Monthly Archives: July 2008

Developing climate leaders of the future

Climate and sustainability need to be built in to our school curriculum, building on the separate efforts of individual teachers and students to raise awareness of the need to change. Continue reading

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Climate change demands an educational re-think

If we’re to make headway in reducing carbon emissions, we need to help our young people develop the resources they need for this long-term task. In the process we will all find many rewards. Continue reading

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Are the long years of shadow-boxing coming to an end?

Climate change may now be starting to get the prominence it deserves in political circles, but given the big paradigm shifts we need to make, our leaders still have much to get their heads around. Continue reading

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