Guest Blog

  • Educating the Ecological Imagination: The Work of Black Mountains College

    The multi-faceted nature of climate and ecological crisis demands educational practices that help us to grapple with complex systems.

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  • Learning to See with Ancient Eyes: Reflections on Climate, Education and Social Change by Ben Rawlence

    Look at the Black Mountains – those green and pleasant hills! What do you see? Where are the trees? Where…

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  • Our New Trustee: Sophie Howe

    We’re delighted to announce that Sophie Howe will be joining our fantastic board of trustees. Read about Sophie and her…

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  • A New Story – Black Mountains College

    Claire Gardner, Network Coordinator at Be the Earth, shares her experience of, “A New Story – Imagine, Transform, Adapt” –  a 3-Day retreat…

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  • An Essay by Jenny Watt: “From ego-systems to eco-systems. How heart-centred practices offer a way forward to heal our economy”

    Thoughts on embodied learning from our of our supporters.. Jenny Watt is currently pursuing a MA in Regenerative Economics at…

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  • Meet Shirish! Our Newest Trustee…

    BMC are very proud to welcome Shirish Kulkarni to our Board of Trustees! Shirish is an award-winning investigative journalist, researcher…

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  • Lynn Clausen on Working with BMC

    It is a privilege to be working with BMC, as teacher-trainer and course facilitator. To further the core goals of…

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  • The BMC Degree – Education as if People and Planet Matter

    Education as if People and Planet Matter The rationale for Black Mountains College By Natalia Eernstman and Ben Rawlence Before…

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  • The Repertoire of Thinking by Susan Milne

    In response to the government announcement, July 2021, of 50% cuts to arts subjects at higher education level, Paula Orrell…

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  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – The Expression of a Nation’s Progress

    A blog by Prof. Alan Lovell, a member of our Advisory Board, exploring the suitability of using GDP to measure…

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  • Welsh Farming – All Change?

    Havard Prosser, BMC Trustee and former Chief Environmental Adviser at Welsh Government explores the future of Welsh Farming.  We have reached…

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  • #Futuregen – Lessons from a small country, by Jane Davidson.

    Why we must put Future Generations at the heart of all policy thinking – in the interests of us all.…

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