English Language Teaching for Sustainability
We have been witnessing a growth in interest in the focus on sustainability in English Language Teaching in recent months. This has inevitably been as a result of the lead up to CoP 26. Read more
We have been witnessing a growth in interest in the focus on sustainability in English Language Teaching in recent months. This has inevitably been as a result of the lead up to CoP 26. Read more
This article is about a recent “living reef memorial”, created in honour of the author’s partner of fifty-one years, artist Henri van Bentum (1929-2022) Read more
On October the 15th the community discussed ways of integrating campus or city-based sustainability related activities and projects into the curriculum, and the potential value of ‘place-based’ activities within the curriculum. Read more
The Green Research in Education Group (GRiEG) met Tuesday November 2nd to discuss a draft paper (watch this space for the finished version) on the effects of aviation on the climate crisis, and to formulate plans for actions in the University of Manchester Institute of Education (MIE), and university wide.
In March 2016 Jane Mörk, Senior Research Assistant at Manchester Metropolitan University, talked with the community about curricular perspectives on carbon literacy. This formed the first of two meetings on this subject.
Jane describes the Carbon Literacy project as ‘a world’s first unique training programme that stems from Manchester’s Climate change action plan- Manchester a Certain Future (MACF)’. Read more
The National Union of Students and the Higher Education Academy have been producing an annual survey on student and employer attitudes towards, and skills for, sustainable development. I have enclosed links to the 5th annual survey executive summary. This year there is also a separate employers survey as well, which, according to the HEA, further supports the case for ESD. Read more