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The environmental costs of Trump’s wall
Nature & Environment

The environmental costs of Trump’s wall

...regions. If Trump really wants to show his prowess in construction, and wants to leave a long-term infrastructure legacy, then he should build bridges for wildlife on the US-Mexico border – not walls. [The Conversation] Shonil Bhagwat, Senior Lecturer in Geography, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...Geography and Environmental Science degree. In ancient times, people positioned themselves using landmarks and rudimentary maps. This worked well locally, but different methods were needed for travelling further afield across featureless terrain such as sea or desert. Travellers now required a frame of reference, or co-ordinates, to fix their position. Latitude Both the...
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The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...Geography, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 613 - 632. Hamari, J., Sjöklint M. and Ukkonen, A. (2015) ‘The sharing economy: Why people participate in collaborative consumption’, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255698095_The_Sharing_Economy_Why_People_Participate_in_Collaborative_Consumption (Accessed 26...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...Geography of Plants (Humboldt 1807). In this book Humboldt set out his vision of a world in which the Earth surface, the oceans, the atmosphere, and the creatures living in them, were intimately connected in what he called a “general physics of the Earth”. Key to this idea of a “unity of nature” was the geographical link between the organisms and specimens that...
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Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?

...in Geography. He wrote parts of the modules ‘Investigating the social world’ (DD103) and ‘Earth in Crisis: Environmental policy in an international context’ (DU311); and is currently working on ‘Environment: Responding to change’ (SDT306), tweets as @shonilbhagwat and blogs at shonilbhagwat.wordpress.com. Originally published by The Campaign for Social Science...
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Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...geography and maths lessons. This time, they used the app on iPads as well, and going outside for some lessons. Meera used Talk Factory in a non-fiction scheme of work, named ‘voices of our generation’ to help students to convey and justify their own opinions, and question the opinions of others, on topics such as ‘social media’ and ‘education’. Talk Factory...
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Researching cycling in the US & the UK
Society, Politics & Law

Researching cycling in the US & the UK

...Geography Department at the Open University. Peter, you’re in the midst of completing your PhD thesis. Could you tell us more about it? Peter Wood: My work has been looking at the growth of cycling in London over the last few years, vaguely starting in 2000, and we’ve seen cycling just increase hugely, in fact increasing more as each year goes by, and I’ve been...
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
OpenLearn Ireland

The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...geography of multiple locations around the world. Explore the articles in this collection . Further reading You may wish to explore the following useful sources for further reading: http://muintir.ie/save-rural-ireland/ http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Rural-Ireland-is-in-serious-trouble-.html
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