Coffee & Geography

Kit talks to White Raven Woman Candace Lloyd, chatting about medicinal teas, knowledge sharing and keeping, the ‘culture shock’ of supermarkets, the disconnect and reconnect with working with the land, amongst other things!

Candace is a Métis cultural advisor, speaker and educator focused on cultural awareness workshops, Truth and Reconciliation training and relationship building. Candace recognizes the power of bringing people together from all walks of life; building community is a time-honoured tradition of the Métis. Her goal is to find pathways to work together in the spirit of collaboration and harmony.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Rose hip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip)

- Muskeg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskeg)

- Native Land map (https://native-land.ca/)

- The Michif language (http://www.native-languages.org/michif.htm)

- The Land Between (https://www.thelandbetween.ca/)

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Candace via her website https://nookoomlearning.com or on Twitter (https://twitter.com/nookoomlearning)

The chat was recorded on 28th August 2021 and is part of a special collaboration in the year of the IPCC 6th Assessment Climate Report and COP26 to help educate teachers, schools and beyond the importance of indigenous voices in the age of climate change. We’ve teamed up with:

• The ENV Cast by Mahnoor Qadir (https://anchor.fm/mahnoor-qadir)

• Decolonising Geography (https://decolonisegeography.com)

• UEA Project Change (https://projectchange.uea.ac.uk)

To hear Candace participate in a panel discussion about climate change, listen to the episode of The ENV Cast released on (date & link TBC). For learning materials, check out the Decolonising Geography and Project Change websites as linked above. If you have any questions, please get in touch via [email protected].

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' (title) and ‘Zen Garden’ (end promo) by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

Kit talks to Niall Cole over a brew of L’Or Classique ground coffee, chatting about starting up a teaching career, the charm of the county of Norfolk, the IPCC and COP26, being a ‘ballet prodigy’, amongst other things!

Niall is a Newly Qualified Teacher of Geography and keen sports person that is interested in everything and has not yet learnt to say no. This means you can find him at many teaching events (particularly those of the RGS and GA as a scholar), presenting the Friday Late Show on Teachers Talk Radio, supervising Duke of Edinburgh expeditions or angering drivers on the local roods.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Teachers Talk Radio (https://teacherstalkradio.podbean.com/)

- Substantial housing development in the Poringland area (https://gnlp.oc2.uk/document/43/13286#d13605)

- IPCC 6th Climate Report (https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/)

- COP26 (https://ukcop26.org/)

- James Hansen’s 1988 testimony to the US senate (https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/james-hansens-1988-climate-change-warning-30-years-on.html)

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Niall via Twitter (https://twitter.com/GeoMrCole)

The chat was recorded on 26th August 2021.

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

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

Kit talks to Dan Raven-Ellison over some Red Label tea, chatting about capturing dangerous animals, playing hide and seek, creating the Slow Ways network, amongst other things!

Dan uses ‘guerrilla geography’ to challenge himself and others to think differently about the world. He does this through campaigns, collaborations, and films - ranging from founding the London National Park City to showing what the UK looks like from above in 100 seconds.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/)

- The UK in 100 Seconds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0drvdLYGNuc)

- Dan’s National Geographic Emerging Explorer profile (https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2019/11/meet-adventurer-daniel-raven-ellison)

- Slow Ways (https://beta.slowways.org/)

- UEA Project Change climate workshops (https://projectchange.uea.ac.uk)

- Speciesism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciesism)

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Dan via Twitter (https://twitter.com/DanRavenEllison) or visiting his website at https://ravenellison.com/

The chat was recorded on 17th August 2021.

Kit's "Slow Ways" poem:

Trudging onward from the node of Norwich

Wymnor, Mulnor, Tavnor

While Yarven strikes across the Isle of Wight

Alone Browhi walks the Arran shore

Be these giants of old and legend

That strode and claimed terrain?

No, the likes of Solhen, Shiban & Salfor

Are paths across our domain

BONUS AUDIO post-credits - Full poem "The Slow Ways Shout" (https://youtu.be/h55wxuwV5zM)

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Kit talks to a bunch of their ex-high school students catching up and reminiscing over a field trip to the USA, amongst other things!

