education… Connecting Sustainability Competences and Pedagogies FOR THE WIN! 19 Sep 201819 Sep 2018 The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) just announced that our paper 'Connecting Competences and Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Higher Education' is a winner…
education… “Connecting Competences” paper in finals for AASHE recognition 29 Aug 2018 The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) announced our paper 'Connecting Competences and Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Higher Education' as a finalist for the…
education… Famous Footprints: 49 years ago today, 3.6 million years ago (give or take) 20 Jul 2018 ... then, just ~3.6 million years later... Three and a half million years separate the individual who left these footprints in the sands of Africa from the one who left…
News and Links… Funny, funny apes 2 Jul 2018 Following up from my appearance on Planet Watch Radio, LM asked "What is bonobo's capacity for humor and what function does that serve?" A brief (and admittedly unsatisfying) answer on…
climate… Present and Persistent Palm Oil Problems 27 Jun 2018 The IUCN Oil Palm Task Force has just published a review of the current conundrums of industrial oil palm crops in the tropics. Land-clearing for plantations geard toward international palm oil production remain…
Culture Change… Far from normal… 9 May 2018 Just a quick reminder that what you've grown to think of as normal isn't at all normal... Randal Munroe gets me so well. Cars are not at all normal. Other things…
climate… Drawdown tips for Earth Day 20 Apr 2018 Here are some ready-made info sheets for reducing greenhouse emissions, based on Drawdown. The climate solutions team of Santa Cruz Indivisible decided we should post a display with easy steps individuals…
News and Links… 1001 Citations! 10 Mar 2018 I just checked my Google Scholar profile today, and noticed something semi-momentous: "Orangutan Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture" has been cited by 1,001 other publications. This is the primary publication…
disasters… Global Demand for Natural Resources Eliminated More Than 100,000 Bornean Orangutans — Serge Wich’s research and projects 15 Feb 2018 We just published a new paper that indicates a massive decline of orangutans on Borneo. The paper was published in Current Biology. via Global Demand for Natural Resources Eliminated More Than…
