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Climate Change, Migration and the new Wild
The current migration of people into Europe from North Africa, the Middle East, and farther afield because of war and other social turmoil has already been linked to climate change – not only as a contributor to the problems of Syria, but...
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Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism?
Thanks to Stephen Sterling for alerting me to Sustainability: Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism – a report published by the National Association of Scholars [NAS] which says of it: "Sustainability” is a key idea on college campuses in the United States and...
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The first daffodils of 2016
I'm back from the south coast having seen the coastal erosion at first hand from the top of the cliffs, and watched a slurry of mud slither down a blue lias outcrop as we walked along the shore. I managed not...
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Suspending the timetable for COP21
How many of the 25,000 schools in the UK will be suspending or changing the timetable for any of their students some time over the next 10 days so that they can follow and discuss COP21? I've no idea either, but...
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Bryoncé, Buzzfeed and Paris
In my desire to find something positive about the forthcoming Paris climate talks, I turned to Buzzfeed – quite essential viewing these days, don't you find? Sure enough, COP21 was explained through the medium of Beyoncé GIFs: "The most important meeting in history...
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A foggy week in Paris
Reuters chose an apt photograph of Paris to illustrate a report on the dim prospects for COP21. It begins: Before a summit on climate change in Paris next week, many governments are citing scientific studies indicating that their plans to...
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ESD as Transformation? – a liberal review
What follows is the new thematic essay I have written for Routledge ... ESD as Transformation? – a liberal review “We must take the first determined steps toward a sustainable future with dignity for all. Transformation is our aim. We must...
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Securing the UK’s Energy Future – maybe
The I-SEE seminar on Monday was given by Professor John Loughhead, Chief Scientific Advisor at DECC – the Department of Energy and Climate Change. His title, ‘Securing the UK’s Energy Future’ could hardly be more important. This is what the Abstract for...
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Snakes and ladders in the natural environment
I spent an enjoyable day in London last week at a joint meeting of two of Natural England's strategic research groups: the National Outdoors for All SRG, and the Learning in Natural Environments SRG. I am part of the latter, but...
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Make Mine a Moritorium
As I noted a few days ago, I went to listen to an I-SEE seminar by Richard Denniss. It was an enjoyable event, delivered with some style, although I thought that we were reminded once too often that Australia was a continent....
