1. Very short notice of this Green Action ELT event with Griselda Beacon from Argentina at 16:00 UK time tomorrow, Friday 16^th February Capturing young imaginations: greening the curriculum for young learners

More info here (scroll down!) https://green-action-elt.uk/events/

and registration here https://nile-elt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckde2przMtHtz6481s75p4UTuw_GEHzRdc#/registration

2. We need more people like Ali Abu Awwad and Ami Dar. Here’s their TED conversation, An Israeli and a Palestinian talk peace, dignity and safety https://www.ted.com/talks/ali_abu_awwad_and_ami_dar_an_israeli_and_a_palestinian_talk_peace_dignity_and_safety

3. Two for the price of one at the LanguageCert event at 15:00 UK time next Wednesday, 21^st February:

Nik Peachey on ChatGPT in Language Teaching and Learning – Challenges and Opportunities

and Russell Stannard on Key AI Technologies Impacting Language Teaching and Learning

More info and registration here https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E0yZugWvRz6S5XISFqgC8A#/registration

4. Great stuff from The Paris Review podcast: The Victim by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, read by George Takei https://www.theparisreview.org/podcast/6070/the-victim-by-junichiro-tanizaki

5. And, finally and not entirely unrelated to the Tanizaki story, How to Draw like Kim Jung Gi https://youtu.be/DmqFbgKWoao?feature=shared

Thanks to Toby Litt for this one. Here’s more on Kim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung_Gi