Dr Paula Owens
@geopaula.bsky.social
She/Her. Optimist, geographer, primary teacher & consultant, author. Trustee NAEE. Member Primary Geography Ed Board & EYPPC. PhD.
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Our own Bridget Emmett and Maud van Soest are among the speakers at this workshop exploring critical #soil issues.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Our own Bridget Emmett and Maud van Soest are among the speakers at this workshop exploring critical #soil issues.
Register ahead of Monday's event ⬇️
Register ahead of Monday's event ⬇️
When water shortages mean a capital city needs to be relocated - Tehran is unsustainable #climatecrisis #geographyteacher
So, if you are wondering if the climate crisis has a cost, here's your card.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
When water shortages mean a capital city needs to be relocated - Tehran is unsustainable #climatecrisis #geographyteacher
Fab - wonder, hope, maps, & spaces of possibility. #geographyTeacher
Museums work as spaces of possibility, sparking wonder and offering hope. To achieve a deeper connection, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Kirk Johnson, believes in the integrative power of #maps to relate us to our world—how it was and will be. buff.ly/7Cn2WLV
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Fab - wonder, hope, maps, & spaces of possibility. #geographyTeacher
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New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
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#maps #LandUse
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
As a new lunar cycle begins - let’s reflect on the Murmuring #Moon - the latest wonderful Blog + suggested teaching ideas from @naee-uk.bsky.social in their #EnvironmentalLunacy series. Thank you @attention2place.bsky.social ❤️ naee.org.uk/murmuring-mo...
Murmuring Moon - NAEE Environmental Lunacy
We propose an alternative full moon name for December: the ‘Murmuring Moon’. Winter is a time when most of the natural world seems to pause, rest or sleep. Yet above us, something miraculous still mov...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
As a new lunar cycle begins - let’s reflect on the Murmuring #Moon - the latest wonderful Blog + suggested teaching ideas from @naee-uk.bsky.social in their #EnvironmentalLunacy series. Thank you @attention2place.bsky.social ❤️ naee.org.uk/murmuring-mo...
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The reviews are in for GeogLive! 29
Designing your Curriculum in the light of the @educationgovuk #Curriculum #Assessment #primary review
Thanks to @geopaula.bsky.social @sharonwitt17.bsky.social and @helen55.bsky.social @geographicalassoc.bsky.social + many + colleagues
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Designing your Curriculum in the light of the @educationgovuk #Curriculum #Assessment #primary review
Thanks to @geopaula.bsky.social @sharonwitt17.bsky.social and @helen55.bsky.social @geographicalassoc.bsky.social + many + colleagues
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November 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The reviews are in for GeogLive! 29
Designing your Curriculum in the light of the @educationgovuk #Curriculum #Assessment #primary review
Thanks to @geopaula.bsky.social @sharonwitt17.bsky.social and @helen55.bsky.social @geographicalassoc.bsky.social + many + colleagues
youtu.be/Fez78ooH8PE?...
Designing your Curriculum in the light of the @educationgovuk #Curriculum #Assessment #primary review
Thanks to @geopaula.bsky.social @sharonwitt17.bsky.social and @helen55.bsky.social @geographicalassoc.bsky.social + many + colleagues
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A bit under the radar .. more of our world’s precious wilderness, a home to indigenous people & wildlife, destroyed to make $$$ for a few people & fossil fuel related destruction for the rest of us. #Alaska
#climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House approves increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge
National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A bit under the radar .. more of our world’s precious wilderness, a home to indigenous people & wildlife, destroyed to make $$$ for a few people & fossil fuel related destruction for the rest of us. #Alaska
#climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🦇 Have a look at our brand new Halloween guide: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... . A great resource for inspiration on how to help and celebrate bats this season!
October 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🦇 Have a look at our brand new Halloween guide: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... . A great resource for inspiration on how to help and celebrate bats this season!
Beautiful sunny Autumn Equinox & we’re celebrating apple abundance with crumble. Chair #NAEE UK Paul Vare calls this a time of the ‘Apple Moon’ & urges us to think of the privilege behind the crunch. Great Blog + Teaching activities #environmentalLunacy. naee.org.uk/apple-moon
Apple Moon - UK NAEE
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September 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Beautiful sunny Autumn Equinox & we’re celebrating apple abundance with crumble. Chair #NAEE UK Paul Vare calls this a time of the ‘Apple Moon’ & urges us to think of the privilege behind the crunch. Great Blog + Teaching activities #environmentalLunacy. naee.org.uk/apple-moon
Geographical issues - core knowledge essential but never enough on its own. ‘Place’ also influenced by values, culture …#Criticalthinking #geographyteacher #enquiry
I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes
Plans to improve the world heritage site for tourists put its living culture at risk, say locals and campaigners
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Geographical issues - core knowledge essential but never enough on its own. ‘Place’ also influenced by values, culture …#Criticalthinking #geographyteacher #enquiry
I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Our book #TeachingPrimaryGeography & others in series from BloomsburyEd are on offer until end of September. #StephenScoffham & I write about concepts, skills, progression + lesson outlines & sustainability links #primaryteacher #PrimaryGeography www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/bl...
Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) - Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary cur…
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September 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our book #TeachingPrimaryGeography & others in series from BloomsburyEd are on offer until end of September. #StephenScoffham & I write about concepts, skills, progression + lesson outlines & sustainability links #primaryteacher #PrimaryGeography www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/bl...
I see Carol Ann Duffy the former poet laureate has written this fine poem re ‘that person’s’ visit and state banquet.
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I see Carol Ann Duffy the former poet laureate has written this fine poem re ‘that person’s’ visit and state banquet.
Ooops! Yes #geographymatters Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland
Finisher T-shirts also feature outline of River Wear, as organisers spin medals as ‘most unique’ in event’s history
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ooops! Yes #geographymatters Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
August 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds #geographyteacher www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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August 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds #geographyteacher www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The wheel is turning .. great Blog from Dr David Dixon as we begin the lunar cycle of #HarvestMoon. Lots of ideas for schools to engage with as they return to school and think about harvest, seasonal changes & what’s happening in their area. From NAEE UK naee.org.uk/harvest-moon/
Harvest Moon - UK NAEE
Before the advent of mechanisation, people needed to have as much time during a day as possible in order to get the harvest in. This was greatly helped by the Harvest Moon.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The wheel is turning .. great Blog from Dr David Dixon as we begin the lunar cycle of #HarvestMoon. Lots of ideas for schools to engage with as they return to school and think about harvest, seasonal changes & what’s happening in their area. From NAEE UK naee.org.uk/harvest-moon/
Ashamed of UK government & their erosion of civil liberties. Ashamed I wasn’t there protesting against the eradication of a nation & its people too. Get a grip #Labour.
Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows
Total of 532 arrests at London protest on Saturday, most for displaying placards or signs in support of proscribed group
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ashamed of UK government & their erosion of civil liberties. Ashamed I wasn’t there protesting against the eradication of a nation & its people too. Get a grip #Labour.
Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Beautiful ‘Thistledown Moon’ rising tonight #fullmoon - do read this piece by @alanparkinson.bsky.social to find out why he suggests this name. naee.org.uk/thistledown-...
August 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Beautiful ‘Thistledown Moon’ rising tonight #fullmoon - do read this piece by @alanparkinson.bsky.social to find out why he suggests this name. naee.org.uk/thistledown-...
We know so much yet do so little. #geographyteacher
Chemical #pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn. #environment
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chemical #pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn. #environment
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn
More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We know so much yet do so little. #geographyteacher
Chemical #pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn. #environment
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chemical #pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn. #environment
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A blustery walk on the marshes. We spotted the familiar, cross-faced, hoppity stance of a Little Owl in the dark, corner rafters of a barn, & were accosted by a shouty Sedge Warbler. Such a lot of attitude for the size! Hawthorn awash with ripening fruit and Yellow Toadflax lifted the day’s colours.
August 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
A blustery walk on the marshes. We spotted the familiar, cross-faced, hoppity stance of a Little Owl in the dark, corner rafters of a barn, & were accosted by a shouty Sedge Warbler. Such a lot of attitude for the size! Hawthorn awash with ripening fruit and Yellow Toadflax lifted the day’s colours.
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The results of a study in Nature Communications show that climate change is raising the odds of extreme fire years and the number of large forest fires, necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years. go.nature.com/4m8fTSA 🧪
August 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The results of a study in Nature Communications show that climate change is raising the odds of extreme fire years and the number of large forest fires, necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years. go.nature.com/4m8fTSA 🧪
The #water scandal drones on - I really hoped a Labour government were going to take serious action but £ = power again. Meanwhile in case you hadn’t noticed UK people, our water bills have increased by about 50% so we can pay for their environmental vandalism. #waterpollution
Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm
Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm
Company says extra payments relating to work for Kelda Holdings were covered by shareholders not billpayers
The boss of Yorkshire Water, one of Britain’s biggest water suppliers, has received £1.3m in previously undisclosed extra pay since 2023 via an offshore parent company, the Guardian can reveal.
Nicola Shaw received £660,000 from Yorkshire Water’s Jersey-registered parent company, Kelda Holdings, in the 2023-24 and the 2024-25 financial years. The size of the fees was not disclosed in the annual report of the regulated subsidiary, Yorkshire Water Services. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The #water scandal drones on - I really hoped a Labour government were going to take serious action but £ = power again. Meanwhile in case you hadn’t noticed UK people, our water bills have increased by about 50% so we can pay for their environmental vandalism. #waterpollution
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn