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Opportunity and Cost – and Opportunity Cost
I once knew a man who never asked his children a straight question such as "Would you like an apple?" He'd always say something like: "Would you like an apple or an orange?" That is, he'd always make it clear...
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London's new Crystal Palace
The Guardian ran a piece the other day about The Crystal. They termed it: 'Children of change: empowering learners through education for sustainable development'. Control of the contents was not the Guardian's, but rested with The Crystal which is...
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News on the Sustainable Schools Alliance – and those doorways
The latest edition of SEEd news contained a link to the Sustainable Schools Alliance [ SSA ] which is co-ordinated by SEEd. Its membership is here, though I'm told this is out of date. Much of its work is focused around the Sustainable Schools...
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Education, Nature, and Society
'Education, Nature, and Society' is the title of Steve Gough's latest book for Routledge, and he generously gave me a copy last week. Here's a taste of the book, from the website: "Environmental issues continue to divide opinion, sometimes in extreme...
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Cameron, Clegg and Miliband agree something rather vague about climate change
I received this on Friday: David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have signed a joint statement about tackling climate change. In a public agreement they have committed to working together across party lines to tackle climate change. This is...
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New draft of text for climate change talks agreed
The Associated Press reports from Geneva that UN negotiators have produced "an early draft" of the text for the climate deal in Paris next December. The previous text was 38 pages long; it now has 86 in order to make sure the...
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UNESCO illustrates the gulf between EFA and ESD
In Paris, on Thursday 19, to Friday, 20 February, there will be a UNESCO Regional Ministerial Conference on Education Post-2015. This is a "category 5 advisory committee", and is organized by UNESCO for Member States of the Eastern and Western European...
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The Greens and Environmental Education
At the weekend, I heard myself say: "Well, I don't expect that the Greens will be particularly interested in environmental education." After that, I thought I'd better find out. Their education policy can be found here. In addition to an...
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Hold the Front Page: Bath comes 15th in World Green University League
This will come as a shock to everyone, including the university, I fancy. Bath usually loiters way down the UK's 'green' league; so, to come in the top 20 of an international league, and to beat many of the UK's usual suspects...
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Taiwan leads the way on waste
Inspiring news from Taiwan about waste. If the trend shown in this graph continues, Taiwanese folk will soon be generating negative amounts of waste. So inspiring. So how has Taiwan done it? First, through education. School children receive environmentally themed lessons...
