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'Greyhound'

on August 05, 2025

Greyhound Sense of Place Travel Travel Writing +0 USA

Greyhound Sense of Place Travel Travel Writing USA

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GA / Environment Agency resources

on August 05, 2025

Environment Agency Geographical Association + Resources

Environment Agency Geographical Association Resources

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Cultural Geographies in Birmingham: Caribbean food and superdiversity

on August 05, 2025

Birmingham Caribbean Caribbean Food +4 Charlene Gray Cultural Geography Food Food for Thought Ladywood Research Superdiversity

Birmingham Caribbean Caribbean Food Charlene Gray Cultural Geography Food Food for Thought Ladywood Research Superdiversity

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Permafrost matters

on August 03, 2025

Arctic Arendal Climate Breakdown +1 Data Visualisation GRIDA Maps Norway Permafrost

Arctic Arendal Climate Breakdown Data Visualisation GRIDA Maps Norway Permafrost

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Replica shirts

on August 02, 2025

Football Football shirts Joey D'Urso More than a Shirt Replica shirts + Sport

Football Football shirts Joey D'Urso More than a Shirt Replica shirts Sport

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Slow Ways - a new map - and Guardian feature

on August 02, 2025

Daniel Raven Ellison Maps Slow Ways + Walking

Daniel Raven Ellison Maps Slow Ways Walking

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The life of microplastics

on August 02, 2025

Consumption Microplastics +1 Ocean Plastics Plastic Pollution Plastics Story of Plastic The Guardian

Consumption Microplastics Ocean Plastics Plastic Pollution Plastics Story of Plastic The Guardian

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Climate Legacies Project

on July 29, 2025

Climate Change Climate Legacies +0 NASA

Climate Change Climate Legacies NASA

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Spud you like

on July 29, 2025

Food Food for Thought +0 Potatoes

Food Food for Thought Potatoes

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The Low Line

on July 29, 2025

London Low Line +0 Urban Regeneration

London Low Line Urban Regeneration

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Oak KS3 Curriculum - taking shape ready for the Autumn

on July 28, 2025

Curriculum Geographical Association +1 KS3 Curriculum Oak National Oak National Academy

Curriculum Geographical Association KS3 Curriculum Oak National Oak National Academy

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Losing the love of learning?

on July 28, 2025

Creativity Curriculum Curriculum Making Government + Learning

Creativity Curriculum Curriculum Making Government Learning

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AI Case Studies

on July 28, 2025

AI Civics Innovation Fund D3 Developing Digital Data Literacy (D3) + GeoDem AI

AI Civics Innovation Fund D3 Developing Digital Data Literacy (D3) GeoDem AI

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"Climateflation"

on July 28, 2025

Climate Breakdown Climate Change +1 Climateflation Food Food Crisis Inflation

Climate Breakdown Climate Change Climateflation Food Food Crisis Inflation

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From chapati to... chippy tea

on July 28, 2025

Agriculture Chips Climate Breakdown +1 Development Food Globalisation India Potatoes

Agriculture Chips Climate Breakdown Development Food Globalisation India Potatoes

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Healthy High Streets Updated

on July 24, 2025

Ely High Street Fieldwork Healthy High St. Kate Stockings Research + Year 7

Ely High Street Fieldwork Healthy High St. Kate Stockings Research Year 7

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Living in a box... living in a cardboard box...

on July 24, 2025

Amazon Cardboard Packaging Places Journal + Quotidian Geography

Amazon Cardboard Packaging Places Journal Quotidian Geography

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Happy with geography

on July 24, 2025

Geography Geography degrees +1 National Student Survey RGS Students Surveys

Geography Geography degrees National Student Survey RGS Students Surveys

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Enquiry - sharing your practice

on July 22, 2025

Bloomsbury Case Studies David Rogers Enquiry + Writing

Bloomsbury Case Studies David Rogers Enquiry Writing

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