At the GA Conference, the first evening is always the Public Lecture and the Awards.I had a meal at Pizza Express when I arrived in Manchester, before heading for the lecture theatre, where I also picked up my delegate badge and a conference programme. This is a pro-tip for the future.
First up was Kate Raworth with the Public lecture, which was well attended, and introduced by Stephen Scoffham, this year's GA President.
Kate Raworth was an excellent speaker, and provided some opportunities for people to hear about Doughnut Economics. I was familiar with the ideas, having used them for an SAGT Conference session in October last year.
Kate is keen to get teachers involved in the next stage of the development of the project by engaging with the resources.
There was also a mention of the Leeds University Good Life resources, which include some excellent country comparisons making use of Kate's Doughnut Economics idea.
Check it out here.
Here's an example image, comparing the UK with Somalia (one of the countries in the OCR B textbook)
Had great fun talking Doughnut Economics with many of the UK’s most dedicated geography teachers at the Geographical Association conference in Manchester tonight. Here’s to the value of what teachers do every day. Pics thx to @SusanJPike @The_GA #gaconf2019 pic.twitter.com/qnglW84xJK— Kate Raworth (@KateRaworth) April 9, 2019
Following the lecture, there were the GA Awards for publications, individuals, PGQM and SGQM schools, photography etc.
And the final announcement of the evening was this one.... more to come in a future blog post.
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