In Tilburg for Eurogeo conference. #Eurogeo

For much of human history, our ancestors were trapped in an economy in which incomes were determined by the size of the population. The Industrial Revolution ended this Malthusian economy and made it possible for a country to leave abject poverty behind.

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Liberal Humanism, Decolonising the Curriculum and the Importance of Epistemic Boundaries. I will be presenting this paper at the Eurogeo conference in Tilburg on Friday. eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/…

Yesterday I was struck by how ill-prepared mainstream media was to engage with the revolt taking place.... bbc.co.uk/news/election/2026…

This CPD from @RGS_IBGschools was truly excellent last year & I recommend it to any A-Level teacher who teaches about the Olympic Park / Stratford area!

Thanks for posting Mark.

My thoughts on the value of knowledge of the past in Geography: enserm.substack.com/p/withou…

Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, has been accused by 370 academics of undermining free speech. This includes three Nobel laureates. It comes after she shelved plans for a legal complaints system to tackle 'cancel culture' on British campuses.

The death of Paul ‘Population Bomb’ Ehrlich deprives us of one the most infamous doom-mongers of the 20th century. He predicted famine and mass death if people kept having kids. And he was catastrophically wrong, says Simon Evans buff.ly/kW95f3R

Thank you for your contribution Kate. Teachers must treat people in different places with respect and as subjects of their own destiny, IMO.

No, the Iran War does not make the case for Net Zero. Wind and solar are still wildly expensive to capture, store and transport. Unless we drill our own fossil fuels again, we will be vulnerable to global shocks, says Andy Mayer buff.ly/WyK76ae

It maybe the 13th largest economy but this weekend's violence shows just how far Mexico has to travel to become a safer country for citizens. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gq…

Well spoken.

Congrats Egypt: Incredible to believe about country 97% uninhabited desert, but Egypt is Africa's top fish producer from aquaculture (fish farms): 1.8 million tons yearly, far ahead of #2 Nigeria. Egypt gets 80% of fish from aquaculture, not Nile River, Red Sea or Mediterranean.

Great work 👏

95% Of Plastic Polluting The World’s Oceans Comes From These 10 Rivers

Major North American cities replaced by cities at the same latitude. Rome owes much of its climate to its location near the Mediterranean Sea, which acts as a massive heat reservoir, keeping winters mild and summers hot and dry. Warm ocean currents, such as the North Atlantic Drift, further help moderate temperatures across the region. Chicago, by contrast, lies deep inland on the North American continent, far from the ocean. Its continental climate causes rapid heating and cooling of the land, producing hot, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. The city is also influenced by Arctic air masses from the north and can experience extreme weather from the Great Plains.

Please join us @IoeGeography for this seminar at 4pm on March 12th, #geographyteacher eventbrite.co.uk/e/selecting…

Melanie Phillips delivers a chilling diagnosis of the West's intellectual crisis: Ideology has replaced knowledge, and reason itself is under siege. Key points from her clip: * Modern orthodoxies (multiculturalism, lifestyle equivalence, etc.) are treated as absolute moral goods. * Challenge them → you're not just wrong; you're evil, standing against human/planetary betterment. * Dissent must be silenced: no platform, no debate, no hearing. * Evidence contradicting the ideology is dismissed as lies or "not facts." * Universities—once crucibles of reason—are now engines destroying it, while claiming moral superiority. * Result: Civil discourse dies. Replaced by insult weaponized to shut people down. This isn't just about politics—it's the erosion of objective truth, evidence-based reasoning, and the ability to disagree without demonization. We're witnessing the destruction of reason itself. 4:37 clip laying bare how ideology has become inimical to rationality 👇 When ideology trumps evidence and disagreement becomes "evil," what survives of open society? Where do you see this dynamic strongest right now—in academia, media, politics, or everyday life? - @newstart_2024