I have written recently that we need a transformative system -wide change process across our education and learning programmes and institutions to tackle the wicked global issues we face. This recently published Skills Guide puts some astonishingly accessible and credible ways to achieve this transformation. It deals with inner skills such as “thinking ,relating, collaboratingContinue reading “TRANSFORMATIVE SKILLS GUIDE”
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WHY ARE SOLAR PANELS CHEAPER IN GERMANY
BY David Toke Germany is issuing much larger volumes of auctioned contracts for large-scale solar pv and renewable energy this year compared to the UK, but what is especially notable is the ever-plunging prices for solar pv. These continue to fall well below the prices at which the Government is awarding contracts to solar farmsContinue reading “WHY ARE SOLAR PANELS CHEAPER IN GERMANY”
The Big Thing Making Hurricane Helene Dangerous Helene’s winds stretch close to 500 miles across. That’s half the width of the entire Gulf of Mexico.
COLLEEN HAGERTY • SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 The Big Thing Making Hurricane Helene Dangerous Helene’s winds stretch close to 500 miles across. That’s half the width of the entire Gulf of Mexico. COLLEEN HAGERTY • SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 When Hurricane Helene began to take shape in the Gulf of Mexico, there was one factor thatContinue reading “The Big Thing Making Hurricane Helene Dangerous Helene’s winds stretch close to 500 miles across. That’s half the width of the entire Gulf of Mexico.”
Climate change action – all in our heads?
The psychology of climate change. Why aren’t we doing more? Guest blog by Neil Kitching My readers know that we should be taking climate change seriously, very seriously. We are educated, articulate, care for the environment, care for each other, and claim to care about future generations. Why are our emissions not falling faster? PleaseContinue reading “Climate change action – all in our heads?”
A clean energy revolution in the Derbyshire Dales
The first community-owned solar power in the Derbyshire Dales has been installed on the roof of Twiggs Stores in Matlock, thanks to a partnership between Derbyshire Dales Community Energy (DDCE) and the Big Solar Co-op. This will be the first of many renewable energy projects in the region that harness the potential of communities toContinue reading “A clean energy revolution in the Derbyshire Dales”
The Case for Growth Agnosticism
A useful guide to anyone interested in the current debate by the new labour government on economic growth-A commentary by Michael Albert of the University of Edinburgh Can the needs of the planet be reconciled with the need for economic growth within our capitalist economy? This is one of the biggest questions that divides sustainabilityContinue reading “The Case for Growth Agnosticism”
The right have hijacked Englishness. Can it be reclaimed?
I spent Saturday morning listening to an exceptional former Green MP Caroline Lucas talk about England and being English and how distorted our electoral system has become. She is a formidable and eloquent analyst of how our system has become a bandwagon for the right and how we might change this dynamic by transforming manyContinue reading “The right have hijacked Englishness. Can it be reclaimed?”
Interdisciplinary campus battles UK sector status quo
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”
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”
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
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