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Is the Green Party really dismissive of the world's poor?
I've been suspicious for a while now of how the Green party views economics – feeling that the faithful thinks that economic concepts can be rewritten to suit themselves – they are not alone there, of course. However, I have always assumed –...
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#sustedPU in Plymouth
I am off to the University of Plymouth today for the Education for Sustainability in Higher Education: Achievements & Prospects conference. If you're not there, the hashtag is #sustedPU . It's a full day. It begins with a keynote from Jane Davidson (INSPIRE, University of...
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UNEP chief uses electric BMW at COP20
It seems that the UNEP chief has been given an i3 car by BMW, though for how long, isn't clear. The decal on the side of the car says: "100% electric", but that depends what the electricity was made from. Nobody is...
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DfE dismisses ESD2
Here are a couple of further comments on the letter that Steve Martin and I got from the DfE just before New Year. I have already written about the "we were busy reorganising" excuse they gave for not going to Japan. 1....
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Nagoya: now UK ministers can see what they missed ...
You'll have noted that UK ministers gave the following reason for their absence at UNESCO's Nagoya ESD-fest: "... heavy diary commitments of ... a relatively new ministerial team in England, and the post-Referendum reshuffle of responsibilities in Scotland". There you are. Such...
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Another ministerial stonewalling
Here is the response that Steve Martin and I have had from the DfE in response to a letter we sent to Nicki Morgan at the end of November. See what you make of it; I'll be commenting on a...
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A philosophy of walking
Of all the books I read over the holidays, it is Frédéric Gros's A philosophy of walking that has made the most impression. This is a book about, well, walking – different kinds of walking, different reasons to walk, and a...
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No wonder Druids are confused
No wonder Druids are more confused than usual this time of year when sunset started getting later around December 15th, and the sunrise will only be earlier after January 1st – even though their blessed Solstice was on December 21st. Actually, it was at...
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The widening gulf between HEFCE and institutional activity
At long last, HEFCE has published its policy framework on sustainable development: "Sustainable development in higher education: HEFCE’s role to date and a framework for its future actions". You can access it here. If you decide to read it –...
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Fires, Trees and Mud Pies – all in a day's schooling
If it's a forest school, that is, or so the Guardian said in a feature last week. Maybe every school teacher should find time to read this. There are even positive stories about Ofsted.
