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On hearing Cetti's warbler for the first time
The RSPB says that Cetti's warbler is a small nondescript bird which skulks around, keeping out of sight. This may be a sound survival strategy. It has bred here since 1973. Gary Mantle mentioned it in one of his recent blog posts. It has...
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Global energy subsidies – a long road back
An IMF working paper, How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?, paints a picture of energy subsidies at global and regional levels by focusing on post-tax subsidies. These arise when consumer prices are below supply costs plus a tax to reflect environmental damage and...
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The end of the world is upon us (yet again)
Have you come across Guy McPherson? He's an academic interested in climate science / change. I only know about him because Dave Moreman mentioned him in his encounter with "Ask Gareth" the other day. If you decide you'd like to...
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The Forestry Commission misses an opportunity
Superworm is super-long. Superworm is super-strong. Watch him wiggle! See him squirm! Hip, hip, hooray for SUPERWORM! "Have a forest adventure with Superworm in 2015" – says the Forestry Commission's website. To aid this, the Commission has published a book by Julia...
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What happened when Dave asked Gareth "a corker of a question"
EAUC 's Food for Thought last Friday afternoon was about a question posed to blogger Gareth Kane ( Ask Gareth ...) by Dave Moreman, a senior lecturer at Staffordshire University. Moreman asked: How can I teach sustainability when I live unsustainably? The first thing Kane did...
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Polli:Nation – nice title
The University of Stirling has for a full-time PhD studentship that will involve evaluating and researching aspects of a school-based citizen science and environmental education project: Polli:Nation – Citizen Science and Environmental Education in the School Grounds . This involves schools...
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New Standards in Australian HE
There are new national standards for Environment and Sustainability in higher education across Australia whose role is to "support the design and delivery of innovative higher education in the Environment and Sustainability field". They are included in the newly published Learning and...
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Costing the Earth whilst wasting an opportunity
I listened to last week's Costing the Earth with mounting frustration as it failed to live up to its normal high standards. The podcast is here. The show came from a foodie event in Green Bristol. It was billed as a debate,...
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Plymouth comes of age
It was good to see Plymouth doing so well in the THE Under 50s league table published recently. I hope all that sustainability stuff they focus on so well has been part of this. The THE says: This is a ranking of...
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Has your child had its SMSC today?
SMSC? What's that, you might be saying. If you are, you're as out of touch as I am (or was). It's the thing in schools, it seems. Although it looks rather as if it might be a food supplement [ Take SMSC everyday for...
