Dirt cookie anyone?

780 million people in the world are under nourished. Unlike you and I, they don’t have breakfast, they cant go to the canteen for a snack at break, their parents dont make them a nice packed lunch or give them money for lunch. They dont go home and eat dinner with their familys.
There have been [...]

Just when the Burmese people thought it couldnt get any worse

It looks like there may be even more trouble ahead for the people of Burma. Another cyclone may be brewing in the Indian ocean. This will obviously be devastaing for the people who have already lost so much.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/new-cyclone-forming-in-burma-area-says-un-827879.html

Earthquake hits Sichuan province of China

Continuing with geography in the news…..
There has been another natural disaster this time in the Sichuan province China where a magnitude 7.8 earthquake has killed over 8,000, 900 students are still buried and many more are injured. The quake was felt as far away as Bangkok in Thailand. It is the worst natural disaster to hit China [...]

Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile

The volcano in Chile was dormant for 450 years but has erupted suddenly causing thousands of people to flee their homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7381652.stm

Tropical Cyclone Nargis hits Burma

Burma, one of the poorest countries in Asia has been hit by a powerful cyclone, killing over 15,000 people (10,000 of those in one town alone) and leaving many more homeless. The death toll is bound to increase as more information is gathered and the lack of drinking water begins to take effect.
The fact that Burma is a [...]

First there was your Carbon footprint, now we have water footprints

 Hey,
 
I dont want to depress anyone unduly about the state of our planet, however I came across another article in the Independent Newspaper. Give it a read. We all know our Carbon Footprint is the amount of carbon we are responsible for releasing in to the atmosphere. How many of us are aware of the amount [...]

Who says Geography isn’t relevant?

The front page of Saturday’s Independent  caught my eye so I had a read. The article inside underlined how interconnected our world really is and how our actions affect people the world over. Have a read and see what you think. Leave a comment listing the number of different geographical issues you can identify.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-other-global-crisis-rush-to-biofuels-is-driving-up-price-of-food-808138.html