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Climate Change Adapatation: Greening Urban Environments
by Fiona Ferbrache Examples of green infrastructure from an exhibition entitled ‘La Ville Fertile’ (Gaillac, 2012) What happened to your Christmas tree at the end of December? Did you recycle wrapping...
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Accommodating Students: recent trends and the University of the Channel Islands
by Fiona Ferbrache Queen Margaret University Accommodation Like many Channel Islanders, I attended university in the UK as there is no such establishment in the islands. Proposals are in place,...
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Sustainable Urbanism: Transport Hubs and City Exchanges
by Fiona Ferbrache Rotterdam’s Centraal Station as a gateway to the city Travel by train through Reading or Northampton and you will be able to observe the construction works of the station...
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Academic Writing and Geography Narrated
by Fiona Ferbrache The ruins of Erskine Beveridge, is Fraser MacDonald’s (2013) narrative essay available as an early view article in Transactions. It tells the story of a house – Taigh Mòr, built by...
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Relational Geographies: Sea – shore and the Super-rich
by Fiona Ferbrache Super yachts at St Tropez (author’s own image) In 2012, the Economist noted that even in troubling economic times it was still possible to discern rich people, alongside the poor. It...
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“Dear Diary…”: Qualitative Methods & Geographies of Love
by Fiona Ferbrache “Cupid, please hear my cry….” This time of year is associated with love and fertility and it is today, 14 February, that Saint Valentine’s Day is celebrated in honour of a martyred...
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A View from Above: Geography explores the outdoors
by Fiona Ferbrache Originally photographed by Nathan Dexter, but with no residual rights, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. The scientific method has close connections to ideas about progress and...
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International Women’s Achievements: geographies of female entrepreneurship in...
by Fiona Ferbrache International Women’s Day, 8th March, marks the many achievements of diverse women (past and present) around the globe. However, this day contrasts with the poignant reminder that...
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Death by Geography: reviewing spaces of death
by Fiona Ferbrache Pick up a daily newspaper and you will find an obituary section providing biographical sketches of recently deceased individuals. Last week, these included Coptic Christian Pope...
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Exploring Geography
by Fiona Ferbrache Captain Scott in 1911, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The Royal Geographical Society (-IBG) has a strong historical association with exploration. Famous explorers such as...
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Urban Exploration
by Fiona Ferbrache Urban Exploring in verlassenen Bunkeranlagen, © Pascal Dihé / https://www.dihe.eu / CC BY-SA 4.0. A fortnight ago, Geography Directions reported on exploration and adventure in...
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Be Prepared: scouting out good citizens
by Fiona Ferbrache http://www.chavagnes.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watcha, Ging gang goo, ging gang...
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