This week John spoke to Kit Rackley about why climate change is a safeguarding issue, eco-anxiety, how to navigate the politics of climate change, and teaching students to think critically about the climate.
Kit Rackley is a former geography teacher turned activist, consultant, author, blogger and most recently higher education champion. Take a look at more of Kit's work via the links below.
Links from the pod
Geogramblings - Kit's blog
'Climate change - a safeguarding issue', GA Magazine, p.20
Why Not Now? - Kit's poem for the Youth Climate Summit 2020
Episode #36: Rachel Kay - preparing for an Ofsted inspection and 'deep dive'
Episode # 35: Professor Tamsin Mather - Volcanoes, a ’fundamental fascination’
Episode #34: Professor Johanna Waters & Dr Maggi Leung - Geographies of education
Episode #33: Alistair Hamill - Using GIS to bring divided communities together, plate tectonics and photography
Episode #32: Alan Kinder - Talking to the GA's Chief Executive
Episode #31: Iain Freeland - Understanding Ofsted and what makes 'good geography'
Episode #30: Janine Maddison - Virtual fieldwork
Episode #29: Dr Margaret Byron - Caribbean communities in the UK
Episode #28: Paul Turner & John Huckle - Teaching critical school geography
Episode #27: Elizabeth Rushton, Charlotte Arulseelan & Darcy Beardmore-Crowther- Training to be a teacher during a pandemic
Episode #26 - Dominic Dyer: Wildlife protection and animal welfare activism
Episode#25 - Simon Collis & Leanne Chorekdjian-Jojaghaian: SDGs, the primary curriculum and more!
Episode #24 - Alastair Owens: Religion in inner cities and how Covid-19 has changed our relationship with home
Episode #23 - Harriet Ridley: Learning about the climate's future from its past
Episode #21 - Joseph Kerski: How to incorporate GIS into your teaching
Episode #20: Kate Stockings - How to speak like a geographer
Episode #19 - Mark Maslin: How to deal with climate change deniers and reasons to be hopeful.
Episode #18 - Dr Patricia Noxolo: "Everybody who is here, belongs here. That is a geographical statement."
Episode #17 - Tom Highnett: "Being a geography teacher is a superpower."
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