Tea and cucumber sandwiches with the only female Nobel Laureate, Dorothy Hodgkin and tea and banana breakfasts with a Ghandi! In early 1979, I was awarded a visiting science fellowship by the British Council at the University of Hyderabad, India. And, amongst a range of life affirming and memorable experiences, I was the only guestContinue reading “RIGHTS OF PASSAGE IN HYDERABAD”
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Did Environmental Education in Sweden help create the Phenomenon of Greta Thunberg?
I’m asking this question because I was interviewed by NBC Universal on Sunday about this. They are creating a programme about Greta and wanted some “expert” advice from someone who knows? A quick search on the internet and surprise surprise you will find a paper I and a few colleagues from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate wroteContinue reading “Did Environmental Education in Sweden help create the Phenomenon of Greta Thunberg?”
And we regret the process of our age … (ILiKETRAiNS)
Epic tales of floods (climate change), knowledge, wisdom and uncertainty set the context to this ambitious CD recording by the Leeds based indie group-ILiKETRAiNS. Released at a time (2013) when the world’s leaders were struggling to come to terms with the impact of widening global austerity, major conflict zones and catastrophic and unpredictable weather systemsContinue reading “And we regret the process of our age … (ILiKETRAiNS)”
LEARNING BY DROWNING?
It’s not difficult to see our blighted little island as a “tiny speck” of land sitting rather vulnerably somewhere in the North Sea and within this speck more and more islands of communities cut off by floods for weeks and months. And in many of these communities there has been an unacceptable absence of resourcesContinue reading “LEARNING BY DROWNING?”
The Money Myth
As the party election policy machinations gather pace the media headlines become more and more hyperbolic. One party blames the other that their respective spending plans will bankrupt the country. What do these pontifications mean to us ordinary individuals who know little about the economy? Today’s Daily Mail (10 November) will strike fear into manyContinue reading “The Money Myth”
The Hypocrisy of Academia?
Jonathan Wolff opines that University staff’s carbon use is huge and growing from their international conference travel to almost all parts of the Globe (Guardian What hypocrisy, academics think guiltily.29 October). True, but there is a bigger and more intensely worrying form of hypocrisy because the carbon footprint of the many university campuses here andContinue reading “The Hypocrisy of Academia?”
Storytelling and Climate Change
I am increasingly thinking and indeed currently reading about the myths we are telling ourselves about climate change and the Anthropocene. It’s strange that the word myth is nowadays used to convey a false belief or idea which is somewhat different today than in former times. It used to mean more weighty matters such asContinue reading “Storytelling and Climate Change”
Changing how you look at things changes how you see them!
Put another way, it is crucial that we retain and facilitate the ability to think outside the box and the frame. We need to challenge the way we think about the way we frame questions and possibilities so that we avoid the risks of diminishing our ability to understand and be creative-two key attributes whichContinue reading “Changing how you look at things changes how you see them!”
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