"Look at it this way"

  It's that time of year again for the launch of the Young Geographer of the Year category.  This annual competition is run by the Royal Geographical Society. The Young Geographer of the Year is the Society’s annual competition which recognises the outstanding work of the next generation of geographers. With its age ranges spanning the primary years to A Level, the competition encourages thoughtful and creative answers to the competition’s theme which is set each year. The Society encourages schools to run their own in-house competition and then send their top 10 entries into the international competition. The Young Geographer competition has been running for over 20 years and every year thousands of children across the world take part. 2025 competition The theme for the Young Geographer of the Year competition 2025 is: Understanding islands Let’s take a closer look at the World’s islands. It is estimated that our planet contains almost 670,000 islands, of which around 11,00...

Natural England has updated the National Landscape Character assessments on their website.  Wherever you are in England you are in one of these areas, which has a particular character. Each NCA represents an area of distinct and recognisable character at the national scale.  Their boundaries follow natural lines in the landscape, not county or district boundaries.  This makes them a good framework for decision-making and planning for future change.  The information contained within the NCA profiles aims to help guide land management and other activities to strengthen character and resilience, responding to pressures such as climate change. I was born in Area 38: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield I studied in Area 37: Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe I trained as a teacher in Area 41: Humber Estuary My first job was in Area 69: Trent Valley Washlands The first home I owned was in Area 76: North West Norfolk and my school was on the very edge o...

Not a new post - a few years old - but relevant today when teaching about the geography of our consumption and the impact it has on the planet. Visual Capitalist has produced a striking visualisation of which parts of the planet have been most affected by human activity. A high definition version is available from the link below the image: Source:  https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/human-impact-world-map/