Nathan is a 4th year medical student, interested in teaching, love getting outdoors and exploring, who gets an extra appreciation for the form of rivers and things when he looks down from up a mountain!

Tom is a postgraduate historian whose main areas of interest are early modern and modern Eastern Europe and the Middle East, particularly the nineteenth-century Balkans. If he’s being entirely honest with myself, one of the main things he does in his spare time is reading Wikipedia articles for hours on end.

Emma is an artist, dancer, walker, lover of planet earth and burritos. Her current research revolves around the question 'How can an embodied movement practice grow agency from despondency in relation to the climate crisis?'

Roanna is just a human, figuring things out as they go! Picks litter once a week and a member of the Beverley Town Handbell Ringers.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Tom’s EDP article - https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/youngster-spends-10-hours-collecting-litter-on-norfolk-coast-to-507428

- USA 2012 clips - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL544012B12C6217C6

- Grand Prismatic Spring (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prismatic_Spring)

- Emma’s MFA Creative Practice “one in a trillion is all is everything is one” (https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/creative-innovation/graduate-school-showcase/)

- Beverley Town Handbell Ringers (http://bthr.org.uk/)

- Fire in Bridger Canyon (https://geogramblings.com/2020/09/11/bridger-foothills-fire-video/)

- Cat Zero Charity (http://catzero.org/)

- Montana Grizzly Encounter (http://grizzlyencounter.org/)

The chat was recorded on 30th July 2021.

Emma's profile picture is courtesy of Spike Padley

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know. 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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Kit talks to Akhera Williams & Chantal Mayo-Holloway over some light beverages, chatting about amplifying marginalised voices in the classroom, futsal, unemployed squirrels, amongst other things!

Akhera is a student geographer, community organiser, poet, and artist from South London. She studies BA Geography at King's College London and is the co-founder of the youth-led educational campaign ReRoot.Ed as well as the oral histories project the VoicesProject. Akhera has an interest in ending structural inequalities, both socially and environmentally.

Chantal has for over 20 years been a geography geek, committed to improving the lives and life chances of the students she teaches by helping them see the world through geography goggles, lives by the mantra “practising what we preach”. Chantal sees geography everywhere, embedded in everything around us (whether that is hiking in the Himalayas, or cycling to school or sat in a classroom).

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Chantal via Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/CMOGeography), and Akhera via the VoicesProject at https://www.twitter.com/voicesproject_ and https://www.thevoicesproject.co.uk/.

The chat was recorded on 24th July 2021.

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Kit talks to Alan Parkinson over some Waitrose Rwandan Arabica Light Roast Coffee, chatting about being a child of Yorkshire, past Presidents, amongst other things!

NB: Some minor technical difficulties when recording this conversation means that the quality is not up to usual standards in some places. Apologies! It still won't detract from your enjoyment :)

Alan is a geographer through and through. A Yorkshireman who's spent more than half his life living in Norfolk and love its coastline and rolling countryside where he currently lives. A teacher and author with a house full of books. Alan’s wife is an art educator, and they have two kids who are both completing degrees at UEA. Alan is proud to work with Dan Raven Ellison, Helen Leigh and Tom Morgan Jones to produce ‘Mission: Explore’, and the award he has received from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his support of fellow colleagues.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Rising from the Ashes – movie about the 2012 Rwandan Olympic Cycling team (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2088883/)

- Mission: Explore (https://www.geography.org.uk/MissionExplore)

- ERAMUS & Turin Schemes

- Geographical Association (GA)

- GA Presidents Blog (https://gapresidents.blogspot.com/)

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Alan via Twitter @GeoBlogs or his website Living Geography (https://livinggeography.blogspot.com)

The chat was recorded on 22nd July 2021.

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Title music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com​)

Kit talks to Sebastian Sterl over a cup of Earl Grey, chatting about renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, trivia on flags of the world, colourful shirts, amongst other things!

