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Visiting the CAT
At long last, I am about to visit the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth – I town I can pronounce (sort of), but not yet spell. As you know, CAT is ... concerned with the search for globally sustainable,...
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Don't be nice. Be effective
This was the rather puzzling sub-heading to the First Biennial Lecture on Sustainability at the University last night, given by Atkins' Director of Sustainability and former CEO, Keith Clarke. The actual title was: Sustainability and Climate Change. What attracted me,...
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All those Andy Dobsons
Looking for Andrew (Andy) Dobson on the web, as I did yesterday in preparation for chairing his I-SEE seminar, illustrates the need to choose your name carefully. If it's an Andy Dobson you want, then you have plenty of choice....
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Incentives, nudges, citizenship and right actions
There was a good turn out for Andy Dobson last night and his talk stimulated wide-ranging comment and questions. He compared (dis)incentives and nudges with what he has called sustainability citizenship in his recent Green House paper. The former are...
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Andy Dobson on Citizenship – and Green Houses
To Bath today to listen to Keele University's Andy Dobson talk on Environmental Behaviour Change: incentives, 'nudge', and citizenship as part of the I-SEE seminar series. This will be based on his recent publication Sustainability Citizenship for Green House, the (relatively)...
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Is your glimp on its zort?
I have been trying to follow the rather arcane discussion around the new reading test for 6 year olds. This is from the BBC: The government's new reading test for six-year-olds is a waste of money that will not identify...
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Another day, another questionnaire ...
This time, from the Higher Education Academy, consulting across the sector on its strategic direction for the next five years. After some persistent nudging from SHED-SHARE and others, I gave it a go. I thought the questions sensible and apt....
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My poor divided brain
I have just watched the latest, rather breathless, RSAnimate by Iain McGilchrist on The Divided Brain. Some myths debunked, and some ironies exposed. Not sure which bits of my brain I was using, but I shall have to watch it...
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The ethics of teaching ethics
Significant publicity has been given recently to a new educational resource from Susted: Ethica -The Ethical Finance Game. Susted says: This is an educational board and role-play game. It lets players assume the roles of bank customers, investment bankers or co-operative...
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The Tamsin Tristram Tamara Index
Around 30 years ago, when I spent more time than was good for me driving round the west country watching student teachers work in schools, I developed – tentatively – what I called the Tamsin Tristram Tamara Index. I'd check...
