Do co-operative schools (trust schools and academies) provide a democratic community based alternative? Mervyn Wilson, Principal of the Co-operative College – which has been at the heart of the development of co-operative schools - explains why co-operatives are proving so popular
… The rise and rise of co-op schools Mervyn Wilson | 6th August 2012 Comment Cooperative Schools Co-op Schools Education 2012 International Year Of …
Ashridge Business School is a place where tradition meets innovation – in one of the most beautiful locations in England
… Advertorial: Ashridge Business School The Ecologist | 30th January 2012 … 2012 ash_logo480x360.jpg Ashridge Business School is a place where tradition meets … and AMBA and combines the best of a business school with an innovative organisation …
Pastoralism is in crisis across Africa. But it could yet survive as the best available defence against climate change and famine. Tom Levitt reports from southern Ethiopia
… communities often work in shifts, going to school when they are not looking after … them into areas with improved services like schools, water supplies and healthcare. By … pastoralist. 'In the past we did not go to school, now children go and earn money,' he …
What does it take to make it in the low-carbon economy? The Ecologist takes a look at the skills and courses that will set you up for success
… as well.’ See Also: Ashridge Business School Schumacher College Oxford University … and Responsibility at Ashridge Business School or a one year full-time MSc in … CONTENT Advertorial: Ashridge Business School Ashridge Business School is a place …
… Amankwah Josephine trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a professional … He is also a trustee at Wynstones Steiner school and a member of the board of the UK … and conservation experiences for primary school children, to making the case for new …
If you witnessed any of the activity surrounding Global Sharing Day, and feel inspired to learn more, read on. Here, Reuben Sagar reviews five green enterprises adding considerable momentum to the Collaborative Consumption movement.
… for Las Vegas hotels or vintage sports cars. School halls, for example, spend every … By creating this platform Hire Space gives schools the ability to market their space for … a substantial income stream. In addition, schools and community spaces benefit from …
More investment in existing rail lines, joining up the high speed line to public transport and ensuring rail fares are sustainable and affordable are what the government should focus on argues Campaign for Better Transport
… bike train is greening the notorious school run Come Friday morning and a group of … to begin Brighton's Bike train cycle to school. Could this be the beginning of the great two-wheeled school run revolution? Jan Goodey reports …
What makes Plymouth – a popular British University city – so unique? Not what you might think says student photographer Aaron Hindes whose time in and around the city led him to the discovery that it is the only place in the world with nuclear ‘activities’ right on the doorstep of local schools and homes.
… ‘activities’ right on the doorstep of local schools and homes. Plymouth is an archetypal … bases and operations within 400 yards of schools and with 70,000 people living within …
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about
… can create small communities and establish schools and you can take care of the children … as your children, you can establish your own school, you can share apartments, … share tractors, build a garden together, a school or park and share the children of other …
We are looking for agents of change and leaders of the future, who will use the unique learning experience we can provide at Schumacher College, to make a more sustainable and equitable world
… Network and Plymouth University Business School this is a deep green immersion in … Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly, London School of Economics Masters and Postgrad …
Despite no scientific training Bjørn Lomborg has had a strong influence on the climate change debate, positioning himself against climate deniers and campaigners who say that climate change is a global emergency
… on an upper floor of the Copenhagen Business School, is piled with boxes, its shelves … areas has moved on.' The Copenhagen Business School is set to announce the closure of …
Kantha – a once humble Indian craft – is being used to bring tales of Rabindranath Tagore to life
… which has worked tirelessly to create schools and education projects for some of the … primers by Tagore that have been used in schools to teach generations of Bengalis. The …
An innovative gardening project along the river basin in Northern Senegal is helping hundreds of Mauritanian refugees address issues of food and economic insecurity and allowing them to integrate into Senegalese society
… we could hardly afford to send our kids to school. But now, this is all history. We are … enough for Mariema to send her five kids to school. The set-up of an SVG garden includes a …
Jo Confino discovers that it is often an 'inner journey' that lies behind many business leaders finding their sustainability voice, and argues that it's time to better foster the conditions in which this can happen.
… of management practice at the London Business School and chair of the World Economics Forum … outer journey and an inner journey. Business schools and corporations are very good at the …
After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight
… machines were delivered to Gerze’s trade school. And a youth basketball training … a ride up to Yaykil with a group of high school students from Istanbul, who said they … agreement. We turned to Onur, one of the high school students from Istanbul, and asked what …
It’s a problem more usually associated with pensioners but according to new research fuel poverty has become an issue amongst younger people – particularly students - too.
… Dr Saska Petrova, who is based at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental …
Europe is the world's largest importer of leather shoes but much of the leather itself comes from cattle farms deep in the Brazilian Amazon, where farms use slave labourers and where slaughterhouses do not respect workers' safety. Ida Dalgaard Steffensen reports
… The air surrounding the 17 men at SENAI's school of construction in Cuiabá, capital of …
From great public transport to carbon reduction initiatives, the UK’s towns and cities are making strides towards becoming greener places to live. Rebecca Campbell takes a closer look at the most impressive
… year. Along with finding out where the best schools are and how safe the area is, movers …
The Dominican Republic's organic and Fairtrade boom has helped banana growers but what about the slum-dwelling Haitian migrant workers? Tom Levitt reports on the plight of the forgotten people in the banana trade
… Federico left for the US when he finished school to look for work, ending up in a …
Instead of ‘buy one, get one free’, as TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie told Ruth Styles, it’s all about ‘buy one, give one away’ starting with shoes and glasses
… to tackle problems such as hookworm and school attendance in the process. ‘We looked …
A growing movement of fishing communities, miners and farmers are stepping up their campaign against the dam - one of dozens of hydroelectric projects looming across Colombia - despite violent repression of some protests
… to arrive. Doorless, brightly painted school buses, chivas , halted at the human …
Authors Bernd Römmelt and Thomas Henningsen have captured the Arctic’s stunning beauty and documented the struggle to survive in the face of climate change, says Priyanka Mogul
… the Arctic might elicit memories of primary school geography but that’s before you take …