Here’s a link to an article in the Guardian about the Chinese announcement in late 2016 that it would act against the many illegal ivory carving businesses in the country. The article suggests that celebrations about this diplomatic success may be premature. One issue is that China sees such carving as an example of intangible…
Thanks to SEEd News for alerting us that The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) will be delivering a hands-on workshop for KS3 and 4 at the ASE Annual Conference, 2017. This will look at renewable and non-renewable energy resources within the context of eco-systems, atmospheric science and the impacts of increased levels of carbon dioxide and…
FACE has published its 2016 annual report. It is championing A better future for children – when children understand where the food they eat comes from and how much work goes into producing it they value it, which means they are less likely to waste it and more likely to invest in healthy options. A better…
On Christmas Day, the Guardian published a letter with the heading: Screen-based lifestyle harms children’s health It came from a long list of the respectable and the renown. You will be impressed by the list of authors. It began: “A decade ago our first multiple-signatory “toxic childhood” press letter described how children’s health and wellbeing…