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That almost perfect job – in Paris with no income tax
Unesco is advertising five managerial positions in its education sector. One of these is Chief, Section of Education for Sustainable Development Reading the advert (in a disinterested fashion, I should say), it seems that the post is more about DRR than...
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New Patron, anyone?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the new Duchess of Cambridge were found to have a closet interest in the environment? Well, NGOs in need of a Patron take note: Kate Middleton has a keen appreciation of the natural world...
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William, Kate, and those Welsh Fish
Well, eventually I managed to find an environmental angle to the wedding. It seems that the use of Welsh gold for the wedding rings might (just might!) pose a threat to trout and salmon spawning. As TIME notes: Conservationists and...
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The Web of Hope
I've written two blogs now for the Web of Hope. The latest, about to appear, is about teaching – the idea that we are all teachers now whether we like, or know, it or not. We teach through our...
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I, being Born a Sinner and Distressed, ...
If you've been a sinner but have now seen the light, there's nothing like a public confession to let the world know of your repentance, and to show off your shiny new anti-whatever-it-was credentials and zeal. St. Paul has a...
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Hobson's choice: Osteoporosis – a Cat's home – and Friends of the Climate
Shopping in Waitrose today (I know!), I was, as usual, faced with deciding which local charity to support with my solitary little green token. The choice was between a local osteoporosis support group, a cat's home (actually: Kat's), and the...
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Globaloney
The most recent Schumpeter column in The Economist discussed a recent book: World 3.0: global prosperity and how to achieve it. The column's headline is: The case against globaloney: at last some sense on globalisation, which gives the reader a sense...
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A Grand Occasion in Plymouth
I was in Plymouth on Thursday night to be at Stephen Sterling's professorial inaugural lecture. It was a fittingly splendid few hours. Stephen was welcomed formally to his new role with an appropriately generous appreciation of his human and professional...
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Cut off from the World
Back on line after 3 days with no home broadband, and now recalled to life – but the first thing I learn is that Catherine Z Jones has depression! Well, I'm off to Plymouth for Stephen Sterling's Inaugural –...
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Take a Mary Baker Schools Mix
An article in Local Government Lawyer [LGL] at the end of last week reports on a review of capital investment in schools that has criticised the system as "not fit for purpose” and suggested that the public sector had consistently failed...
