Category Archives: Environment

Water: A Policy Brief Challenge

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

On a course I have recently taught on Environment and Society one session focused on water and the associated problems related to its use and distribution. This lecture and exercise focuses on exploring different water management issues,  with one example … Continue reading →

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Living with sustainability

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

This week I had the chance to take students to visit Hockerton Housing Project a sustainable housing project in Nottinghamshire as part of an environment and society course for Gifted and Talented students. The project was started after a group … Continue reading →

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Pandas arrive in Edinburgh: Panda Diplomacy Revived?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

If you have watched the news today (4/11/11) you may have seen that two Giant Pandas have arrived from Chengdu into Edinburgh airport destined for Edinburgh zoo. It is thought that Pandas were used as instruments of diplomacy as far … Continue reading →

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Plate Boundaries: A reminder

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

I came across this video via the fantastic Geogr@phy blog which a great resource for learning about (or revising) the different types of plate boundaries:

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Incredible view of fire across the earth as viewed from space

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

Originally viewed on the Wired Science,this video uses a pair of earth monitoring satellites (Terra satellite, launched in 1999, and the Aqua satellite, launched in 2002), NASA has recorded the fires that have occurred across the earth over the past … Continue reading →

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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was initiated by the United Nations and was carried out from 2001 to 2005. The project involved a global assessment was carried out of  the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being with the intention of … Continue reading →

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