Never too old to make dreams come true .. performing our own songs at Oare Country Park over the weekend was so much fun. #WildRootsMusic

Summer sale of education books. Our Award Winning, revised & new curriculum ready book ‘Teaching Primary #Geography’ has 30% discount. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur...

Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Teaching Primary Geography

*Awarded silver in the Geographical Association Publishing Awards 2025*The Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers w…

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A great success. Air pollution kills.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · last mo.

There were those who doubted us, but a new independent report shows major reductions in air pollution in our city are linked to an estimated 40% fewer annual premature deaths.

Excited to be working + local teachers, @historictownstrust.bsky.social, #HistoricEngland, Professors Helen Fulton & Peter Vujakovic, cartographer Giles Darkes at 1 day conf + #fieldwork in Bristol on Friday to share & explore newly created resources for 7-13s #Geography #History #PlaceDetectives

“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.

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Was so lucky to spend time in the archives examining these & other treasures when creating #Shackleton & SA Agulhas II resources - the photos are sensational & featured heavily in downloadable lesson plans & PowerPoints for primary children #Antarctica #geographyteacher www.rgs.org/schools/reso...

Shackleton’s Endurance - A story of adventure and leadership | RGS

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)@rgs.org · 2mo ago

We’re delighted to announce the publication of The Endurance Photographs, a remarkable new visual record of Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914–17. Featuring breathtaking full-definition scans from Frank Hurley’s glass-plate negatives and expert essays. Available for pre-order today ✨

Proud of the GeogLive! team for today's webinar on trade in primary teaching-Feedback welcome Thks Sophie, Julia, @geosteve7.bsky.social, Jen, Sally, @kateglanville.bsky.social, Tessa and all @geographicalassoc.bsky.social colleagues for your support @geopaula.bsky.social youtu.be/bc3O-hu9Loc?...

GeogLive! 33 Trade

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May has given us brilliant women in science like Mary Anning, @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, & @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social & honoured to edit summer ed. of @The_GA #PrimaryGeography journal with an interview from Dr Anjana Khatwa. Another May treasure, packed with great articles. #primaryteacher

NEW State of Geography Report: The Status of Women in Geography Project examines the status of women and other underrepresented groups in the discipline of #geography in the U.S. Findings range from biases and barriers to initiatives taken to advance the status in the discipline: buff.ly/gY3kUDM

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Free guidance to download from @OrdnanceSurvey on planning your primary curriculum with #maps and #map work in mind. Underpinned by research & includes tables on #progression. #geographyteacher ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/reso…

A scary experience. Car cut out & died on a busy motorway - no time or space to pull left to the filter lane & hard shoulder. Just me & the dog in a car while traffic thundered past on both sides. Hazards on & 999 call later .. huge thank you to #KentPolice & #HighwaysAgency & Recovery person. Phew

EYPPC @geographicalassoc.bsky.social GeogLive! 4th March Want to know more about learning for the 3-5s? Sarah Sprake (EYteacher/adviser) will explore what HQ geog / UtW in the EY looks like @geosteve7.bsky.social @stevebracegeog.bsky.social @geopaula.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/eyppc

Our own Bridget Emmett and Maud van Soest are among the speakers at this workshop exploring critical #soil issues. Register ahead of Monday's event ⬇️

@epwales.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Join us next Monday at 13:30 - 16:30 for the online Soil Knowledge Exchange Workshop. If you would like to attend, please register at lnkd.in/eKUNwHyU We are looking forwards to welcoming presenters from UKCEH @ukceh.bsky.social, SocEnv, Wates, Bangor University, Aberystwyth University, USW

When water shortages mean a capital city needs to be relocated - Tehran is unsustainable #climatecrisis #geographyteacher

James Boxall@jamesgis.bsky.social · 9mo ago

So, if you are wondering if the climate crisis has a cost, here's your card.

Fab - wonder, hope, maps, & spaces of possibility. #geographyTeacher

American Association of Geographers@geographers.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Museums work as spaces of possibility, sparking wonder and offering hope. To achieve a deeper connection, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Kirk Johnson, believes in the integrative power of #maps to relate us to our world—how it was and will be. buff.ly/7Cn2WLV

New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales. www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c... 🧪 1/ #maps #LandUse

As a new lunar cycle begins - let’s reflect on the Murmuring #Moon - the latest wonderful Blog + suggested teaching ideas from @naee-uk.bsky.social in their #EnvironmentalLunacy series. Thank you @attention2place.bsky.social ❤️ naee.org.uk/murmuring-mo...

The reviews are in for GeogLive! 29 Designing your Curriculum in the light of the @educationgovuk #Curriculum #Assessment #primary review Thanks to @geopaula.bsky.social @sharonwitt17.bsky.social and @helen55.bsky.social @geographicalassoc.bsky.social + many + colleagues youtu.be/Fez78ooH8PE?...

A bit under the radar .. more of our world’s precious wilderness, a home to indigenous people & wildlife, destroyed to make $$$ for a few people & fossil fuel related destruction for the rest of us. #Alaska #climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House approves increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge

National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved

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🦇 Have a look at our brand new Halloween guide: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... . A great resource for inspiration on how to help and celebrate bats this season!

Interesting news #climatecrisis #renewables #geographyteacher www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Beautiful sunny Autumn Equinox & we’re celebrating apple abundance with crumble. Chair #NAEE UK Paul Vare calls this a time of the ‘Apple Moon’ & urges us to think of the privilege behind the crunch. Great Blog + Teaching activities #environmentalLunacy. naee.org.uk/apple-moon

Geographical issues - core knowledge essential but never enough on its own. ‘Place’ also influenced by values, culture …#Criticalthinking #geographyteacher #enquiry I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes

Plans to improve the world heritage site for tourists put its living culture at risk, say locals and campaigners

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Our book #TeachingPrimaryGeography & others in series from BloomsburyEd are on offer until end of September. #StephenScoffham & I write about concepts, skills, progression + lesson outlines & sustainability links #primaryteacher #PrimaryGeography www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/bl...

I see Carol Ann Duffy the former poet laureate has written this fine poem re ‘that person’s’ visit and state banquet.

Ooops! Yes #geographymatters Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland

Finisher T-shirts also feature outline of River Wear, as organisers spin medals as ‘most unique’ in event’s history

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The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds #geographyteacher www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

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The wheel is turning .. great Blog from Dr David Dixon as we begin the lunar cycle of #HarvestMoon. Lots of ideas for schools to engage with as they return to school and think about harvest, seasonal changes & what’s happening in their area. From NAEE UK naee.org.uk/harvest-moon/

Ashamed of UK government & their erosion of civil liberties. Ashamed I wasn’t there protesting against the eradication of a nation & its people too. Get a grip #Labour. Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows

Total of 532 arrests at London protest on Saturday, most for displaying placards or signs in support of proscribed group

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