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Thought for the Day

on July 31, 2022

Climate Emergency Earth Earth - an inhabitants guide GAIA James Lovelock

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"Climate Criminals" - celebrities and private jets

on July 31, 2022

Carbon Emissions Celebrity Climate Criminals Climate Emergency Flights Flygskam Flying Global Warming

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Open access Primary geography research published

on July 30, 2022

Geographical Association PGQM Primary Geography Quality Mark Reports Research

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The games people play

on July 30, 2022

#everydaygeographies EverydayGeographies Games Rotherham Sense of Place Space Invaders

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The Commonwealth - a web app

on July 30, 2022

ArcGIS Brendan Conway Commonwealth Commonwealth Games ESRI Map

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LitHub: The Commodification of History

on July 30, 2022

Chernobyl Dark Tourism History LitHub Thanatourism Tourism

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Geographical features on album covers

on July 27, 2022

Album Covers Landforms Landscapes Music Music and Geography

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Whiter than white?

on July 27, 2022

Climate Emergency Paint White

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Our Place in Space - coming to Cambridge

on July 27, 2022

Cambridge City Walks Creativity Oliver Jeffers Our Place in Space Walking

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Music Bubbles

on July 26, 2022

Bubbles Music Music Map

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The Mirror Line

on July 26, 2022

Cities Development Futures Mirror Line Neom Saudi Arabia Sustainability Urban

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Rising food costs

on July 26, 2022

Food Food banks Food for Thought Food prices Food Security Geographies of Food Ghost Signs Leeds Stu Hennigan Ukraine Invasion

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Medicanes

on July 26, 2022

Greece Hurricane Medicane Mediterranean Sea Storms Tropical Storms Weather

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Late Night Live: Lagos

on July 26, 2022

Africa Africa is not a Country Decolonising the Curriculum Dipo Faloyin Lagos Late Night Live

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Fun in the Sun?

on July 25, 2022

#Heatwave22 Climate Emergency Global Warming Heat Heatwave Heatwave 2022 Media Newspapers Saffron O Neill

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Racism and Environmental Destruction

on July 25, 2022

Decolonising Geography EDI Environmental Impact Greenpeace John McLaverty Mya Rose Craig Oxfam GB Racism

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Reading FC and Climate Stripes

on July 25, 2022

#HoopsfortheFuture Climate Emergency Climate Stripes Clothing Ed Hawkins Geography of Sport Reading FC

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Climate Change Comic - now with teacher materials

on July 24, 2022

Climate Change Climate Emergency Comics Gemma Sou Graphic Novels GTAV Resilience Resources

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Return of a Native

on July 23, 2022

Decolonising Geography Geology Identity Landscape Place Return of a Native Sense of Place UK Vron Ware

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1976

on July 23, 2022

1976 Climate Emergency Extreme Weather Heat Heatwave Jersey

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It's a Brum Ting....

on July 23, 2022

Birmingham Bob Lang Commonwealth Games Meaning and Representation Place Place Representations Representations of Place Sense of Place

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Fawcett Fellowship 2022-23

on July 22, 2022

#everydaygeographies Alex Standish CPD Curriculum Making Everyday Geographies Fawcett Fellowship IoE Peter Wood Powerful Knowledge Quotidian Geographies Research UCL

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The latest from Iram Sammar

on July 22, 2022

EDI Identity Iram Sammar RGS-IBG

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Change on the Southbank

on July 22, 2022

London Place River Thames Southbank TV Van der Valk

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New Subject Knowledge module from Alistair Hamill

on July 22, 2022

Alistair Hamill Plate Tectonics RGS-IBG Subject knowledge Tectonic Processes

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GA Research Writing Retreat - free CPD

on July 22, 2022

Christine Winter Dan Whittall GA Geographical Association Research Research Writing Retreat Writing

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Subject Associations

on July 22, 2022

#gaconf22 Geographical Association Subject associations

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How could my local area be improved?

on July 22, 2022

Brendan Conway D3 Developing Digital Data Literacy ESRI ESRI StoryMaps Local Local Area Mapping StoryMaps The 15 minute City

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The hottest places to live #2

on July 21, 2022

4 Earth Intelligence Climate Emergency Heat Heat Hazard Score Heatwave NEA

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Professor David Lambert on GeogPod

on July 21, 2022

David Lambert Early Career Teachers GeogPod Geographical Association John Lyon Professor David Lambert

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Representations of Place: Salford

on July 21, 2022

BBC BBC Radio Comedy Manchester Poetry Radio 4 Representations of Place Salford The North

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How many flights have you taken?

on July 21, 2022

Climate Emergency Flights

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Virtual Fieldwork

on July 21, 2022

AR Fieldwork National Fieldwork Week TES Virtual Fieldwork VR

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BBC Rewind

on July 21, 2022

Archive BBC BBC Rewind Cultural Geography Entertainment Local History Local Studies Social History

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Far Flung podcast

on July 21, 2022

Cultural Geography Far Flung Podcast TED Talks

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IGU / UGI Paris 2022

on July 20, 2022

Eleanor Rawling ERASMUS+ Geographical Association GI Pedagogy IGU IGU Paris 2022 Michaela Lindner-Fally National Curriculum Framework Paris Sophie Wilson Sorbonne UGI UGI-IGU

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Bill McGuire on our near futures

on July 19, 2022

#Heatwave22 Bill McGuire Climate Emergency Global Warming Hazards Heat Heatwave Heatwave 2022 The Guardian

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Canicule

on July 19, 2022

#Heatwave22 Canicule Climate Emergency Hazards Heatwave Heatwave 2022

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The hottest places to live #1

on July 19, 2022

4 Earth Intelligence Cities Climate Emergency Data Global Warming Heat Hazard Score Heat Island Mapping Resilience Urban

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Climate Change and Health

on July 18, 2022

#Heatwave22 Climate and Health Climate Change Climate Emergency ESRI StoryMap Health Heatwave Heatwave22

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Joanne Lee, Jarvis Cocker and Park Hill

on July 18, 2022

Cities Jarvis Cocker Music and Geography Psychogeography Sheffield

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Decolonising statistics

on July 18, 2022

David Preece Decolonising Geography Medium Steve Puttick

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