Today I lead a reflection about hippos. When I think about these huge animals, I visualise them when they walk around on the ground, feeding, trotting on their short legs, their big, round bodies wobbling gently around. They are commonly seen as clumsy, ugly, inelegant and even ridiculous. I drew one, trying to render its mass, its roundness, its disproportions, its sheer force. Yesterday, during a .

It is through the characteristics of invasive alien species that make them such a threat to biodiversity and pose the threat of extinction to endemic species, particularly those found on islands. Their generalised requirements enable them to outcompete local species, as is the case with the Signal and the European Crayfish, replacing the original species in their ecological niche. What role do IAS play in the future? Tuesday, 10 January 2012.

Considering blended learning and flexible learning spaces. Complexity in spaces for learning. Just starting to go through some of the interview results I have from my student teachers reflecting on their time in school. There were only four students tracked in detail. But it is obvious that they all use both space and technology in very different ways. Some make a lot of use of Face book. Intend to begin to look through these in the next few days.

And are they really worth it? Saturday, 7 January 2012. While undertaking this blog, I have formed some very strong views both for and against different geoengineering techniques and the more I read into them, the more my views seem to change and shift between the various proposed solutions. And at what scale? However, from m.

Members and their history as not only artists but true friends. Later gives a similar bar tha.