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Greta Thunberg gives the BBC permission to pollute
I see that Greta Thunberg edited the BBC's fading flagship radio news programme, Today, on December 30th. I didn't tune in as I abandoned listening to Today long before it became fashionable to do so, preferring my own prejudices in...
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A platform for the SDGs
Many of the big London Railway termini have at least 17 platforms. For example, Waterloo and Victoria each have 19, Liverpool Street has 18 as does Euston, notionally, though 2 are being re-developed for HS2. Other cities have a large...
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New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year. I've made my new year resolutions. It wasn't difficult as most are quite similar to last years. One new one is to take less note of London-centric chatter. Another is to continue to diversity my news sources....
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Resurrection Trust
Resurrection Trust is a book of “funny, dark, mad, bad, upbeat, downbeat and fantastical short stories about living sustainably”. They arose from the University of Southampton's Green Stories writing competition. The editor, Amanda Saint, says that the stories “showcase a...
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Is this why residential experiences for pupils are so popular?
I’ve been reading The impact of residential experiences on pupil progress and attainment in year six (10 – 11 year olds) in England. This is a report on behalf of the Learning Away Consortium by Jane Dudman, Carrie Hodges and...
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
Hunter S Thompson wrote one of the great American novels: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I thought it was funny from the first sentence. He also wrote Fear and Loathing: on the Campaign Trail ’72 (covering the Democratic Party presidential...
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What should young people be learning about climate change?
I spend time exploring this question in my talk in Birmingham last week. It is, after all, the question that young people are asking and demanding action on. More broadly, the question might sensibly be: What should everyone be learning about...
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From Rachel Carson to Greta Thunberg
I gave a talk last Saturday to at the University of Birmingham Education Department's postgraduate research conference which had a climate and sustainability theme. I traced the attempts to have schools take environmental issues seriously in what they taught students,...
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Is the ice melting still?
Did you watch the so-called debate on Channel 4 last Thursday or were you doing something you felt more worthwhile: reading a good book, for example, or doing DIY? If you did, were you impressed by the Dutch auction of...
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Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene?
I've been reading Donna Haraway's Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene: Making Kin. This was published in 2015 in Environmental Humanities, vol. 6, pp. 159-165 This is how it begins: "There is no question that anthropogenic processes have had planetary effects, in...
