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Geographical Association @geographicalassoc.bsky.social · 7h

Looking for professional support as a primary teacher for your geography class?

Below are the CDP events that the GA has lined up to enhance the quality of geography teaching for primary teachers.

Click this link to learn more about the courses: the-ga.org/CPDevents

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 1d

When in Westminster to hear about geopolitics from Tim Marshall … #personalispolitical #macromicro #cityselfie

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly what I thought of, when I heard the news ... and so too did Nazia Parveen of The Guardian - timely comment piece here #Handsworth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I know the real Handsworth – it’s a far better place than Robert Jenrick’s toxic vision of Britain | Nazia Parveen

The shadow justice secretary complained of a lack of integration in an area that has shown, time and time again, that it is for everyone, says Nazia Parveen, an assistant managing editor at the Guardi...

www.theguardian.com

Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 1d

Great poem for #geographyteacher this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYDg...

Benjamin Zephaniah Soho Road

YouTube video by Channel Zero

www.youtube.com

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@GeoBlogs @geoblogs.bsky.social · 1d

#fastfashion www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

www.theguardian.com

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 2d

Are you a National Plant Monitoring Scheme volunteer? 🌿

Don’t miss our online event on 18 Oct celebrating 10 years of NPMS and the amazing work of our volunteers!

Our NPMS Volunteer Manager Rachel will be sharing insights into volunteer roles, opportunities, and accessibility. #NPMS10

The National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social · 5d

Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/jlRJ50X4fe4 Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social (1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners) will be talking about #NPMSVolunteer roles, opportunities & accessibility & hosting an array of #VolunteerVoices.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 2d

🌧️ Forest loss and flooding

A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪

Interception reduction from deforestation and forest fire increases large-scale fluvial flooding risk - Communications Earth & Environment

Forest coverage loss from wildfires and deforestation increases flood risk for large-scale river catchments by reducing interception, according to analysis of data from twenty-one watersheds in Australia.

www.nature.com

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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 2d

Britons back staying in ECHR by 46% to 29%, poll suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

Huge pleasure to talk to the lovely Amol Rajan this week. Hoping I made some sense!

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 2d

Sad #biodiversity update re habitat loss, but rich fodder for environmental #poetry, perhaps www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

www.theguardian.com

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 2d

Sharp rise in UK plastic exports shows how behind the country is

The EU has agreed to ban exports of waste to poorer nations. The ban comes into force in November 2026

The UK does not have a similar ban in place

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Bishop @mrbishopgeog.bsky.social · 3d

This doesn't bode well for #geography, we barely get any applications for jobs and didn't get a single one for maternity cover...😬

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 3d

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say #Climate

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say

Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year

www.theguardian.com

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 3d

Carbon offsetting suffers from deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve says review paper from Oxford Uni

“We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 4d

All #women everywhere are in the workforce, always have been; not all of them are in paid employment #womenswork #languagematters

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 4d

Working Women: Which Countries Have the Most & Least In The Workforce

Full list by country: brilliantmaps.com/working-w...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 4d

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.

Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 4d

One to add to the careers posters in classrooms!

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 4d

Fungi in the beech woodlands of the #Chilterns are ‘crazy good’ right now - King Bolete, Amethyst deceiver, False death-cap, Sulphur tuft, Porcelain, Trooping funnel and many more

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 7d

This illuminating visualisation of 'Green to Grey' research makes great use of #GIS image overlays #geographyteacher Green to Grey is 'a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023'. greentogrey.eu

Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left

Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.

greentogrey.eu

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 7d

Been writing about #HS2 in #geography textbooks for almost a decade. Are we NIMBYs or ...? #ChilternsNationalLandscape #livedexperience www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s been beyond difficult’: earthworks of HS2 take toll on Chilterns residents

Locals complain of a changed landscape, flooding, dust and disruption as rail project cuts through area of outstanding natural beauty

www.theguardian.com

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 8d

What an inspiration Jane Goodall was to everyone working in nature and conservation. I'll never forget reading that she had to take her mother with her on her first field trip because women weren't "allowed" to study in the wild alone. I wonder what her mother made of it all. #wildlydifferent

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 8d

No spoilers from me, but this BBC Radio 4 series invites the Q 'Why are we looking for the pristine, why does that give us hope?', chiming with RIP J. Goodall posts about her deconstruction of the line between us and nature. If no line, we need to take better care www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Looking for No Man's Land, 4. A really good clue

Caroline Steel and Producer Florian Bohr take their quest into underwater caves.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 9d

The 26 Largest Islands In The World Compared

More about them: brilliantmaps.com/largest-i...

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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 9d

These air quality 'living graphs' with annotations look great for #geographyteacher - thanks for sharing

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 9d

Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes

Website: airqualitystripes.info

And paper led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social and @jimmcquaid.bsky.social now published which visualises trends in air quality across many global cities: gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/2...

Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes

Abstract. This paper introduces the Air Quality Stripes, a data visualisation project which presents historical changes in outdoor particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) concentrations across major ...

gc.copernicus.org

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