NAEE Web Team, Author at UK NAEE https://naee.org.uk/author/billscott/ Supporting education for sustainable development Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:45:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Becoming Sustainable: Item Five – Energy Resiliency (Part 2) https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-2 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-2/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:09:06 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22329 I began this series of posts talking about 5 items that I feel are an essential start to creating a sustainable world - the basics needed to transform the world starting from a localized and grassroots framework.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-2/feed/ 0 Becoming Sustainable: Item Five – Energy Resiliency (Part 1) https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-1 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-1/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:16:34 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22318 A key idea to develop a positive focus is what the best-case scenario looks like. For many, that would be to develop a caring, sharing society where corruption and money do not dominate our lives, which of course is the current worse-case scenario we are currently living.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-five-energy-resiliency-part-1/feed/ 2 Sustainable Sicily? https://naee.org.uk/sustainable-sicily/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sustainable-sicily https://naee.org.uk/sustainable-sicily/#respond Sun, 09 Nov 2025 04:10:47 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22304 Sicily is an island in the Mediterranean, to the south-west of Italy. It is about the size of Wales with a population of six million. It has an interesting history, full of Greek and Roman ruins, but today is one of Italy’s poorest regions with high unemployment. Persistent levels of corruption deter business investment, although tourism is growing.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/sustainable-sicily/feed/ 0 Becoming Sustainable: Item Four – Food Resiliency https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-four-food-resiliency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-sustainable-item-four-food-resiliency https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-four-food-resiliency/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:52:30 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22296 Out of all the things that should occupy our focus, food and energy are the two most crucial – we eat everyday (if we are lucky enough to live in a developed country with a regular income, and constantly use energy since nearly everything we use requires regular, consistent energy supply.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-four-food-resiliency/feed/ 0 The Future is Bright https://naee.org.uk/the-future-is-bright/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-is-bright https://naee.org.uk/the-future-is-bright/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:38:30 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22271 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.

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/the-future-is-bright/feed/ 0 Becoming Sustainable: Item three – New Metrics for Defining Success – Part 3 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-3 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-3/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:48:55 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22260 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. [...]

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-3/feed/ 0 Becoming Sustainable: Item three – New Metrics for Defining Success – Part 2 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-2 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-2/#respond Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:46:49 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22240 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. [...]

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-2/feed/ 0 Top 12 climate quotes https://naee.org.uk/top-12-climate-quotes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-12-climate-quotes https://naee.org.uk/top-12-climate-quotes/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:50:08 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22237 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 [...]

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/top-12-climate-quotes/feed/ 0 Becoming Sustainable: Item three – New Metrics for Defining Success – Part 1 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-1 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-1/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:16:43 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22232 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. [...]

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]]> https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-item-three-new-metrics-for-defining-success-part-1/feed/ 0 Becoming Sustainable – New Economics – Part 2. https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-new-economics-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-sustainable-new-economics-part-2 https://naee.org.uk/becoming-sustainable-new-economics-part-2/#respond Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:24:20 +0000 https://naee.org.uk/wp/?p=22217 Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE. “The general purpose of the present economy is to exploit, not to foster or conserve… We need to confront honestly the issue of scale. Bigness has a charm and a drama that [...]

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