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 …
Vocal school food campaigner Jackie Schneider on parent power, the importance of cooking from scratch and why free school meals would be the most cost-effective solution
… March 2010 Comment Food And Farming Health School Food Campaign Better Food For Schools Food For Life School Dinners Education jackieimage.jpg Vocal …
It’s mad that children living in poverty could be denied a healthy, hot school meal. It mustn’t be allowed to happen.
… School meals must be political priority … | 21st November 2018 Comment Brexit Education School Meal Turkey Twizzlers School Meals - State of the Nation 2018 It’s …
Andreas Kornevall tells the Ecologist about the success of his School Tree Nursery Programme....
… Earth Restoration: trees in schools Andreas Kornevall | 17th July 2013 … tells the Ecologist about the success of his School Tree Nursery Programme.... When I … Those are engaging places. I discovered that schools come closest to what I was seeking, …
The National Forest Company has launched a plan to build capacity for outdoor learning in primary schools.
… capacity for outdoor learning in primary schools. Much has been made of the benefits of … One of my most vivid memories from primary school is sitting under a horse chestnut tree … learning, it is still not mainstream in our schools. Trees are thankfully not just …
Education is the best start to a sustainable life.
… | 12th January 2021 | Comment Sustainability School Education xryouth.jpg Education is the … teaching sustainability to new generations. School is where children go to learn about the … becoming more and more critical each year, schools need to get on board sooner rather …
Children are an indicator species for the health of our communities, writes Melissa Henry - and they are being forced off our streets by traffic. This adds further to traffic and pollution as children are driven everywhere, depriving them of exercise. It's time to break the vicious circle!
… fundamental shift in how our children get to school, particularly primary school. When I was a child in the early 70's, … of ten 7 to 9 year olds walked and cycled to school on their own. Now 8 out of ten are …
British taxpayers are forcing private health care and schooling onto many of the world's poorest countries including Nepal, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Mozambique, writes Nick Dearden - backing a huge neoliberal experiment whose only certain outcomes are high costs, low standards and massive corporate profits.
… Coca-Cola schools - British aid pushing corporate … Education Corporations Africa Nepal coca-cola-school-cut.jpg British taxpayers are forcing private health care and schooling onto many of the world's poorest …
Our prophet becomes a parish pariah for daring to challenge the orthodoxy of the educational system
… | 21st November 2008 Comment Education Schools Parish Council Civic Responsibilities … main cause of the crisis was that American schools were too large. It is a conclusion … Whatever their label, they all want bigger schools. The school attended by the jailed …
Libby Grundy, Food for Life Director at the Soil Association, talks to the Ecologist about the food challenges facing the planet and what's inspiring her work...
… And Farming Soil Association Blogs childrenschool.jpg Libby Grundy, Food for Life … missed. On a more positive note, the School Food Plan due to be launched any day by … Department for Education, should finally give school food and food education the emphasis it …
Permaculture programme offers a model for social and environmental regeneration.
… Permaculture in Malawi schools Josie Redmonds | 19th December 2018 Comment Malawi Permaculture Schools Food Growing … social and environmental regeneration. Malawi School Permaculture Clubs (MSPC) was started …
Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva — and was given a masterclass in our failings.
… | 11th May 2022 | Comment Climate Breakdown school-strike-4-climate-4057783_340.jpg Today … I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva — and was given a masterclass … me up. I have given climate talks at high schools before. In 2019, I was invited by the …
Next April the UK government proposes to increase taxes on self-consumed solar electricity installations on schools, offices, warehouses and factories by a whopping 6-8 times, write the STA and undersigned. This inexplicable move, which threatens a once thriving solar industry already on its knees, must be abandoned.
… Renewables Politics UK Finance Education school-solar-cut.jpg Next April the UK … solar electricity installations on schools, offices, warehouses and factories by … themselves with solar power. Businesses, schools and others with solar face a sharp 6-8 …
Children feel the threat of climate change and want to drive radical action to safeguard their future - so we should too, argues children's author SUE HAMPTON.
… 25th September 2018 Comment Recycled Children School Education Climate Change Activism … – even their survival.” As an author in school, I’ve noticed touching displays about … of children working to earn the title Eco School – usually by recycling and reducing …
'The LSE would become a world leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching ecology.'
… We need a London School of Ecology and Economics Satish Kumar | … ecology.' I was invited by the London School of Economics (LSE) on behalf of the … what I said in my talk. Critical The London School of Economics was a radical and …
A fateful meeting between economist Friedrich von Hayek and British the industrial chicken farmer Antony Fisher had lasting consequences—including for the debate about climate change policy. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… Use of Knowledge in Society , at the London School of Economics during the Summer of 1945 … to supply intellectuals in universities, schools, journalism and broadcasting with … society of economists from the Austrian school of free market fundamentalism. …
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's advisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
… to toxic crop sprays near their homes, schools, children's playgrounds will be … spraying in the locality of residents homes, schools, children's playgrounds, nurseries … safety for residents, or children attending schools and playgrounds near sprayed crops, …
With childhood obesity becoming epidemic in the UK, should food advertising to children be allowed to continue?
FOR: Jeremy Preston vs. Neville Rigby AGAINST
… that children will somehow perform better at school if they consume breakfast cereals – … junk food, are established before they reach school age. Hardly surprising, but whose … channels. This percentage is higher with pre-school children, particularly since the launch …
When people take part in the seasonal and cyclical activites of growth they are more able to put things into perspective - to make decisions that are governed by life-sustaining principles over and above financial incentive
… feeds the community. During his first year at school Isaac’s teacher noted that he spent … ‘Why did we have to plant potatoes in pots at school?’ Angus: ‘Why can you only learn things … classrooms?’ Isaac: ‘Why do we have to go to school when we need to help with the …
Professor KIM SAMUEL says we should turn away from wifi, mobile phones and social media to put wellbeing at the heart of student care as the new school and university year begins
… at the heart of student care as the new school and university year begins I’ve been … Layard, a leading scholar at the London School of Economics, said recently. An essential feature of school life, he argued, should be to teach our …
Today's threats of legal action by ClientEarth against the UK Government highlight the problem of London's poisonous air, which is killing some 10,000 people a year, writes John Weeks. Fortunately there are simple, low cost, effective measures that could be taken to bring about big improvements to the city's air quality, fast.
… adapt to advance booking. 5. Discourage the 'school run' Not as frequent as the supermarket … to drop and collect children to and from school. This is largely the preserve of … often but not always involving fee-paying schools. Discouraging the 'school run' would …
Tom launches the Idler Academy to teach us good grammar, sadly lacking practical skills like carpentry and lastly, of course, merriment
… for some years. I’d read that the medieval school curriculum consisted of grammar, logic … inborn. I also had in mind the Epicurean school of Ancient Rome, where young men … is skolia, from where we derive our word for school. The point was that a good education …
Jan Copley tells the Ecologist why she believes using traditional crafts can boost young people's inner health and sense of belonging.....
… development and computer based learning in schools, together with young people's growing … 800 young people taking part in workshops in schools and rural communities at weekends and … by Awards for All, the toddler group, primary school children and local youth group joined …
'The truth is that we have all been too cowed, too demoralised, hopeless or frightened. It is time for us to change that in ourselves.'
… stop it. Why are we not in Trafalgar Square? School Here is what needs to be done. Face … who will give it to other people at work and school, and so on. Test Alternatively, … Party? The Labour Party? The unions? The school students? The climate strikers? The …