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 ⬇️

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

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

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...

🦇 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...

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...

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...

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/...

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...

I must have missed this but love it. #rivers #sacred www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beautiful ‘Thistledown Moon’ rising tonight #fullmoon - do read this piece by @alanparkinson.bsky.social to find out why he suggests this name. naee.org.uk/thistledown-...

We know so much yet do so little. #geographyteacher Chemical #pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn. #environment www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A blustery walk on the marshes. We spotted the familiar, cross-faced, hoppity stance of a Little Owl in the dark, corner rafters of a barn, & were accosted by a shouty Sedge Warbler. Such a lot of attitude for the size! Hawthorn awash with ripening fruit and Yellow Toadflax lifted the day’s colours.

The results of a study in Nature Communications show that climate change is raising the odds of extreme fire years and the number of large forest fires, necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years. go.nature.com/4m8fTSA 🧪

The #water scandal drones on - I really hoped a Labour government were going to take serious action but £ = power again. Meanwhile in case you hadn’t noticed UK people, our water bills have increased by about 50% so we can pay for their environmental vandalism. #waterpollution

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

Amazing! We’ve just watched this video in utter awe - attempting to run 186 miles of the beautiful Pembrokeshire coastal path in 50 hours is - insane. Lovely short engaging film. #Ultrarunner #Wales m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5w...

I don’t know how many more signs & portents we need. #climateCrisis #biodiversityCrisis #geographyteacher From bird song on our doorstep to global oceans - are we listening carefully enough to the world? www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Delighted to welcome the latest blog in the #environmentalLunacy series from at @NAEE_UK from @geoblogs.bsky.social Find out why he suggests this coming lunar month brings a #ThistledownMoon #environmentalEducation #GeographyTeacher naee.org.uk/thistledown-...

Lovely weekend with a friend - we top and tailed her conference w/e travelling & laughing together - in between I got a chance to do a bit of walking & swimming - saw my first compass jellyfish of the year!

Just wow! We are so tiny …

Ploughing & draining the Fens of Cambridgeshire creating an ‘illusion of food security’, says @tonyjuniper.bsky.social at Moor Meadows conference in Chagford, Devon - because the fertile peat soils are being lost & causing huge carbon emissions

Decided last minute to join some friends camping in a field near Eastbourne at weekend. Weather hit & miss but good to switch off & appreciate basics of shelter, food & laughter. Last time here, I stayed in a hotel & saw Simon Reeve in his amazing one man show. Wisdom this trip came from Zoltar. 😉

Today rather than our usual, I’m posting a photo of Dr Fortune Gomo, a fellow geographer who was murdered in my city this weekend. We need knives off the streets. Such a tragedy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The latest Blog in the NAEE #environmentalLunacy series is from acclaimed children’s author Nicola Davies, who offers some beautiful insights into her local area & suggests why this lunar cycle might be termed the Jumpers’ Moon. Find out why… naee.org.uk/the-jumpers-...

Not a great start to the day - planned power cut of about 6 hours apparently by #UKPowerNetwork - did not get a letter like others in our road so completely unprepared. In past I remember people would knock on your door to warn you in case you hadn’t been informed? Small problems tho’ @ena.energy

So delighted to hear that the wonderful geographer and teacher - & friend / colleague @grahamgeog.bsky.social has been awarded an #MBE in the King’s birthday honours list. 👏🥳 so very well deserved - you are a superstar!

Just leaving at my local station for London and an actual face to face meeting of the @primarygeogeyppc.bsky.social to spend a day as a volunteer talking #geography with other like-minded colleagues - we love our subject 🌎

Hopeful, just, & relevant for a current project #Stories “If these are truly your lands,” they asked, “where are your stories?” An Indigenous nation in Canada hails historic constitution: ‘We’re now the architects of certainty for ourselves’ #geographyteacher www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

This: “If a practice isn’t aligned with healthy child development, why are we doing it?” ‘The impact has been profound’: the headteacher bringing #play back to the classroom’ #primaryteacher www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation #geographyteacher www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Can a crowdsourced map of the world help save millions of people from climate disaster? #Climate

England~ the new planning and infrastructure bill will not strengthen ecological protection but will instead be ‘environmentally regressive’ this cannot happen during a biodiversity crisis. We must #MessUpBritain for nature 🐝🌹🦔🌻🐸🪻🦋💚 www.lancswt.org.uk/news/open-le...?

If you are a follower of our campaign to #MessUpBritain for nature, you might be interested in this newly published book by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social Urban Plants, looks great! 🌻🌹🪻

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects #geographyteacher #climatecrisis #Biodiversity www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Another local resident made us this beautiful bench using reclaimed wood. He carved in the names of three young men lost too soon and much missed in our community. #CommunityGarden - we feel very lucky to have saved this little space to cherish & share.

Found this local pupil admiring his handiwork in the #CommunityGarden sculpture with cast hands from pupils & teachers in his class.

Our #CommunityGarden is looking lovely - we didn’t want to take away messy spaces but also wanted a few formal plantings so local people have made & planted up some raised boxes with herbs, vegetables & colour. Birds & insects loving it all.

Our latest #EnvironmentalLunacy Moon blog is up! Find out why we’re calling it the Strawberry Rose Moon - some #teaching ideas too. Thank you to the student I had with me on school work experience. naee.org.uk/environmenta...