the grounds that it was misleading. The paper reported: "Friends of the Earth (FoE)...
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Energy Exchange graphics
If you've ever found yourself wondering how much electricity Bulgaria exported in November 2015, and to where, and got no answers, your problems are over. Just go here where fabulous graphs will answer this, and many another question about European energy...
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Countryside Didactics and the National Trust
I wrote last week about the article by Simon Murray, the NT's Director of Everything, in the Autumn magazine, and promised to say some more about what he had to say about the "more difficult" countryside. Well, he wrote this: "The countryside...
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What might be the shortest report in the world
UCL's Development Education Research Centre (DERC) has been commissioned by UNESCO to prepare a briefing paper on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education within the training of teachers. It's looking for any examples around the world of initiatives that bring...
