How should climate change and nature feature in England’s revised school curriculum: a policy proposal?

UCL academics have released a policy proposal highlighting the key contributions of subjects to climate change and nature education. In the proposal, UCL’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCCSE), based in the UCL Institute of Education, sets out a realistic way to embed more climate change and nature education into the school curriculum.…

Becoming Sustainable: Item three – New Metrics for Defining Success – Part 3

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…

Becoming Sustainable: Item three – New Metrics for Defining Success – Part 2

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…

Top 12 climate quotes

Here are my top 12 favourite quotes about the climate crisis.  By Neil Kitching Ambition “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”  John F. Kennedy, 1961 A clear call to action.  How good would…

Becoming Sustainable: Item three – New Metrics for Defining Success – Part 1

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…

Thistledown Moon

On warm Autumn nights, the sky fills with seeds. The seeds are produced by thistles. They float easily on any updraft. A small breath of air will lift them into the air, where they float through French doors – flung open on a sultry evening – or drift past sausages dripping their fat into a barbecue’s flaring flames.

Becoming Sustainable – New Economics – Part 2.

    Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by…

Becoming Sustainable – New Economics – Part 1.

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…

Becoming Sustainable: Item one – Civic Agency to Build Sustainable Community

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…