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How do fire controls harm biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

How do fire controls harm biodiversity?

...world such as parts of Africa. “Suppression allowed forest to encroach upon savanna ecosystems, which might cause massive loss of species that live in this sort of vegetation,” he points out. Lucíola Lannes, also a biologist, at the engineering faculty of São Paulo State University in Brazil, says: “the work shows that carbon dioxide mitigation policies that...
Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...world, on a project which is still ongoing: the Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) Study. On her return to the UK, she worked alongside practitioners in Birmingham to develop ways of involving people with diabetes from minority ethnic groups who are often excluded due to language and literacy difficulties. As part of her inaugural lecture she will be describing...
Home education collection
Education & Development

Home education collection

...world has also expanded over the last decade, research-informed and high-quality articles, videos, audios, and courses can be difficult to locate and access by educators, parents, children and young people, practitioners, and other organisations directly involved in supporting this form of educational provision. In the past, this has reduced the capacity to exchange...
Just six numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Just six numbers

...world have been determined by just six numbers...The values of these particular six numbers are crucial. Gravity is a weak force, if it wasn't we wouldn't have large, long-lived stars like we do. Even more important is the nuclear force which is crucial for the sun to be carefully tuned. Not only does nuclear energy from the sun keep the Earth warm, but throughout the...
Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds
Education & Development

Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds

...worlds. Sasha is in control as the author of his own story about the close bonds and love shared within his family in everyday life. Many possibilities for rendering young children’s knowledge more visible are emerging. For example, in daily conversations, shared collective memories and stories, development of cultural archives, community (everyday life) and individual...
Standards for better cotton
Money & Business

Standards for better cotton

...world’s most important natural fibre. Almost everyone comes into contact with cotton on a daily basis. 250 million people worldwide depend on cotton production for their livelihoods. For millions of people, cotton is the only crop from which they can generate cash income to feed themselves. And we, as consumers, like this natural, soft and recyclable fibre. But,...
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...world...The pedagogies were: Learning through compassion Traditional wisdom as a sustainable pedagogy Participants discussed their understanding of compassion, and why compassion may be a useful idea for learning and thinking sustainably. Compassion is: [A word cloud of keywords and phrases from participants discussing their understanding of compassion.] Compassion is...
PodMag April 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag April 2016

...world have transformed Iran’s foreign policy. Dr Gerry Mooney Finally Karen talks to Gerry about the latest book in the Poverty in Scotland series Poverty in Scotland 2016 – Tools for Transformation, which Gerry edited and co-authored. The book is concerned with the issues of poverty and equality disadvantage within Scotland. A ‘knowledge exchange’ event was held...