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IAPS Geography event - 21st of May 2026

on May 09, 2026

Beeston Hall School CPD Curiosity Fieldwork IAPS. IAPS Conference Jon Cannell Norfolk Peter King Sheringham

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Sigur Rós and Sir David Attenborough

on May 08, 2026

Environment Fieldnotes from Iceland Heima Hoppipolla Iceland Royal Albert Hall Sigur Rós Sir David Attenborough Wind Farm World of Music

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The path more travelled

on May 08, 2026

Britain Events Footpaths History Landscape Nicholas Crane Talks The Path More Travelled Travel writing

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Happy Birthday Sir David!

on May 08, 2026

BBC Sir David Attenborough What a Wonderful World Wildlife

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Digimap for Schools - learning resources now easily accessible

on May 06, 2026

Digimap for Schools Edina Ordnance Survey Teaching Resources

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Artemis II images now added to Unsplash

on May 06, 2026

Artemis II Earth Earth from Space Images NASA Pale Blue Dot Space Year 6

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RGS Eastern Region

on May 06, 2026

CPD Global Lecture Norwich Norwich School RGS RGS Eastern Region Toby Hough Wildlife

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Ocean's Impact Report

on May 05, 2026

Film Film and Geography Impact Impact Report Ocean Oceans Sir David Attenborough

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Music related CPD

on May 05, 2026

1990s A level Britpop Changing Places CPD Cultural Geography John Wilkinson Miranda Sawyer Music Music and Geography PTI

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Everest Climbing Season 2026

on May 04, 2026

Climbing Climbing Season Extreme Environments Kenton Cool Khumbu Glacier Khumbu icefall Mountains Mt. Everest Nepal Sherpa

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UNDRR pick up on Coastcraft

on May 04, 2026

BETT Award Climate Change Climate Change Education CoastCraft Disaster Risk Reduction Environment Agency Games Based Learning Minecraft UN DRR United Nations

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Teachmeet @20

on May 04, 2026

CPD Danny Nicholson Teachmeet Teachmeet @20

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DG Outtakes #7: Barcelona and overtourism

on May 03, 2026

Airbnb Barcelona Cartoons Discover Geography Overtourism Parc Guell Tourism

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The most expensive Panini

on May 02, 2026

Collections Consumption Football Panini Stickers World Cup World Cup 2026

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EMO-GI #12: The Weight of Nature

on May 02, 2026

Brains Climate Breakdown Climate Crisis EMO-GI Executive Functioning Psychology

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Some news about RGS School membership

on May 01, 2026

Geography Review Membership RGS RGS Schools

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Chile's Fashion Graveyard

on May 01, 2026

Atacama Desert Chile Clothing Fashion Fashion Graveyard Fashon Revolution France 24

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Our Land - free to watch via the BFI

on April 30, 2026

Blogging Film Geography in / on Film Guy Shrubsole Land Ownership Our Land The Book of Trespass

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Your name in LANDSAT imagery

on April 30, 2026

Landsat NASA Satellite images

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RIP Ted

on April 30, 2026

Gone Fishing Mortimer and Whitehouse TED TV

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EMO-GI #11: Online meeting #2

on April 29, 2026

EMO-GI ERASMUS+ Finland Hope and Action Meetings Zoom

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Earth Matters

on April 29, 2026

Art Botanic Gardens Earth Matters Edinburgh Exhibition James Hutton

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IAPS Geography Conference - tickets still available

on April 29, 2026

Beeston Hall School CPD IAPS National Geography Conference Jon Cannell KS3 Peter King Prep School Primary Geography

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Attenborough at 100

on April 29, 2026

100th Birthday BBC Chris Packham Michael Palin Royal Albert Hall Sigur Ros Sir David Attenborough Steve Backshall

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Fieldwork Workshop hosted by CASA UCL

on April 29, 2026

'A' level Academic geography Bartlett Centre CPD Economy Fieldwork Gentrification London Memory Mapper. CASA RGS Stratford Workshop

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29th April: International Day in memory of Earthquake victims

on April 29, 2026

Disaster Risk Reduction Earthquake Day Earthquakes Global Ilan Kelman No Natural Disasters Tectonic Hazards UNDRR

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GA Conference 2026 Session downloads now appearing

on April 28, 2026

GA Conference GA Conference 2026 GeographyPods Matt Podbury Musical Geographies Resources Session Recordings Sheffield World of Music blog

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Podcast with Felicity Aston

on April 28, 2026

Arctic BIG North Pole Expedition Carbon Felicity Aston Iceland Microplastics Podcast Polar Exploration Pole of Cold SAGT Vigur

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Chris Packham's Wild Norfolk

on April 26, 2026

Chris Packham Norfolk Norfolk Wildlife Trust Patrick Barkham UK Wildlife Wildlife

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GA Conference 2026 #9: Discover the World's free posters

on April 26, 2026

Discover the World Discover the World Education Karen Corfield OCR Pilot GCE Geography Pilot GCSE Posters Ray Oldenberg Resources Richard Bustin Third Places

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DG Outtake #6: The true size of Africa

on April 26, 2026

Africa African Union Correct the Map Discover Geography KS3 Map Projections Maps Mercator

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Arendal

on April 26, 2026

Arctic Arendal Data Data Visualisation Flickr GRIDA Images Mapping Norway

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Buy a house and get a passport

on April 26, 2026

Caribbean Citizenship Geopolitics Identity Migration Nationality Trump

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Rayburn Tours / EVOLVE webinar

on April 26, 2026

CPD Evolve Fieldtrips Health and Safety Iceland Rayburn Tours Zoom

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A reminder that paper is still better than technology for some things

on April 26, 2026

AI Analogue Digital Technology

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