Natural England Research Update

Here’s an update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration in…

Faustian Bargains : part 2– We the people

Today’s post by regular contributor, Richard Jurin, is a follow up to a recent post. 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…

Green Steel

A while back NAEE published a feature on ways of making steel without using so much carbon. It noted that currently steel production makes up around 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. The article explored the use of hydrogen as the reductant instead of coke. To be ‘green’, of course, the hydrogen has to be…

COP 27 and a half

Each week subscribers to The Times can receive an environment-themed email newsletter. This one is about preparations for COP 28 in Dubai. It’s reproduced in full here with acknowledgement. As we reach the halfway point between Cop27 and Cop28, the prospects for success at the summit in Dubai this December are looking increasingly uncertain. Yesterday…

Biocredits?

Biodiversity is degrading at alarming rates with the people living in biodiversity-rich areas often bearing the heaviest costs of these losses and of inequitable conservation efforts. In response to this emergency, biodiversity credits – or ‘biocredits’ – are emerging as a new kind of financial asset: a measurable, traceable and tradeable unit of biodiversity, that…

Faustian Bargains : part 1– The Horse Poop Debate

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, 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…

Transforming Our World

Clicking here will take you to the news stories on the Transform Our World website. You can look across the whole of the UK and also by region, and you can sign up to its newsletter. Transform our World also offers access to a range of young person events, including its annual Transform our World…