UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)

UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) is a mechanism for identifying, selecting and communicating early warning information on emerging issues to decision makers on a regular basis across UNEP’s focus areas. The Global Environmental Alert Service continuously scans the scientific literature, analyses results of earth observations and other data sources to produce widely distributed alerts, focussing…

Links from the last webinar: Rethinking Citizenship

Our last webinar with Bronwyn Hayward produced many different resources for discussion so, just in case you missed it, here are some useful links…. 1) ’The ins and outs of charter schools’ – a 13 minute video encapsulating the charter school debate in New Zealand. Watch it here. 2) Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New…

Post-2015 Policy and Practice

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have just launched Post-2015 Policy and Practice. A mouthful at first, but it does exactly what it says on the tin: brings together different policies and practices for the post-2015 development agenda. In their own words, Post-2015 Policy and Practice is ‘a suite of knowledge management projects tracking…

British Gas: Generation Green

Generation Green is British Gas’ education programme, aiming to teach and inspire children about sustainability. Their work spans from seeking children with curiosity (or the Why Factor) to help with ideas about the future of energy, to awarding some schools with up to £135,000 for an Energy Makeover. These Makeovers have comprised of solar panel…

Corporate Perspectives on Water

Is water the next carbon? And, if so, how are large corporations going to face this challenge? Corporate Citizenship have carried out research on this issue and presented it as an attractive and well-informed in-browser slideshow. The presentation discusses why water has become the next big global environmental challenge as well as challenging the simplification of…