Published at August 31, 2006
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After having a small panic yesterday, about having doing no work over the holiday, I finally completed the first two lessons for the pilot. I don’t know if they are any good. They will be uploaded on Radical Geography over the weekend. I also managed to complete some work on Christianity and Art.
I was going to be good and complete some more work today, but that fell to pieces and I’m off out to dinner. So I only have to now
- Sort my diary.
- Work out what I will be teaching the first week.
- Clean the house.
- Wash some proper clothes.
- Do some more pilot stuff.
Decided there is no point in holidays 
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Interesting article on the BBC about a brand addict, who has taken extreme action to their addiction.
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Published at August 28, 2006
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For some strange reason I spent the night being rather ill, after some sleep, I finally woke up early this morning with a headache, so I didn’t do the work I wanted to do. Continue reading ‘A Good Geography lesson?’
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The Greenpeace website has a set of interesting articles on e-waste. Interestingly, as a consumer, I have plenty of e-waste in my home, including several mobile phones ready to be recycled. The website provides some interesting facts about e-waste
Continue reading ‘E-Waste’
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I was updating the most popular downloads from my website over the last academic year and thought again about Adam Vaughan’s, now classic, rehash of the Trainspotting poster. I thought it might be nice for students to produce a similar poster for their place, or perhaps even their chosen extreme environment. Sure I have a censored version of the famous rant somewhere….
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Thanks to an excellent article on the BLDGBLOG, I’ve learnt all about ventifacts
‘geologic formations shaped by the forces of wind’
Not much on the web about this, it is ripe for a nice flash animation of the process.
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Interesting article on the BBC website about how one in ten attempts on Everest leads to death. Perhaps another way in which our perceptions of extreme environments have changed, but the extremity of the environment persists. The leader of the article suggests
‘People are still dying on Mount Everest, despite improved technology and a better understanding of the harsh environment.’
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Published at August 25, 2006
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An American Geography teacher has been suspended in Colorado for hanging the flags of Mexico and China in his classroom, this supposedly controvines a bylaw of the state, why? Read about the story and view an interview with the teacher.
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Interesting article on the BBC website about how the hole in the Ozone layer is stable and may begin to repair itself over the next sixty years. Climate change now seems the biggest threat to the continent.
I remember that Ozone layer depletion was the first real environmental issue that got me inspired in Geography, nowhere else could we discuss our fears. Though alarmist at the time, it certainly triggered effective international action.
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Published at August 22, 2006
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Andrew field is now working on the second bundle of his flash applications. He has just finished the Beta version of ‘Shoot the Hoop’, it is excellent and another must game for the classroom. I have produced my first example, some Antarctic fun!
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