London Interdisciplinary School has geared its courses around tackling real-world challenges, but some students seem reluctant to step outside the traditional higher education sector June 28, 2024 Source: Grant Rooney / Alamy Three years after the London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) opened its doors to students, its dean, Carl Gombrich, describes its curriculum as “radical but simple”. TheContinue reading “Interdisciplinary campus battles UK sector status quo”
Author Archives: Steve Martin
What does progress look like on a planet at its limit?
Putting endless growth above our wellbeing and the environment is no longer tenable-from a Guardian Culture article by Kate Raworth Here’s a question for our times: how should we imagine the shape of progress? In the twentieth century the answer may have seemed to be very clear. It was growth, measured in terms of nationalContinue reading “What does progress look like on a planet at its limit?”
Climate Emergency and the WOLDS Development
After nearly 5.5 years the Wolds Planning application for 430 new homes on the hillside above Matlock came to a full planning meeting of Derbyshire Dales District Council on Thursday 28 March-The application faced bitter opposition on many fronts not least the fear of surface water flooding in the town itself. I was involved inContinue reading “Climate Emergency and the WOLDS Development”
Of Sandboxes and Hourglasses: Reflections of a Young Person in Times of Change
Author: William Capps, University of Bristol Will is a 23-year old sustainability advocate and recent graduate from the University of Bristol. With a critical perspective on Higher Education, he is keen on exploring the more-than-necessary radical and disruptive ideas about how universities can lead the transition to a more just, equitable and environmentally sound future. Continue reading “Of Sandboxes and Hourglasses: Reflections of a Young Person in Times of Change”
What do faculty owe future generations?
By Sharon Stein, originally published by Resilience.org January 30, 2024 I’m a millennial faculty member. The millennial generation – also known as Generation Y – came of age with 9/11, followed by the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and then the 2007/8 financial crisis. While we were growing up, promises of perpetual progress and prosperityContinue reading “What do faculty owe future generations?”
Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change “Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.” By Rebecca Solnit January 11, 2024 “To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”–Georgia O’Keeffe* Someone at the dinner table wanted to know what everyone’s turning point onContinue reading
COMMUNITY ENERGY ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR 2023
At the Community Energy England Award Ceremony at the Lowry Theatre in Salford yesterday we are proud to announce that Derbyshire Dales Community Energy (DDCE Ltd) was given the Small/Medium organisation of the year accolade. Steve Martin and Dave Locke received the award on our behalf, along with a decorative plaque in recognition of DDCE’sContinue reading “COMMUNITY ENERGY ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR 2023”
Consilience
In Search of the Unity of Knowledge by E. O. Wilson I have recently returned to reading the biologist and polymath’s 1998 book in search of some answers to why there is an absence of political leadership capable of addressing our current ecological and environmental crises. I have adapted and summarised some of the earlyContinue reading “Consilience”
Community Energy Fund – latest news
Negotiations with MP supporters of the Local Electricity Bill amendments, deleted by government from the Energy Bill, have resulted in the government creating the Community Energy Fund of £10m over 2 years to help identify and develop projects in England. Once admin and running costs are deducted the fund will be £9m. At the conference last week, Olivia Blunn, Head of Local Energy PolicyContinue reading “Community Energy Fund – latest news”
Engaged in collaborative research? Try a touch of intellectual humility.
Being open to the limitations of their knowledge can help researchers to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations. When Ike de la Peña encountered a lack of energy, even an air of disinterest, on a Zoom meeting, he did the opposite of taking control. He exercised humility. De la Peña, a research pharmacologist at Loma LindaContinue reading “Engaged in collaborative research? Try a touch of intellectual humility.”
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