Sebastian is a physicist by training, experienced as consultant & researcher in a range of fields: energy & climate policy, emissions modelling, Paris Agreement & NDCs, renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro), energy systems, renewables' grid integration, energy meteorology, science-policy interface. He works on international projects with focus mostly on sub-Saharan Africa, but also East & South Asia, Caribbean, Europe. Public speaker on the causes of the climate crisis and how it can be remedied. Hobbies: learning new languages, playing guitar, sports (cycling, cricket, running), a good book, cooking, travelling, nerdy geography/history/physics stuff.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Lake Turkana Wind Power (https://ltwp.co.ke/)

- Global Wind Atlas (https://globalwindatlas.info/)

- “Climate services for a renewable future in West Africa” (WEMC Guest Blog by Sebastian, Dec 2019) https://www.wemcouncil.org/wp/wemc-member-blog-climate-services-for-a-renewable-future-in-west-africa/

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Sebastian via Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/sebastiansterl) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiansterl/)

The chat was recorded on 8th July 2021.

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Kit talks to Jihanna Bonilla-Allard while getting a whiff of some Darkwoods coffee, chatting her multi-cultural heritage, riding her bike around Sheffield and the Peak District, earthquakes, amongst other things!

Jihanna is a part Costa-Rican, part Mexican, part Californian, part Norfolk girl living in Yorkshire, currently studying for an MSc in Sustainability. When not studying, she spends most of her time riding and racing her bike all over the place as it’s Jihanna’s favourite way to explore and to appreciate nature. With a love for bikes and a passion for sustainability, Jihanna hopes to eventually end up working in sustainable transport. Her curiosity to explore and to find new beautiful places to appreciate nature makes Jihanna identify as a 'geographer'.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Gas Hill Gasp in Norwich (https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/watch-thrills-and-spills-at-lung-busting-gas-hill-gasp-1048252)

- EcoVibe Leeds (https://ecovibe.co.uk/)

- B Corp Certification (https://bcorporation.uk/certification)

- Outrage + Optimism Podcast (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)

- ClientEarth (https://www.clientearth.org/)

- Good Law Project (https://goodlawproject.org/)

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Jihanna via Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/jihanna96)

The chat was recorded on 1st July 2021.

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Kit talks to Al Snow (they/them) while enjoying an iced coffee, chatting about the STARS, transportation systems, appreciating and taking note of your surroundings, designing theme parks, amongst other things.

Al is a lesbian and non-binary Applied Physics major at University of California Irvine, whose research mainly focuses on studying superfluids, soon to attend the University of Washington in the fall as a graduate student studying Physics. They are a huge theme park nerd, and a transportation enthusiast. Al is an (amateur) musician and really loves to perform. They hope to someday find a career balancing research and education as they are passionate about STEM education, specifically around making it more equitable and accessible.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Exploratorium STARS https://www.exploratorium.edu/education/professional-development-programs/stars

- Paul Doherty (Patio Plasma): https://www.exploratorium.edu/education/teacher-institute/staff/paul-doherty

- Stuff Matters (book by Mark Miodownik) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18222843-stuff-matters

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Al via Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/snowbafett)

The chat was recorded on 28th June 2021.

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

Kit talks to Dr Jess Tipton (she/her) over a Whole Earth Chicory Coffee, chatting about grating beetroot, empowering young people with environmental activism, amongst other things.

Jess dabbled in life as a musician, Russianist, civil servant and teacher. After studying Russian and clarinet, the logical move was to work at Defra for 10 years. She then became a secondary languages teacher while completing a PhD on Russian multilingualism and was inspired to return to the environmental fold by all the young people desperate to make our planet inhabitable again. Jess has been setting up environmental networks of students from schools across the UK and will be developing them further as Head of Youth Networks at Global Action Plan.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- TerraCycle ‘Loop’ https://loopstore.co.uk/

- Borscht (beetroot soup) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht

- Peter Kropotkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin

- London Schools Eco Network https://twitter.com/ldnschoolseco

- Youth Climate Summit 2020 https://www.transform-our-world.org/events/youth-climate-summit-2020

- Marylebone Trio http://www.themarylebonetrio.com/

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Jess via Twitter (https://twitter.com/DrJessT_eco), and check out the UK Schools Sustainability Network (https://twitter.com/UKSchoolsSusty & http://ukssn.org.uk), Global Action Plan (https://globalactionplan.org.uk) and the Transform Our World teaching resources hub (https://transform-our-world.org).

The chat was recorded on 24th June 2021.

==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. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

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!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them).

The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley, and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.