Drawn to art and reverting to type

Found 2 things on my desk when I arrived at the GA today.

The first was a bottle of Ardbeg Rollercoaster, which I am going to save for a special occasion to open. I have one in mind...

The second was a book by Bryan Ledgard, who does the graphics for all the GA's publications, including my Toolkit book.

Enjoyed reading the book, which is called "Drawn to art and reverting to type"

Available to order from HERE.

What's not there....

Thanks to Simon Jones via Twitter for the lead to this great storytelling resource...
How to Draw What's Not There

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Lincoln follow-up

A few other weblinks worth following up after the Lincoln event I blogged about last week...

Met up again with Rohini, who I first met at a Humanities Diploma consultation last year, and also a DECSY colleague, who showed me a resource which explores SEAL and its connections to the Global Dimension gateway and curriculum dimension...

Street View on iPhone

Earlier today I was prompted to take a look at Street View on the iPhone which I hadn't explored before. It was part of preparations for an urban excursion in Sheffield.

From next week, Google Street View will be going (almost) nationwide, so everyone can use this resource in their own towns...

Do you know your flood risk ?

An organisation I follow on TWITTER is KNOW YOUR FLOOD RISK

Know Your Flood Risk is a campaign with a mission to help raise awareness of the issue of flood and encourage practical guidance and support to help protect homeowners and property professionals against the risks.

Why join the campaign?
By signing up to the campaign you will join a community of organisations whose goal is to raise awareness of flood information and the potential risks. As a collective voice, Know Your Flood Risk and its members aim to raise the profile of flooding and ensure consumers are not only aware of the risks they face, but also how to mitigate them.

Know Your Flood Risk is supported by the National Flood Forum, the flood charity who provide support and advice to communities and individuals that have been flooded or are at risk of flooding.

The TACO

Image by Flickr user gwen under Creative Commons license

An excellent resource looking at THE TACO

Perfect for connecting with the GEOGRAPHY OF FOOD unit that I have been so involved with for the last few months....

It looks at the geographical connections involved in the production of this foodstuff, which is not as common in the UK as it is in the Americas...

Another good resource is the map from Weathersealed which shows a "map" of fastfood burgers. Some great data visualisations out there now....

Hoping that a larger version of the graphics will appear soon....

Mapyx Quo

This is free mapping software, which comes with a range of sample maps, and the option to buy Ordnance Survey mapping tiles at cheap prices.

Works very well, and connects well with Google Earth....

Why not download it and give it a go. Compares well with other online mapping tools....

Christian Partners in Africa

Had a really useful day in Lincoln today at a Sustainable Schools event at the EPIC Centre at the Lincoln Showground. Our neighbours in the busy and colourful GLOBAL DIMENSION area were a stand supporting Christian Partners in Africa

I bought a really nice necklace for my daughter made by Caring Hands

The necklaces are made in Uganda from recycling paper.....

Very flat, Norfolk

Just under 2 weeks to my GA Norfolk branch lecture on Norfolk and the concept of "place".
I will be using an article from 'Geography' magazine written by Tim Cresswell to add some gravitas to proceedings...

Looking forward to it...

Young Geographers go Local

A new online CPD unit has been added to the Geographical Association website.

It's called YOUNG GEOGRAPHERS GO LOCAL.

Check it out for some great ideas on helping PRIMARY pupils explore and create geographies of the local area...

Code of Everand... vs. Green Cross Man

CODE OF EVERAND is a new online game, which looks like a typical adventure game, but is designed to teach about ROAD SAFETY....



Of course, David Prowse could have them...

and maybe even Tufty the Squirrel...

Icons of England

A new book which is coming out in a month or so...

This is a hymn to what makes England, especially the English countryside, so special, in a collection of passionate, eclectic and thought-provoking pieces. First published as a lavish colour coffeetable book, this new expanded paperback edition includes many new contributions, and features Bill Bryson on seaside piers, Michael Palin on crags, Eric Clapton on Newlands Corner, Bryan Ferry on Penshaw Monument, Sebastian Faulks on pub signs, Kate Adie on deer parks, Kevin Spacey on canal boats, Gavin Pretor-Pinney on clouds, Richard Mabey on marshland, Simon Jenkins on English country houses, John Sergeant on Great Tew, Benjamin Zephaniah on the Malvern Hills, Joan Bakewell on estuaries, Antony Beevor on the north downs in Kent, Libby Purves on Harbour Walls, Jonathan Dimbleby on the beach at West Wittering, and many more.

Sounds intriguing...

Message in a bottle

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE is part of the ATLANTIC RISING project that I have blogged about before (they were the winners of an RGS Grant "Going Beyond").

The message in a bottle, which contains messages from lots of school children was part of the project...

Earlier this week, the giant "bottle" was lowered into the Atlantic Ocean. It is equipped with a GPS unit, which transmits the location of the buoy, which should be carried by the prevailing ocean currents. Check in to see where the buoy is at the moment, and how it moves over the months to come...

A good way to explore OCEAN CURRENTS.....