Episode #94: Special edition - Three women in the presidency
In this special episode of GeogPod, we turn the microphone over to the current presidential team:
Hina Robinson - GA President 2024-25,
Denise Freeman - Immediate Past President 2023-24, and
Catherine Owen - GA Vice President and upcoming president for 2025-26.
Join them as they talk about their special roles not only with the GA but as women leading geography in state schools and how their relationship with the geographical community has developed over time. Hear about their personal passions for working with other teachers and geographers, inspiring the next generations and how geography teachers are continuing to bridge the gaps to support each other and know the importance of the subject.
Links from the podcast:
Get involved with the GA through our volunteer groups: https://geography.org.uk/get-connected/volunteer-groups/
Read about Denise's Presidential Tour: https://ga-blog.org/2024/08/28/advocating-for-gis-in-schools/
Watch Hina's Presidential Lecture from this year's conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUvI1ckHpGY
Check out Catherine's theme for 2025-6 and submit an idea for the conference: https://geography.org.uk/events-cpd/ga-annual-conference-and-exhibition/propose-a-session-for-the-ga-annual-conference/
Series 15 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oddizzi.
Oddizzi’s award winning resources include lesson plans, presentations, printable materials, and engaging quizzes.
But here’s the real game-changer: our virtual fieldwork films bring locations such as the Amazon rainforest, an active volcano and even Antarctica right into your classroom.
www.oddizzi.com
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Episode #93: Jenny Cooke – Inspiration, challenges and amazing fieldwork
In this episode of GeogPod John Lyon speaks with Jenny Cooke, the founder of Oddizzi, about what inspired her to pursue geography and create Oddizzi.
Jenny’s goal is to create adaptable, flexible and supportive resources for geography teachers that inspire young children and make them look forward to their lessons. To accomplish this Jenny and her team have visited some amazing locations, including the Amazon Rainforest, Antarctica, and more! Jenny gives us an insight into what it takes to create their resources and anecdotes from some of her trips.
Find out what the 2041 School challenge is and the free videos about Antarctica that you can use in the classroom to inspire students to become Antarctica champions. Jenny also gives some clues about future projects to watch out for!
Resources
www.oddizzi.com
https://www.oddizzi.com/features/virtualfieldwork/
www.2041school.com
Series 15 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oddizzi.
Oddizzi’s award winning resources include lesson plans, presentations, printable materials, and engaging quizzes.
But here’s the real game-changer: our virtual fieldwork films bring locations such as the Amazon rainforest, an active volcano and even Antarctica right into your classroom.
www.oddizzi.com
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Episode #92: Laura Young - Bottle caps, new years' resolutions and climate resilience
Laura Young, Scottish Influencer of the Year 2022/2024 joins John in this week's episode to talk about all aspects of her 'portfolio career' focusing on climate through research, social media and making an impact in our day to day lives.
She talks about how her academic career began with everyday geographies, taking her on to experience worldwide perspectives of place, space and communities and how this has affected her approach to climate activism, reaching out to students, adults and governments alike through the power of social and digital media.
Find out more about her work here: https://lesswastelaura.com/
Instagram: @lesswastelaura
X: @LessWasteLaura
Series 15 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oddizzi.
Oddizzi’s award winning resources include lesson plans, presentations, printable materials, and engaging quizzes.
But here’s the real game-changer: our virtual fieldwork films bring locations such as the Amazon rainforest, an active volcano and even Antarctica right into your classroom.
www.oddizzi.com
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Episode #91: Parvati, Manu and Melis - Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis Project
In this episode, John Lyon is joined by Parvati Raghuram, Manu Lekunze and Melis Cin who are part of the team that developed the Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis Lessons.
They discuss how the project came to be, how we have now moved from a climate crisis to a climate emergency and how teachers can effectively educate their students without creating fear or anxiety.
They also talk about how Cameroon posed as a near perfect field to study the relationships between global inequality and the climate crisis.
The resource was produced in partnership with the Decolonising Education for Peace in Africa (DEPA) project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Global Challenges Research Fund as well as Impact Accelerator Account funding from the University of Lancaster.
You can find the free resource here: Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis - Geographical Association
Series 15 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oddizzi.
Oddizzi’s award winning resources include lesson plans, presentations, printable materials, and engaging quizzes.
But here’s the real game-changer: our virtual fieldwork films bring locations such as the Amazon rainforest, an active volcano and even Antarctica right into your classroom.
www.oddizzi.com
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Episode #90: Robert Swan and Jenny Cooke – Save Antarctica
In this episode of GeogPod John talks to Robert Swan, who walked to both the North and South Pole, and Jenny Cooke, Founder of Oddizzi.
John asks what inspired Robert to become a polar pioneer and climate change ambassador. They discuss his Antarctic journey’s difficulties, the beauty, the clear evidence of climate change and the dangers. In 2022 Robert invited Jenny on an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula where they hosted a webinar for 40,000 children. Find out about this project, the 2041 treaty, and how important it is to inspire students and make them fall in love with Antarctica so they are passionate about saving it in future.
Resources
https://www.oddizzi.com/
www.2041School.com
https://www.robertswan.com/
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_swan_let_s_save_the_last_pristine_continent
Series 15 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oddizzi.
Oddizzi’s award winning resources include lesson plans, presentations, printable materials, and engaging quizzes.
But here’s the real game-changer: our virtual fieldwork films bring locations such as the Amazon rainforest, an active volcano and even Antarctica right into your classroom.
www.oddizzi.com
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