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Future Forests
As climate change intensifies, forests must be managed not just for timber, but for resilience. What sustainable alternatives can we learn from? The future of Welsh forestry could lie in biodiversity-rich, regenerative systems that support both people and planet.
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THE FUTURE IS HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS – HERE’S HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
As food security rises on the global agenda, the solution isn’t stockpiling but transforming our food system. The answer lies in local, regenerative horticulture integrated into existing farms – offering jobs, resilience, and nutrition.
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Training for a Changing World
As the challenges facing our natural world grow more complex, the need for skilled, adaptable professionals has never been greater. Black Mountains College is at the forefront of training a new generation of leaders across all sectors who are equipped to meet these challenges head-on.
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Talgarth Talks Community Lectures
Talgarth Talks are monthly public lectures that aim to inspire the ecological imagination, spark fresh ideas to address today’s social and environmental challenges, and empower communities to drive meaningful change for a better future. Catch up with missed talks on our YouTube channel!
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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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Demand Climate Truth – The Future Depends On It
Sign This Petition – it could be the most important petition ever!
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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 should they be? Were they ever there? How did the landscape come into being? Who made it so? What am I, to them? What are they, to me? And,…
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Reading, Writing and Publishing in a Changing Climate
This post is from a talk given by Ben Rawlence at The Hurst, March 16 2023. It covers ground many of you will have wondered about yourselves: The relationship between publishing and the environment, and the role of both authors and the industry to engage with the reality of a…
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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 experience below Sophie Howe is an advisor to governments institutions and corporates on embedding wellbeing economics and future generations thinking. Between 2016-2023 she was the world’s only Future Generations…
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Newsletter | The Solidarity Issue (April 2023)
A time of fertility and growth, and here in the Black Mountains, a time of unusual frost. With 2023 set to be the hottest year ever, it is a reminder that climate disruption comes in many forms: things are no longer what they once were. Into this uncertainty we…
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Black Mountains College in the Media
Read all about our mission, in the words of well-known media channels! Can a new university breathe life into Britain’s climate education? Black Mountains College in Wales, and its co-founder Ben Rawlence, is advocating a wartime-style overhaul of the way people are taught about the environment. By India Bourke…
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An Essay By Ben Rawlence – “Public Education in an Era of Planetary Emergency”
CEO of Black Mountains College, Ben Rawlence, shares his thoughts on public education in a rapidly changing world. Good afternoon. Hi, I’m Ben. I’m 48 years old. I was born in Salisbury in Wiltshire at 330 ppm. But now I live in Wales where I run Black Mountains College…
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