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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.
The monthly Geography Southwest newsbites provides a summary of events, new resources and short news items. Detailed articles give more detail news stories relevant to teachers of geography in the region.
In the February 2023 guest blog, Sarah Joseph, Programmes and Fundraising Officer at Sand Dams Worldwide described the impact sand dams have had on rural dryland communities with examples from Kenya. Sand Dams Worldwide is a UK registered charity that supports rural, dryland communities to work their…
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Welcome to our first Newsbites of 2023. There is an exciting range of events, lectures and conferences on offer this Spring and several new topical resources have been published to support your teaching. Do also look at our Primary Newsbites which covers Early Years and Key Stages 1 and 2.…
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Our December 2022 Geography Southwest Newsbites looks ahead to 2023 with details of Spring term events. Also featured are topical resources for the end of term, new teaching materials and details of SW recent news events. News and resources for early years and Key stages 1 and 2 can be…
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The December 2022 guest blog is written by Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, and looks at the vital role soils play in supporting life on Earth, providing us with clean air and water, the…
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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.