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DG Outtake #9: Mukuru Clean Stoves

on May 28, 2026

Africa Air Quality Charlot Magayi Discover Geography Earthshot Prize Mosquitoes Mukuru Mukuru Stoves Sustainability

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EMO-GI #15: GeoDemAI Guidelines for AI use

on May 28, 2026

AI Artificial Intelligence Climate Breakdown Climate Change CPD Education EMO-GI ERASMUS+ GeoDem AI

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Rayburn Tours Fieldwork blog

on May 28, 2026

Blogs Fieldwork Iceland National Fieldwork Festival Rayburn Rayburn Tours

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I, Pencil

on May 28, 2026

Essay I Pencil Leonard Read Pencils Story of Stuff Stuff. Everyday Geographies Video YouTube

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Feeling hot?

on May 28, 2026

Adaptation Climate Breakdown Climate Change Climate Change Committee Reports Research Society UK Government

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GeogLive! #33: Trade

on May 28, 2026

CPD GA EYPPC GeogLive! Globalisation Primary Primary Geography Resources Trade Webinar

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Oxford Education Deanery Climate and Nature Collaborative 2026

on May 28, 2026

Climate and Nature Climate Change CPD Oxford Oxford Education Deanery Oxford University

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Oman 3165 - new resources from the RGS

on May 27, 2026

Case Studies Coasts Expeditions Industry MENA Oman 3165 Resources RGS StoryMap

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International GeographyTraining - iGCSE Geography courses for Cambridge 0460

on May 26, 2026

Cambridge iGCSE CPD iGCSE iGCSE Geography International Geography Training Jonathan Butcher Matt Podbury Pedagogy Resources Richard Allaway Training Course Webinar

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Geography and the Future

on May 26, 2026

Blog Collins Discover Geography Mark Enser

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Is the UK hot right now?

on May 26, 2026

Bill McGuire Climate Breakdown Extreme Temperatures Heat Heatwaves UK Heatwave May 2026 UK Weather

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EMO-GI #14: Magnifica humanitas - an encyclical

on May 25, 2026

AI Artifical Intelligence Citizenship EMO-GI Encyclical ERASMUS+ Humanity Magnifica humanitas Pedagogy. CPD Pope Leo Social Justice Teachers

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Cuba - "the music never stops"

on May 25, 2026

Carl Lee Conflict Cuba Inequality Oil Politics Sanctions Trump USA World of Music

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J Willgoose Esq - a geographer's sensibility

on May 25, 2026

Coal Mining Geography Symposium J Willgoose Esq. Music and Geography Place Psychogeography PTI Public Service Broadcasting Sense of Place Wales World of Music

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New GA blog post on Fieldwork from Paula Richardson

on May 25, 2026

Fieldwork GA Blog Geographical Association National Fieldwork Festival Paula Richardson

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CPRE: Life on the edges

on May 25, 2026

Campaigns Climate Breakdown Conservation Countryside CPRE Edgelands Gardens Landscape RHS Chelsea Flower Show Suburbs UK Wildlife

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GA Model Making Competition

on May 21, 2026

Competitions Fragile Environments GA GA Competitions Geographical Association Model making

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Thoughtful Thursdays #27: Norfolk

on May 21, 2026

Beeston Hall School CPD iAPS Jon Cannell Thoughtful Thursdays

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Outdoor Classroom Day 2026

on May 21, 2026

Exploration Fieldwork Mission:Explore Outdoor Classroom Day Tom Morgan Jones

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Why do you never go hungry on the beach?

on May 20, 2026

Conflict Construction Global Globalisation Resources Sand Trade

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New Climate Risk report

on May 20, 2026

Climate Adaptation Climate Breakdown Climate Risk Extreme Climate Extreme Temperatures Futures Mitigation Research Risk Report UK UK Government

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Robots: changing the garment industry

on May 20, 2026

Clothing Fashion Fashion Revolution Garment Workers Globalisation Robots Technology

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The Future of Exploration - with Bruce Parry

on May 20, 2026

Bruce Parry CPD Events Exploration Future of Exploration Matt Pycroft Podcast RGS Royal Geographical Society

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Worldly Wednesdays #63: Feeling hot, writing about cold

on May 20, 2026

Arctic Climate Breakdown Climate Change Newsletter Risk Report Substack Worldly Wednesdays Writing

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Slow TV treat

on May 19, 2026

Canal Boat Diaries Canals Documentary Robbie Cumming Slow TV Travel TV UK

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DG Outtake #8: Sakurajima, Japan

on May 19, 2026

David Roberts Discover Geography Images Jogoshima Outtake Photography Sakurajima Volcanoes

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Recognition for the D3 ERASMUS project

on May 18, 2026

Civics Innovation Fund CPD D3 Developing Digital Data Literacy (D3) ERASMUS+ EU GeoDem AI Projects Resources

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Time and Water

on May 17, 2026

Andri Snaer Magnason Film Glacier Retreat Glaciers Iceland On Time and Water Sarah Dosa Time and Water

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Weather Replay

on May 16, 2026

Copernicus Data Data Visualisation EU Historical data Images Satellite Weather Weather Replay

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Amundsen's Tent

on May 16, 2026

Antarctica Captain Scott Exploration Historic Monument Roald Amundsen South Pole Tent

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Royal Society Lecture

on May 16, 2026

CPD Food Security Lecture Professor Balmford Royal Society

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Thoughtful Thursdays #26

on May 14, 2026

Projects Royal Geographical Society Thoughtful Thursdays Writing

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Pork Pie Way

on May 14, 2026

Melton Mowbray Place Names Pork Pies Sense of Place

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Careers and the Built environment

on May 14, 2026

Built Environment Careers CPD Gatsby Benchmarks My Environment My Future RGS RGS Schools Webinar

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GA Conference 2027

on May 14, 2026

GA Conference GA Conference 2027 Geographical Association Passionate about Geography Sheffield Sheffield City College

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