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  • Newsletter : Celebrating Circles (May 2021)

    There’s a dawning realisation that the push for growth and ‘progress’ has been at the expense of what really matters;…

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  • Living in Circles

    BMC’s vocational programme is now open for applications. We have developed our first offering in further education around three ‘future’…

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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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  • December Newsletter – New Year’s Resolution? Be an Activist

    We actively need to change everything… for the better The Climate Change Committee (CCC), has just published its Sixth Carbon…

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  • Help us make BMC a diverse, accessible and inclusive college, by BMC Co-Founder, Owen Sheers

    Our plan for Black Mountains College to be a pivotal catalyst in transforming society has a number of dependencies.  The…

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  • October Newsletter – The lost open mind

    Respect and open mindedness is essential for the planet-wide social transformation we need for our and millions of other species’…

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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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  • Soil – the lifeblood of the planet

    Octavia Hopwood is a microbiologist, soil ecologist, and environmental presenter.  Her guest blog is about soil, its phenomenal properties, the…

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  • The future of fire: Is there a sustainable future for combustion?

    William Gold is a research associate at the University of South Wales working on science communication and circular economy for…

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  • The sound of a village, dreaming…

    BMC itself is an invitation to dream. Can we dare to imagine a different higher education experience? One taught outdoors,…

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  • Dreaming the Future

    Building Back Better, The Great Reset, The Great Re-think, The Green Recovery, The New Normal, Not Back to Normal… the…

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  • Decolonising the Curriculum, by Ben Rawlence

    Black Lives Matter is not just a series of protests on the streets of America. It is a long-overdue call…

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