Hard-hitting story from Afghanistan, in From Our Own Correspondent this morning: 'Three quarters of Afghans are struggling to find food, work and access to healthcare'. Impact of drought, Taliban policy and IGOs withdrawing aid #bbcradio4 #Afghanistan #dontlookaway www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This is a short-sighted move by Michelin. I ate at the @kneppwilding.bsky.social green star-rated restaurant at Easter, which was wonderful #sustainable #delicious www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ma...

Where Tourists Vs Locals take pictures in San Francisco Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either Surprised? 19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...

Who Wants To Join EU The Most? Pros and cons: brilliantmaps.com/who-wants...

Only 3 Countries Have Economies Bigger Than California’s In 2024 brilliantmaps.com/californi...

Comparison of Passenger Railway Networks More railway data: brilliantmaps.com/worlds-ra...

A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction #Climate

#GAConf26 Nearly there!

Maybe these need to be put on a few menus/supermarket walls. These are from the UK National Food Strategy, showing the proportion of UK land used for different things (huge for beef/lamb, tiny for crops), & where we get our calories and protein (68% & 52% from plants). The difference is staggering.

📊 Data update: Where are people being forced from their homes because of conflict or disaster? A record 83 million people globally were living in internal displacement at the end of 2024 — forced from their homes by conflict, violence, or natural disasters, but remaining within their own country.

Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash #Climate

This is a lovely short video from the Royal Society on why soil is one of the most amazing things on Earth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJU... Beautifully done. And soil is our topic for this week's Rare Earth, so lots more on the joy, importance & surprises of soil will be coming soon. 🪱🌱🍄

Fifth year revising with A-level geographers for tutor2u last week with @woollyvix.bsky.social - always great to meet geographers from around the country to get their perspectives #cinemarevison #popcorn #presenting

#BigPlasticCount: the results are in of my plastic profile. ‘In one week your household used 112 bits of plastic. Over a year that’s 5824 pieces of plastic’ Gulp! 92% is food and drink, and that’s with a plastic free veg box #timeforachange #plasticfreefuture

Sadly, this is absolutely necessary and I welcome it for at least 2 reasons: Books are personal, about sharing experience & exploring ideas - if you’ve read my books, you’ve met me. And a human author is *accountable* for what they/we write: we take responsibility & influences/money are traceable.

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns #Climate

Map Of The World Divided Into 804 Zones Of 10 Million People brilliantmaps.com/world-div...

This is the chart in question

'Does that use a lot of energy?' from @hannahritchie.bsky.social What an interesting tool for #geographyteacher Comparison of petrol and electric car piqued my interest, particularly when stacked against other home appliances open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...

'But what about China?' 'You mean the world's largest clean tech market by an enormous margin where emissions are now falling?' www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...

You can't prove received wisdom wrong if you don't try... and you've got to give China credit for not being afraid to try. A step on the way to serious reduction of shipping emissions by 2050? Or an expensive experiment with niche coastal uses? Time will tell! maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

It’s possible to reduce emissions while growing the economy. Many countries have decoupled economic growth from CO₂ emissions, even if we take offshored production into account. You can see this in the chart for a selection of large economies.

Fun to do another teacher CPD yesterday for tutor2u with @geogmum Just reflecting on some brilliant feedback and insightful #geographyteacher shared practice #goodtotalk #meetingIRL

Fruit and veg packaging comparison: an occasional series @riverford.bsky.social bag reads: ‘much thinner than previous … saving a lot of paper’ #thoughtfulpackaging #lessplastic

Interesting to read about the changing geography of diabetes this morning from @hannahritchie.bsky.social Useful for A-level #geographyteacher open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...

The Warming Stripes have been an iconic way to communicate temperature data. On the latest episode of the podcast, we got to speak to their creator, @edhawkins.org. As a fellow data viz nerd, this was a fun one. The latest episode of our podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

This is quite telling and should prompt involvement in the #BigPlasticCount again this year to resist the #greenwash, helping to provide a true picture of plastic in our lives and its impacts www.theguardian.com/environment/...

After a bit of a marathon upload session (😩) I now have lots of new resources on my site... including 15 'Forty minute #fieldwork' plans - fully developed enquiry ideas designed for your school grounds and local area, and all FREE to download!

2/2 Janet Foss, Goredale Scar, and limestone pavements above Malham Cove - Alton Towers for #geographyteacher #familyfieldtrip

Reflecting on a few days away in the #YorkshireDales National Park - Settle Loop in the January mist #familyfieldtrip 1/2

Shout out to #WomansHour on #BBCRadio4 for a brilliant investigation of Grok's misdemeanours and the lack of women's sport in the media, beyond big tickets events impacting aspiration #beingseen Suggestion: Is it time for the only BBC Radio station without a BlueSky account to sort this out?

And myself and @geogthorne.bsky.social for Success in AQA GCSE Geography on Thursday 5th Feb - www.tutor2u.net/cpd/success-...

Join @geogriffi.bsky.social and @geogmum.bsky.social for Success in AQA A-Level Geography on Wednesday 4th Feb - www.tutor2u.net/cpd/success-...

#geographyteacher #geopolitics #NATO #Arctic

Outbreak of spectacular icicles overnight on hedgerow - very local phenomenon next to flooded road #Chilterns #winter

Hannah Ritchie's Five(ish) charts that give some context to Venezuelan oil. Useful for #geographyteacher #geopolitics open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...

2025 has broken historical climate records, with provisional Met Office figures showing it has been both the warmest and sunniest year on record for the UK. Find out more: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

The UK's warmest year (for now) And introducing a ‘causal chain’ for changes in extreme UK heat climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-uks-wa...

10 years of crowdsourced data shows the impact of climate change on plant flowering in the UK #NewYearPlantHunt @metoffice.gov.uk @bsbibotany.bsky.social www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Enjoying the BBC's Reith Lectures on Radio 4, by Rutger Bregman - make for great Christmas and holiday listening, contemplating the work in 2026 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

As we approach the end of the year, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years. Find out more in our news release 👇 www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’ #Climate

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

The flowers of December-seriously cheering, especially if you find this time of year tricky…🌿

Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.

What your cheap clothes cost the planet #Climate

In yet more, 'the UK is out on its own trying to reach net zero' news... www.businessgreen.com/news/4523202...

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