Geography Directions

Geographical expertise applied to the issues that matter most.

An @RGS_IBG blog.

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[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'Playful mapping will not solve structural injustice but when embedded in long-term, co-creative infrastructures, it can shift what counts as knowledge, whose voices are heard and what kinds of adaptation futures become discussable'

Annika Kühn et al.📝👇
https://t.co/3HsnQY6pPq

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'Unmodified diesel vehicles used for remote expedition work can be run safely on waste cooking oil derived bio-fuel to the maximum allowed by the manufacturer’s warranty parameters'

Read more in the full blog by @AlanCrofts5 👇
https://t.co/fZ0PMCtMqG

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'Following the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, the UK press by and large failed to make the connection between the real and deadly consequences of poor soil health and its root causes'

Read more in the full blog by @AntalWozniak82 & @jillhopke 👇
https://t.co/0FlbL7uMa4

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'To ensure that trust and democracy can be upheld in the era of prediction markets, regulations and safeguards must be strengthened for an industry that is now both bordered and borderless.'

Blog by Sarah Mills (@lborogeog) reposted via @ConversationUK 👇
https://t.co/zakcbc55MN

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'I evaluate the Lake District's current features to determine whether it can be considered “wild” enough. My approach considers both its natural and cultural aspects, often criticised in media debates.'

Read more in the full blog by Basak Tanulku 👇
https://t.co/vD3tZqbLkl

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'Understanding how conferences work, what format they tend to be in, and the expectations of attendees empowers you as a new participant to make the most of your conference experience.'

Blog by Carly McNamara @MedievalCarly, reposted via @MyAcademicFam 👇
https://t.co/51yaI6XdEI

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

New post by Annika Kühn, Hilke Marit Berger, Teresa Erbach, and Haratua Zosran 📝

'Why creative mapping matters in climate adaptation'.

Read the blog 👇
https://t.co/3HsnQY6pPq

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

New post by @AlanCrofts5 ✍️

'Is the use of bio-fuel viable in vehicles employed in remote and challenging exploration? Results from the 'Into Clean Air' 2025 Expedition'.

Read the full blog: https://t.co/fZ0PMCtMqG

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

New post by @AntalWozniak82 and @jillhopke ✍️

'The UK press does not widely report on climate risks to soil health'.

Read the full blog 👇
https://t.co/0FlbL7uMa4

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

New post by Sarah Mills (@lborogeog) 📝

'Everything can be a bet now – the rise and risks of prediction markets'.

Click to read the full blog, reposted via @ConversationUK 👇
https://t.co/zakcbc55MN

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

New post by Basak Tanulku 🐺🐑

'Choosing wolf or sheep? A new wilderness through the case study of the Lake District'.

Click to read the full blog 👇
https://t.co/vD3tZqbLkl

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

New post by Carly McNamara @MedievalCarly 📝

'Navigating your first academic conference: a step-by-step guide'.

Click to read the full blog, reposted via @MyAcademicFam 👇
https://t.co/51yaI6XdEI

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'Cairo’s parks remind us that public space is not lost all at once. It is gradually reshaped through small decisions - and through the everyday practices of those who enter, linger, and take photographs of what they find there'

Abdelbaseer A. Mohamed 📝⬇️
https://t.co/PDg1IgNB9M

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'Pacific Islander lessons highlight that transformation is not necessarily just (nor necessarily needs to be just) and that justice is not necessarily transformative (nor necessarily needs to be transformative).'

Blog by @IlanKelman and Simon Hollis ⬇️📝
https://t.co/rfZ1GwTWWO

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'Can the Himalayas speak when brands make them a stage?'

*New post* by Yana Wengel (Hainan University-Arizona State University International College) and Ling Ma (Chinese University of Hong Kong).

Read the full blog 📝👇
https://t.co/kVWsw0WTFB

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

*New post* by Abdelbaseer A. Mohamed (University of Lodz) ✍️

'When green space becomes a product: commercialisation and the fragile publicness of Cairo’s parks'.

Read the full blog ⬇️
https://t.co/PDg1IgNB9M

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

*New post* by @IlanKelman (@UCLRDR) and Simon Hollis (@Forsvarshogsk) 📝

'Climate change responses in the Pacific: just transformation or transforming justice?'.

Read the full blog 👇
https://t.co/ocShR580J6

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'A focus on the subjective is perhaps uniquely appropriate in a place where the voices of those who experienced war and its aftermath, the traumatic, environmental, and material legacies of conflict, are often missing from studies'

@_James_Riding ✍️⬇️
https://t.co/MFJ2uDcmwj

[Geography Directions @GeogDirections]

'If climate change is not historicised and placed within the context of a longer history of multiple violences then the problem is being wrongly named and the solutions that are proposed will be insufficient'

More in @CKWeatherill (@OfficialUoM)'s blog 👇
https://t.co/BRAkliRDuZ