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The Future is Bright

Blog by Neil Kitching Solar power is cheap and clean.  Solar pv is the fastest growing energy source on the Planet and will soon become ubiquitous.  In this blog I explain why. Falling Costs The cost of electricity produced by solar power has been falling for the last two decades.  This trend is likely to continue due to…

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.…

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.…

NAEE Blog

….. By Professor Justin Dillon, President NAEE ….. The Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report In July of last year, fresh from its election success, the newly-formed Labour Government commissioned Professor Becky Francis CBE to convene and chair a panel of experts to conduct a Curriculum and Assessment Review. The committee’s interim report was published…

NAEE e-News for 23.3.2025

Here is NAEE’s latest round-up of news… Walk Under Trees with LEEF in London  Poppy tells us that LEEF (London Environmental Educators Forum) has just set up the event page for a ‘Walk Under Trees’ that she is organising on Sat 26 April in Springfield Park, Hackney.  It is free for LEEF and NAEE members and you…