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Festival of Geography - 16th June 2025

on January 28, 2025

#choosegeography Chartered Geographer Choose Geography Conferences CPD Festival of Geography GA RGS RGS-IBG Steve Brace

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Happy 100th birthday to Norman Graves

on January 28, 2025

Academic geography Curriculum IGU IoE Norman Graves Textbooks UCL

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Holocaust Memorial Day

on January 27, 2025

Ely Cathedral Holocaust Memorial Day King's Ely Memorial Service

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More on Greenland

on January 26, 2025

Donald Trump Geopolitics Greenland The Conversation

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The power of Geography

on January 25, 2025

Geographical Association Green Careers Polls YouGov

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GTE Conference 2025 #2: Day 1 - pm session 1

on January 25, 2025

Climate Change CPD EN-ROADS ERASMUS+ GTE GTE Conference 2025 Teacher Education

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Super-ageing societies

on January 25, 2025

Ageing population Demographics Economy Risk Super ageing societies World Economic Forum

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GTE Conference 2025 - #1 of several

on January 24, 2025

#GTEConf25 CPD GTE Conference GTE Conference 2025 St. Mary's University

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Food for thought.... and thoughts about food

on January 24, 2025

Books Ethical consumption Food citizenship Food for Thought How the World Eats Julian Baggini Reading

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Robert MacFarlane: Is a river alive?

on January 23, 2025

Books CPD Events Is a river alive? Rivers Robert MacFarlane Topping Books

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Simon Schama's 'The Story of Us' - Episode 3

on January 23, 2025

BBC Cultural Geography Culture Going Going iPlayer Landscape Philip Larkin Poetry Simon Schama Social History The Story of Us Writers

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Worldly Wednesday #18: Thinking and writing

on January 22, 2025

Cambridge iGCSE Collins Exam Specification iGCSE Newsletter Substack Worldly Wednesdays Writing

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Preparing for extreme weather activity

on January 22, 2025

Activity Climate Breakdown Extreme Weather Group work KS3 Met Office Mitigation Resources

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2024 - record-breaking and not in a good way

on January 22, 2025

Climate Breakdown Extreme Weather Heatwaves Insurance Reports Risk UN Biodiversity United Nations

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Where on Earth?

on January 20, 2025

Crew Earth Observations ESA EU Europe European Space Agency GTE International Space Station ISS Orbital Quiz Scheme of Work Venice Year 6

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Norfolk Coastal task force

on January 20, 2025

Briony Nierop Reading Coastal Erosion Coasts Environment Agency Happisburgh Norfolk

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UK Space Agency

on January 19, 2025

Earth from Space Educational Resources Orbital Resources Scheme of Work Space Tim Marshall UK Space Agency Year 6

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Location Analytics... talking turkeys

on January 19, 2025

Christmas Dinner Emu Analytics GIS Interactive Map Location Insights Explorer Mapping

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Greenland

on January 19, 2025

Conflict Denmark Geopolitics Greenland Resources Trump USA

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RGS Online Teachmeet

on January 19, 2025

'Why Study Geography?' #choosegeography Alice Matthews Careers Careers in Geography Online Teachmeet RGS-IBG Teachmeet

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Tree.FM

on January 18, 2025

Forests Mindfulness Sounds Soundscapes TreeFM

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Cabana drama

on January 18, 2025

Australia BB News Beach Cabana Climate Breakdown Coast Commons Conflict Cultural Geography Health. Heat Identity Place Resilience Sense of Place Sustainability

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AI's cost...

on January 16, 2025

AI Artificial Intelligence Climate Crisis Energy Planetary Boundaries Sustainability The Economist

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Subject Knowledge Programme (SKP) for Early career teachers

on January 16, 2025

CPD ITE ITT Resources RGS RGS Schools RGS-IBG SKP Subject knowledge

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Curriculum Thinking

on January 16, 2025

Book Clarity Curriculum Curriculum Coherence Curriculum Making Free Springer Subject content

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Human impact on the planet

on January 15, 2025

Anthropocene Human Planet Humans and Nature Impact Maps Visual Capitalist

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Worldly Wednesday #17: Teeth, newsletters and curriculum

on January 15, 2025

Dentist LivingGeography Newsletter Subscriptions Substack Worldly Wednesdays

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A year of Environmental Lunacy

on January 12, 2025

Blogging Environmental Lunacy Full Moon Moon NAEE Paula Owens

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Running AMOC

on January 12, 2025

1.5 degrees AMOC Climate Breakdown Climate Change Ocean Currents

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Create your own colony

on January 12, 2025

Citizenship Colony Countries Form Time Powerpoint Presentations PSHE

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SHIFT Podcast with Jack Dangermond of esri

on January 11, 2025

ArcGIS ESRI ESRI UK Geography GIS Global Jack Dangermond Mapping Software

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Inequality personified

on January 11, 2025

Carbon Emissions Climate Change Global super rich Impact Inequality Private Jets Super rich Sustainability UHNWI

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