Coffee & Geography Kit Rackley (Geogramblings)

Kit Marie and Aidah Nakku enjoy a hot chocolate, and chat about climate justice for women and girls in the Global South, logistical language barriers, dancing ears and more!

Aidah Nakku is a climate and gender Justice activist from Kampala Uganda. She is the founder of Hold Her Hand Initiative, an Initiative that focuses on empowering women and girls in areas affected by climate change disasters. She is also part of the administration team at Agape Earth coalition. She believes in equality and integrity. Aidah has devoted her free time to making a tangible contribution towards a better tomorrow for all young women and girls affected by the climate crisis. She engages in community engagements through tree planting, climate education ,skills training and training of young leaders at different levels of education. She raises awareness about climate change, climate action through stirring up conversation on social media to reach as many people as possible.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:
- Hold Her Hand Initiative (https://aidahnakku.com/hold-her-hand-initiative/)
- Vanesse Nakate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Nakate)
- Agape Earth Coalition (https://agapeearthcoalition.org/)
- The Movements Trust: Climate Justice Camp Fund (https://www.themovementstrust.org/cjc)
- Cats as carriers of demons in Uganda (https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/uganda/cats-bad-rap-hopes-change/)

Expand your geography network and connect with Aidah via Twitter/’X’ via https://twitter.com/Aidahhelen and https://twitter.com/HHHInitiative

After the release of this episode, the first 10 people who donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley will have 100% of their contribution passed on to Aidah for her work though the ‘Hold Her Hand Initiative’.

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==
• Follow us on Twitter/’X’ at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.
• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.
• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.
• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and Dr Adam Brett with some Yorkshire Tea chat about hetero- and cis-normativity in education spaces, spatial representation, cat puns, and more!

Adam is a former secondary school teacher and leader, and now researcher and lecturer at the University of Derby. He is the co-founder of Pride & Progress which works to support schools to be LGBT+ inclusive. Most of Adam's research is focussed around LGBT+ inclusion within education.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:
- The Midlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlands)
- Henri Lefebvre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Lefebvre)
- Space, surveillance, and stress: a Lefebvrian analysis of heteronormative spatial production in schools, using a photo elicitation method with LGBT+ teachers (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681811.2023.2296473)
- Under the spotlight: exploring the challenges and opportunities of being a visible LGBT+ teacher (https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9y446/under-the-spotlight-exploring-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-being-a-visible-lgbt-teacher)
- Pride & Progress (https://www.prideprogress.co.uk/)
- Department for Education proposed guidance for schools and colleges: gender questioning children - consultation response by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/DFE-guidance-schools-colleges-gender-questioning-consultation-response)
- Draft guidance for Relationships, Sex, & Health Education – Pride & Progress view: (https://www.prideprogress.co.uk/platform/rse-draft-guidance)
- WPATH and USPATH comment on the UK Cass Review (https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/Public%20Policies/2024/17.05.24%20Response%20Cass%20Review%20FINAL%20with%20ed%20note.pdf)
- Cat puns (https://whiskerstotailspetsitting.com/2017/05/purr-fect-list-cat-vocabulary-not-kitten-around/)

If you have experience as a Primary, Secondary or FE educator and a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and wish to get involved with Adam’s current research, or simply looking to expand your geography network, then get in touch with Adam via various means accessible via his LinkTree (https://linktr.ee/DrAdamBrett).

=About Coffee & Geography==
The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!
Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==
• Follow us on Twitter/’X’ at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.
• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.
• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley
• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.
• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and Andy Funnell sip some fresh orange dilutin’ juice, and chat about learning from who you meet to cover blind spots, working in partnership with young people, Bluey and more!

Andy is a Geography Teacher and head of department in Northern Island. A ‘GIS convert’ and an unexpected blend of Cheshire, Yorkshire, Nottingham, Qatar, Slovakia and Northern Ireland.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Shared Ed Northern Ireland (https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/what-shared-education)
- ‘Students as partners, not just stakeholders’ (https://geogramblings.com/2020/11/26/students-as-partners-not-just-stakeholders/)
- Pastoral roles in schools (https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/blog/pastoral-roles-critical-schools)
- Bluey Quiz! (https://www.bluey.tv/make/bluey-super-quiz/)

Expand your geography network and connect with Andy via Twitter/’X’ via https://www.twitter.com/GeogAndy and https://earthcasestudies.wordpress.com/

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter/’X’ at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.
• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.
• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley
• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.
• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and Katie Hall enjoy some Yorkshire Tea and chat about accents, using GIS to enhance access to nature, archaeology, table-top role play games, and more!

