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Will we really understand only what we are taught?
In one of the many unsolicited emails (I love them really) I received the other morning, this was included as a postscript: In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and...
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Cracks in the wall
Last week, The Scotsman carried a story that the Labour party north of the Wall has changed its mind about universal free higher education. The paper reported: Shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran attacked the First Minister’s stance on higher education...
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65 billion tonnes
65 billion tonnes is an impressive amount in any context. It probably even exceeds the amount of caviar that bankers get through in a year (Sorry, bankers everywhere, but this seems to be Be Mean month. I'll get over it)....
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Foster a concern for the wise and equitable management of the earth's resources
In 1979, Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools [HMI] published a supplementary working paper on environmental education as part of their reporting on Curriculum 11 – 16 in England. The paper was written after Tbilisi, and it references both this and...
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4th Global Universities Network for Innovation report
I have been reading Lester Brown's Introduction [ The World on the Edge ] to the 4th GUNI [ Global Universities Network for Innovation ] report: Higher Education in the World 4, Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action'....
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Ellen MacArthur in Davos
The new publication from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (with McKinsey) got an airing in Davos at the WEF ahead of its launch today, and was reported on the BBC. It's a credit to the interviewer that he got to the...
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Welcome Judy Braus
Let me add my welcome to Judy Braus as the new Executive Director of the North American Association of Environmental Education [ NAAEE ]. Judy took up her post in December after senior roles at Audubon and WWF (the wildlife,...
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World day of environmental education – all over again
Rather belatedly, I discover that Thursday – 26th January – was the World Day of Environmental Education. I'm grateful to Learn from Nature, for pointing this out. It seems that this has its origin in 1972 with the Declaration of...
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You should continue to support institutions in their efforts to improve their sustainability
The title of this posting comes from the very recent grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (2012 / 13). It comes from para 22, which says: The HE sector has made good progress in recent years...
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How does ESDGC make a difference? Does ESDGC ...
This week's Economist carried a sad tale of a decade of scholastic stagnation in Wales following the teacher unions' (entirely selfless) success in persuading a credulous government that it was in young people's interests that national league tables of schools...
