Time to revisit other previous battlegrounds (smoking bans, vacuum cleaner power, 100w lightbulbs, etc) and apply them to today’s? Claire Harding: Twenty years since London's congestion charge began, road-user charging is still the future - OnLondon onlondon.co.uk/claire-harding…

Straight into my A-Level lessons- a super useful graphic for discussing climate delayers 👏🏻 Second #geographyteacher resource from Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 today 😍

I didn't take any flights for almost 4 years, ending a couple of weeks ago. Here's what I learned. Also, ask me anything! 🧵

“Hope is not happiness or confidence or inner peace; it’s a commitment to search for possibilities.” We can’t afford to be climate doomers ⁦⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Young people’s concerns for the future must be heard - my piece in today’s The Yorkshire Post Teach the Future Jamie Saunders #geographyteacher - yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Really interesting research. Also contains link to meta-analysis on role of hope. #geographyteacher Anger is most powerful emotion by far for spurring climate action, study finds theguardian.com/environment/20…

Really pleased to have been given the opportunity to present a CPD session on HopefulEd with David Ross Education Trust Geography teachers this afternoon. Thanks Chantal MayoHollaway!

Great to be able to take a trip to Peterborough to discuss Hopeful Geography with #geographyteacher from Meridian Trust schools this afternoon. Thanks for your ideas! HopefulEd Gapminder Jason Hickel

Finally watched it today! Really chimes with what HopefulEd seeks to achieve!

Fascinating article by Lucy Treasure in Geography Review on agrovoltaics. Great way to update energy and climate content, and a technology which demonstrates hope and innovation. Also a possible NEA topic if an agrivoltaic installation is proposed in a locality. #geographyteacher

Looking for inspiring CPD for your teachers? Or hopeful and hands-on sessions for your students? Read alcock.blog/2023/11/16/gro… find more about how I have worked with schools and trusts and how I might work with you.

12 brief reviews of books about hope. A 🧵

Looking for books about hope? Here are 12 reviews: alcock.blog/2023/12/01/tur… inc Factfulness Rebecca Solnit @RashmiWriting Steven Pinker William Kamkwamba Tom Heap Mike Berners-Lee Hannah Ritchie Rutger Bregman Rodrigo Aguilera now at rodaimonia.bsky.social William MacAskill David Hicks. HopefulEd BGS Library @sh_hinchliffe

The day my students stopped me in my tracks – and changed how I thought about hope ⁦Rebecca Solnit⁩ ⁦Graeme Tiffany⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

V. excited that Hannah Ritchie's new book is coming to BGS Library very soon as part of our Grounds for Hope book display this month - with thanks to David Alcock HopefulEd for guest curating. #hope #newbook #newyear #schoollibraries #climatechange #positivenews #January2024

I am also looking forward to reading this book by Hannah Ritchie - in fact it’s already in my list of 12 hopeful books - alcock.blog - and I’ve referenced it in my upcoming Teaching Geography article, ‘Grounds for Hope in Geography’ Geographical Association #geographyteacher

This is what drives Hopeful Education. From ⁦Hannah Ritchie⁩’s book, out today.

Looking forward to speaking at this free online/in-person seminar UCL Institute of Education 4pm tomorrow to discuss hope, the environment, and geography education, prompted by Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie - eventbrite.co.uk/e/teaching-env… #geographyteacher

I am proud to have led a Grounds for Hope session @BradfordGrammar this morning, alongside Mr McOwen on how the arts can inspire hope, and Richard Schofield on Kate Raworth Doughnut Economics. I flagged up health and env improvements featuring Hannah Ritchie and Rebecca Solnit

Another global health success story (ongoing), to add to battles against smallpox, polio, & Guinea worm disease, which have saved hundreds of millions of ppl from long-term pain. Shd #geographyteacher pay more attention to these examples of hopeful geog? ourworldindata.org/trachoma-how-a…