Nice video to launch Oxfam's new food security campaign.
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
Monday, 12 October 2009
Blog Action Day - Climate Change Conference
Today is Blog Action Day - where bloggers across the world blog about the same big issue... This year, it is climate change... So a good time to write about the Oxfam Climate Change Conference that I went to on Monday with two Yr11 and two Yr12 geographers.
Oxfam are running a series of conferences for young people in the run up to the Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December, and we were lucky enough to get places at the Birmingham Conference.
After an introduction to some of the impacts of climate change on communities in Malawi from Elvis (yes, really), the day was spent taking part in various workshops - looking at how to take action and plan events in the community, understanding some of the politics of climate change, and putting together a message for Gordon Brown to take to Copenhagen.
We all had an excellent day, and the girls came back with lots of ideas about "blue days", mini-Oxjam events and an eco-fest... Watch this space for more!
This is the fantastic collage that the girls put together to take to the conference (which was most definitely the best piece of work in the exhibition!):
And the "photo shoot" for the Derby Telegraph and Ripley & Heanor News...
Oxfam are running a series of conferences for young people in the run up to the Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December, and we were lucky enough to get places at the Birmingham Conference.
After an introduction to some of the impacts of climate change on communities in Malawi from Elvis (yes, really), the day was spent taking part in various workshops - looking at how to take action and plan events in the community, understanding some of the politics of climate change, and putting together a message for Gordon Brown to take to Copenhagen.
We all had an excellent day, and the girls came back with lots of ideas about "blue days", mini-Oxjam events and an eco-fest... Watch this space for more!
This is the fantastic collage that the girls put together to take to the conference (which was most definitely the best piece of work in the exhibition!):
And the "photo shoot" for the Derby Telegraph and Ripley & Heanor News...
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
"That map's not right!"...
was a comment from one of my Year 10 students today... So here you are Jonathan!
While we're here, this is another interesting site which allows you to explore a variety of "alternative" projections...
Clouds tomorrow Josh!!
Well, if you've ever tried (as my Yr7s do each September) to peel an orange in one piece and then flatten the peel, without any gaps, you will know that it is impossible! And, the world being spherical, it is also impossible to represent the world 100% accurately on a flat piece of paper. If you keep the shape of the continents accurate, you distort their size... If you keep the size of the continents accurate, you distort their shape... And so on.
Because world maps have been used by lots of different people for lots of different purposes over time, different factors are important to them, and so we have ended up with several map projections.
You can find out more, and explore some of the main projections on the excellent Mapping our World site from Oxfam.
You can find out more, and explore some of the main projections on the excellent Mapping our World site from Oxfam.
While we're here, this is another interesting site which allows you to explore a variety of "alternative" projections...
Clouds tomorrow Josh!!
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