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The state of environmental education in England
If you're an optimistic, glass-half-full sort of person, you might be tempted to think that this is an unusually bright time for environmental education in England despite the gloom of two recent reports from King's College London, and the fact that...
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The Climate at Cheney School
I see that the petition by the 4 students from Cheney School in Oxford has got to over 71,000 signatures. What an achievement. If you were headteacher of that school what would you think? Would you be rather proud? Mildly...
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EAUC limps aboard a bandwagon
A breathless email last week from EAUC: "We are calling for all post-16 education institutions and support bodies in the UK and Ireland to declare a Climate Emergency and to commit to the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation to adopt as...
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Reform of the 2002 Education Act please
I hear that the following propositions are taken as read in green educational reform circles these days: "The education system needs to be reformed to address the ecological crisis" "The education system needs to be reformed to address climate change"...
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XR Educators agenda
This is the agenda for the meeting of Extinction Rebellion [XR] educators that took place in London last night: 1. Check in and welcome to new members 2. Updates following Rebellion: total change in media/political debate; head teachers call for CC...
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The Learning Foundations and Practice of The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
A special issue of Sustainability on education and the sustainable development goals. Editor Harold Glasser writes: "In these polarized times of fake news and climate change denial on one hand and calls for transformative change and progressive capitalism on the...
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A Cumbrian Summit on Climate Change
I was pleased to see the report in Carlisle's News & Star of the youth summit on climate change that was held at the University of Cumbria just before Easter. It was organised by the enterprising folk at Robert Ferguson...
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ESD: lost in the Capitalocene
Sadly, it is too late to submit your manuscript idea or abstract for a special issue Educational Philosophy and Theory (EPAT). Full details here. My thoughts are at the end of the editors' lengthy blurb: ESD in the ”Capitalocene”: Caught...
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A message from Izzy Lewis and her friends
If you click here, you will find the petition by 4 school students from Cheney School on change.org . This is what they say: We are four 15 year old school students who are deeply concerned about the damage we’re...
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The GCRF / SDG / ESD nexus
I see that ESRC has invited proposals for a new Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). ESRC says: "Education is not only a fundamental human right, but also an indispensable tool in the pursuit of sustainable development. However, it is increasingly...
