Coffee & Geography Espresso - 10 - Heatwaves, School Closures & Safeguarding

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‘Espresso’ & Geography is a #MiniGeogs #podcast short where Kit Marie and special guests talk current geographical affairs for a maximum of 15 minutes. Except this one was so much of a hot topic, it became a full-length episode.This quadruple shot of geography-laden caffeine welcomes the wonderful Alistair Hamill back to the #CoffeeGeogPod coffeehouse. Earlier today, Alistair and I reviewed some of the talking points from Thursday's Teacher's Talk Radio (TTR) Points of View discussion on heatwaves and schools through a geographical-lens.  Please do take the time to listen to the full discussion over on TTR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGMu6LF4VCs / https://www.facebook.com/ttradioofficial/videos/27147212734938414/ and offer your thoughts. Links/references:🔗 We recreated the legendary heatwave summer of 1976 in today’s climate – here’s what we found (Ed Hawkins & Hayley Fowler, writing for The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/we-recreated-the-legendary-heatwave-summer-of-1976-in-todays-climate-heres-what-we-found-285303🔗 A previous special #CoffeeGeogPod where Alistair talks about his school's tree project in Lurgan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9RuM_AVmhU🔗 ‘Standing back’ or ‘stepping up’? Exploring climate change education policy influence in England (Greer, King & Glackin) https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/berj.3888### About Coffee & GeographyThe aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)### How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation- Follow us on Bluesky at bsky.app/profile/geogramblings.com and the hashtag #CoffeeGeogPod- Post a listener question for guests using #GeogQOverABrew- Rate, review (ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.- Support Geogramblings education efforts by donating at ko-fi.com/kitrackley- Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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