Catherine Walker

@catherinelwalker.bsky.social

Geographer, social scientist, NUAcT Fellow @Newcastle University. Researching/ passionate about intergenerational climate justice, climate education and youth/child geographies of environmental care.

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2026 session - deadline extended until Friday 27/02! We look forward to hearing from anyone with interests in climate justice, creativity and humour. Session sponsored by the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families and the Climate Geographies research groups.

Catherine Walker@catherinelwalker.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🔊 Call for papers! Submissions open until 23/02 for our @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference 2026 conference session on "Climate justice, creativity and humour: learning with and from children and young people". Sponsored by @gcyfrg.bsky.social. We'd love to hear from you! 💚 🎭

All welcome to join this webinar on Tuesday 6 May, whether it's bright and early (7am British Summer Time) or rounding off your working day. The webinar with acknowledge and discuss our recent Geographical Research special section on climate change education, 'Storytelling towards Solidarity'.

Geographical Research@geogresearch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us for our May webinar on the topic of 'Storytelling towards solidarity'. Catherine Walker and colleagues will explore the ways in which storytelling is helping learners and educators to understand their entanglements with climate change across times and places. Register here: bit.ly/4ituMNh

Image of webinar announcement: Storytellling towards solidarity. Tues 6th May 4pm AEST

Really interesting read from @teachthefuture.bsky.social on KS1-KS5 students' views on Curriculum & Assessment in England. Embedding climate ed across subjects, better support for teachers, & more time in nature are recommendations we can all get behind! www.teachthefuture.uk/blog/youth-l...

Youth-led review shows students want better climate education

The Shadow curriculum and assessment review panel's interim report shows that concerns around climate education is a prevalent issue for young people.

teachthefuture.uk