The Life Geographic: A somewhat self-absorbed personal and professional development blog of an ex-Geography high-school teacher…
It was the decade within which I started this blog, and followers of it have been welcomed to be privvy to my, very personal, journey that has taken place. I'll neither be reflecting on that nor just simply giving highlights of posts that I've made. So forget the run-down of the top pop-hits of the … Continue reading Geographical Decade Review: 2010-2019 (Part 1)
With @COP25CL #COP25 in full swing, a throwback to an #NGSS workshop by one of the talented @exploratorium Teacher Institute staff back in 2018, demonstrating a range of strategies that makes CO2 graphical data a lively conversation piece. A very useful set of resources for teaching #climatechange. Click on "View original post" to get the … Continue reading How to make a graph the talk of the town
Did you know that this week is ‘Antarctica Week’? Here’s a post from two years ago that contains a fantastic ‘letter’ written by someone who works with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He’s also not a bad at taking a snap or two – so go ahead and click on the “View Original Post” link and enjoy reading his experiences and looking at some fabulous images in honour of Antarctica Week!
In Part 2 Iāll talk a little about the scientific importance of studying the Arctic and Antarctic, and treat you to a āletterā from a close friend of mine who is currently in Antarctica with British Antarctic Survey! (Part 1 here)ā¦
As a human race we live in microcosms with microcosms. Individually we are very self-centered. While that gives us traits to be equally ashamed and proud about, it can narrow the focus.
Think what you know about the Arctic and Antarctica for example. How did you come about that knowledge? If itās because youāve seen either for yourself, youāre only 0.03% of the worldās population who has that first-hand experience (assumptions made, like every visit was a single individual in 2016-17). Last year (2016-17) the number of visitors to Antarctica was 44,202. So the vast majority of what we know, as the general public, comes fromā¦
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A throwback to this post 2 years ago, sparked by news of an upcoming
@BBC documentary about ‘Climategate’ – Thursday 14th November 2019 at 9pm on BBC4 (https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b8p2).https://twitter.com/geogramblings/status/1193179112254398464?s=20
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Whatever opinion anyone may have about science, what is indisputable is that modern humans simply could not exist without it. Even groups who chose to reject science as a way of life cannot be 100% free of it, but Iām not going down that long and winding road which ends up pointing out the many benefits of science enjoyed by people who are hostile to it. Those in who hold anti-vaccine or climate-skeptic ideals are not necessarily anti-science, so that debate would be unhelpful.
It is fascinating to me why people do reject certain aspects of science or even the scientific process outright. After-all, science conducted honestly and methodically is the pursuit of the absolute truth. But this is where I think science is its own worst enemy ā and thatās due to people tending to pick out their own truths that back up their beliefs.
Iāve engaged inā¦
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Arguably, current affairs mean that the time for pause and substantiated critical thought is more important than ever. Social media in particular is full of quick judgements and prejudice on one hand, and unfortunately down-right nastiness and abuse on the other. Perhaps there is little that can be done with those who engage in the … Continue reading Breathe, think, consider, tweet
Global Climate Strike (Friday 20th September): My open letter to school leaders.
Setting myself a challenge to name apparently arbitary regions of Europe led me to realise that identity is an important aspect of 'place'. Do you think you could have a go?
A River Called 'Gender' - a performance for Norwich Pride, supported by The Birdcage Pub.
Don't worry, all! I haven't been updating much that's because I've been up to a lot. I do plan on (a) finishing reposting entries from the old 2013 Malawi blog and (b) summarising some recent and upcoming happenings that are very exciting! Here are a few selected tweets from @Geogramblings which I suppose act as … Continue reading I’m working on it…!
From 2013: The village of Mcheneka is an āaverageā village according to Davie. Sited along a dirt road, there are scattered houses made from clay brick and straw roofs.
11 May 2019 ā This is an imported page from an old blog I kept during my travels to Malawi. Next month (June 2019) as part of this yearās Norwich-Dedza Partnership exchange, teachers from Malawi will be visiting the UK. So in celebration and preparation for that, I will be re-blogging the thoughts I made during my visit in 2013.
You can find an index of all the 2013 Malawi blog entries here. Zikomo!
Run, run fast as you can!
You canāt catch me, Iām the gingerbread man!
I am your dreams and I am your hopes
But a greater distance I seem to span
You will tire
As I stay quick
Until the carrot
Becomes the stick
If you are idle or tend to despair
I will ever be out of touch
But passion andā¦
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