UN - Futures...

Working on a writing project which has taken FOR - EV - ER....
Just finishing it up with a mention of the Millennium Development Goals.

The UN is working on these goals through to 2015 to try to lift the world's poorest people out of poverty.

They are also working towards an event called RIO +20 which follows on twenty years after the Rio Earth Summit.
That used to be a staple of my teaching for some years after the event, and we used to hold our own mini student summits using a resource pack that I got from somewhere...

Follow @UN_Rioplus20 on Twitter for the news and build up to the conference

And finally, check out the site which looks at some FUTURES for the world.
Futures are an important element of geography, as they are related to the current geographies and the way that they are managed...

The FUTURE WE WANT provides a chance for students to talk about the future they would like to see, rather than the one which is perhaps 'expected' according to various commentators and predictions...