Melody is back - with some thoughts on a well-known Christmas song

Feeling politically adrift?

Protesting against incinerators

Agony aunt column . Ask Melody Bird your environmental questions

Weeks 37 - 52 of a teacher's diary

This week Melody writes about electric vehicles (EVs)

Agony aunt column . Ask Melody Bird your environmental questions

New eco-agony aunt column . Ask Melody Bird your environmental questions

Weeks 19 - 36 of a teacher's diary

Weeks 1 - 18 of a teacher's diary

After decades in the classroom, I retire into a world reshaped by climate collapse, bartering, and survival. Here’s life in...

Power cuts, floods, norovirus—Tuesday was chaos at school. Instead of Shrek, I gave Year 7 green hats and tackled climate...

Teachers are instructed to follow a set of methods to lead students towards predetermined exam-oriented goals, often using pedagogical strategies...

Some of the most destructive fires in human history will still be smouldering as Trump is inaugurated

I’m pretty certain most people don’t lie awake in the night wondering if, or even when, civilization will collapse...

Two Christmas miracles: I dodged both the king’s speech and a holiday illness, a first since starting teaching! Hallelujah indeed

"Imagine if, for a New Year’s Resolution everyone started to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the...

Melody navigates the complex and interesting world of hormones

"It’s no urban myth that some billionaires are building luxury ‘doomsday’ bunkers and fortified estates as a precaution against potential...

At home we are trying to live a more frugal life, being more environmentally friendly. We do this by growing...

Literacy is not just a measure of how to read and write effectively. Literacy encompasses a person's ability to understand,...

On the subject of toilets

You might have noticed that the 29th International Climate Conference of the Parties (COP29) is ongoing in Azerbaijan this week

“Why do people play games?”. As I’ve grown older, I’ve realised life seems to be one long, complex, challenging, and...

Fatal flash floods in Valencia are a reminder of the death march humanity seems to be committed to

There is a serious issue with AI, it has a huge environmental impact. Generating a single AI image can use...

Part of what’s lacking in education is building the skills students will need in the future. Anyone looking at our...

In our genetics topic in Year 9 we study the Belgium blue bull. You really have to look up a...

We’ve been making large batches of soups and broths, the smell emanating from the kitchen is telling me it’s definitely...

Love it or loathe it, humans have used alcohol socially, religiously, and medicinally for thousands of years