Katie rambled their way into a career with GIS via archaeology and geography teaching! Katie stills look at their feet when they are out field walking as grubbing in the dirt turns out to be a hard habit to break. But mostly these days Katie work indoors, either at their desk making resources for teachers looking to bring GIS into their curriculum, or out and about working with teachers to do the same! Katie loves their job but does try and make time outside of being 50% of the EsriUK school's team to run about a bit, walk their lovely greyhound Esker, and parent their rambunctious little one!

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- A brief guide to British accents and dialects (https://www.studiocambridge.co.uk/a-brief-guide-to-british-accents-and-dialects/)
- National Education Nature Park (https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/)
- ‘Hidden Nature Challenge’ (https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/resource/hidden-nature-challenge)
- ‘Habitat Heroes’ (https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/resource/habitat-heroes)
- Survey123 (https://survey123.arcgis.com/)
- What is micromorphology? (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/earthslides/about/whatismicromorphology/)
- West Stowe Anglo Saxon Village (https://www.weststow.org/)
- Dimension 20 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension_20)
- Archaeologists in Israel left red-faced after it transpired that a unique 'ancient' inscription was carved last summer (https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-ancient-inscription-bearing-name-persian-king-not-authentic-2023-3)
- Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1453/)

Katie and Kit Marie would like to make you aware of the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. PCRF is the primary humanitarian organization in Palestine, delivering crucial and life-saving medical relief and humanitarian aid where it is needed most. Access to essential resources like food, clean water, and healthcare is severely limited. Urgent action is needed. With your support, we can continue this vital work, ensuring that the over one million children of Gaza receive the urgent care they need and deserve. Donate today at https://www.pcrf.net/.

Expand your geography network and connect with Katie via Twitter/’X’ via https://www.twitter.com/geogologue and Teach With GIS UK (https://teachwithgis.co.uk/).

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter/’X’ at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.
• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.
• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley
• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.
• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie is joined by previous guest Hermione Miao, for a special mash-up between the 'Coffee & Geography' and 'Mapping Inspirational Women' podcasts!

You can *watch* this discussion between Hermione and Kit Marie over on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm9xVNjsHd4

'Mapping Inspirational Women' is a project to discover inspirational women and their collate their stories or work in blogs, and locate these on world maps.

You can check out the blog here: https://mappinginspirationalwomen.wordpress.com/

Explore the map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/viewer?mid=1ZMY1hVgZqGqLBGgwSvyqusekgSg6VeU&ll=0%2C0&z=2

And catch up on all the 'Mapping Inspirational Women' podcast episodes here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Z-xBIByvgYHJVmpaoWpftmSV5TDnXvR

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.
• Rate, review (ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.
• Donate via ko-fi.com/kitrackley
• Sponsor us! See bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.
• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and Miriam Lancewood grab some thyme to brew from outside and chat about being ‘place-centred’ rather than ‘time-centred’, travelling and living in the wild with husband Peter, busking, and more!

Miriam Lancewood lived for 7 years with her husband Peter in the wilderness of New Zealand. They roamed around like nomads, cooked on a fire, slept in a tent, and Miriam learned to hunt with bow and arrow. They lived like our hunter gatherer ancestors. Miriam is author of books such as ‘Woman in the Wilderness’ and ‘Wild at Heart’.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- What is ‘placed-based education’? (https://promiseofplace.org/)
- UK DfE Climate Change and Sustainability education strategy (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainability-and-climate-change-strategy)
- National Education Nature Park (https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/)
- Clean Air for Schools (https://www.actionforcleanair.org.uk/schools)
- Miriam’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@miriamlancewoodinthewild)
- Māori Pūtōrino (flute) (https://www.haumanucollective.com/putorino/)

Expand your geography network and connect with Miriam via her website (https://miriamlancewood.com/).

Stay tuned to the end of the episode for the song “Freedom is for free”, written and sung by Miriam (watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5YOySKJlGA)

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.
• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.
• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley
• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.
• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.