Year 12 and 13
This is really worth a watch as it discusses the impact of globalisation on people and places across the USA. Plan it into your leave out weekend!
Author: Mr Monteith
Start the Week – Island mentality. BBC Radio 4
The first ten minutes of this week’s programme features Nicholas Crane talking about the geographical history of the British Isles since the start of the Holocene. Really worth a listen.
Space and place even gets a mention!
Geography links for the week ending 13th November.
- A momentous week in politics. Where to start? Here is a short but informative clip from The Economist on the potential repercussions from the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America. Here is an intersting graph showing divisions within the USA played out on election night
2. Giant sinkholes from around the world in pictures.
3. At least two people have died after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. A tsunami was also generated.
Year 12 and 13 reminder: Lecture this week on Long-lying snow on the hills of Scotland A talk from Iain Cameron – 9th Nov
Please see details below and contact Mr Monteith or Mr Cook if you would like to attend. It should be useful for the Glaciation topic.
Geography links for the week ending 6th November
- Year 12 – A relevant news story on protests in Jakarta. Good reading to back up the Jambatan Besi case study. Thanks to Angus M for the suggestion.
- Year 12- a real world example of how data such as crime and vulnerability to flooding can make living in one place more expensive than another.
- Year 13 – one for you on the problems of air pollution in Delhi.
- House prices are becoming even more unaffordable for the young.
- UK government loses air pollution high court battle. An important ruling when you consider air pollution contributes to the deaths of 40,000 people a year in the UK.
Year 12 and 13 – one to read from The Guardian for the World Cities and Changing Spaces topics: Call for action to tackle growing ethnic segregation across UK
Call for action to tackle growing ethnic segregation across UK.
Geography links for the week ending 30th October
1. Co2 emissions mark new era in the world’s changing climate.
2. What’s happening with Europe’s migrant crisis? BBC Newsnight
3. Wednesday’s earthquake in Italy linked to August quakes, this was followed by the even larger earthquake on Saturday.
4. One for year 13 from the World Economic Forum:
Geography links for the week ending 23rd October
1. Interesting piece suggesting low income households will suffer more than others from the rising costs ( inflation) of products post Brexit.
2. Gapminder have produced excellent interactive development data graphs for a number of years. This new venture entitled ‘Dollar street’ is a fascinating insight into the lives of people at different income levels around the world.
Year 13 – short radio programme on ‘Garden cities’. A useful listen for the sustainability section of World Cities.
As it’s half term why not relax by listening to a short BBC podcast on sustainable cities?
Green Cities from Bricks and Mortar – 17/10/2016 – @bbcradio4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z4155
Geography links for the week ending 16th October
1. Drone deliveries start in Rwanda. A world first?
Meanwhile in Moray the technology is struggling to get off the ground.
2.More than 150 countries have agreed to limit emissions of HFCs, these are gases which contribute to global warming.
Alasdair Monteith, Steve Cook, Helen Denyer, Laura Sproule and Terry Chambers 