A-level results day!

Well done to you all for passing your A-level Geography. Enjoy life at university and we hope to see you at the presentation evening in December.

No surprise there then!?

You will need your brolly at the start of August in the UK - the Met Office is issuing a revised forecast for more unsettled weather well into the month. Read more at the BBC by clicking this link.

We have just bought a bucket barbecue as well! I wonder if you can use it in the garage?

Back from hols!

Back from two weeks in Menorca. Let me know where you have been this summer and we will create a map of visists this summer.

Green Britain Day

Tomorrow is Green Briatin Day!
Everyone's eyes will be on London in 2012. It’s our one chance to show that Britain is leading the world in the race against climate change. Whether you are an eco-beginner or an eco-warrior, we’re here to support each other in one goal: coming together as a team to make Britain greener.
Go to the home page by clicking this link and see how you can get involved.

G8 Summit begins in Italy

The 2009 G8 Summit begins today. It is to be held in L'Aquila in Italy, the country that currently holds the presidency. For more information go to the official G8 website by clicking this link.

74th in the HPI

HPI stands for Happy Planet Index and the UK comes 73 places below Costa Rica.

The HPI is an efficiency measure: the degree to which long and happy lives (life satisfaction and life expectancy are multiplied together to calculate happy life years) are achieved per unit of environmental impact.
To find out what that means click this link and read more from Mark Easton.
Alternatively go to the UN's home of the Happy Planet Index.
Calculate your own Happy Planet Index by clicking here.

Summer time and the livings .........

Hoorah! The summer hols are here again and we've got eight weeks of taking it easy. But, should you get itchy feet then take a look at the Visit Manchester Website to see what you can do in your local environment. Don't just sit and watch tele or play on your games console get out and about and visit places.

Heatwave?!

A heatwave - it can't be, but the met office say it is so read this article to see ten ways to keep cool!

A couple of things to keep you busy.

One in six homes in England is at risk of flooding, says the Environment Agency, and climate change will raise that number without better protection. Read more by clicking this link.

The UK needs to plan now for a future that will be hotter and bring greater extremes of flood and drought, says Environment Secretary Hilary Benn. Read more by clicking this link.

Normal service resumed

Appologies for the lack of postings in recent weeks but with AS marking, reports and internal examinations the blog was put on the back burner! But now normal service is resumed!