Education
15 May 2012
Youth-led sustainability charity the Otesha Project UK will embark upon its most challenging cycle tour yet this summer
Event calls for education revolution
06 May 2012
An international conference aiming to promote alternative education will take place in Portland on 1-5 August 2012
13 Apr 2012
A conference taking place in London in May will explore how primary schools can be transformed into peaceful communities that not only provide effective environments for learning, but help children develop into well-rounded human beings
28 Mar 2012
Embercombe, a social enterprise near Exeter, runs leadership and development courses for adults, young people and businesses, in the context of creating a truly sustainable world. Jo Clark, head of land-based learning, explains the value of their approach
27 Mar 2012
A competition urging schoolchildren to create arts and crafts from scrap materials has launched across the UK
UK / Education, Renewable Energy
04 Jan 2012
Ten British schools are attempting to ‘crowd fund’ their own solar panel roofs, with support from carbon reduction organisation 10:10
20 Dec 2011
An accredited practical skills course has been launched in Gloucestershire as an alternative to sixth form education
15 Dec 2011
The Steiner Academy Hereford has completed its transition from an alternative, independent school, to a state-funded facility offering its holistic educational model to all
01 Dec 2011
Caspar Walsh takes us through a transformative weekend of writing and wilderness with five young prisoners
UK / Education, Sustainable Development, Youth
03 Oct 2011
Inspired by a pioneering ecovillage in the Scottish county of Moray, children in 46 local primary and secondary schools are using specially designed eco-kits to learn about low-carbon living in a practical way
Global / Education, New Economics
11 Sep 2011
John Theaker visits Schumacher College, where leading economic thinkers are proposing an alternative to the current financial system
09 Aug 2011
Unemployed young people in East London are being encouraged to join a new green jobs training programme, which could benefit both them and their community
24 Jun 2011
Nature reserves are hosting their local school children and MPs on Friday 24 June in response to teacher’s demands for more opportunities for children to learn outdoors and have contact with nature
UK / Economics & Innovation, Education
21 Jun 2011
World’s first postgraduate qualification on sustainable business management to launch in Exeter in September 2011
06 May 2011
Pippa Bondy, a facilitator of courses on ‘the way of council’ – an ancient indigenous practice of holding speaking and listening circles – explains its value in today’s society
College offers degree in economics for transition
UK / Education, Sustainable Development, Transition News
06 May 2011
Schumacher College is the first educational institution in the world to offer a postgraduate programme in Economics for Transition
Africa / Education, Sustainable Development
06 May 2011
As part of a growing network around the world, Open World Cafe Cameroon opened in the city of Yaoundé in January 2011
Global / Archive, Education, Youth
14 Dec 2010
Every summer for the last 20 years WYSE International has been bringing together young people from all over the world to explore their leadership potential