Great Expectations 2.0

In Great Expectations 2.0, Inez Bartram Vilar reflects upon the first ever article published in The Bloomsbury Geographer. This retrospective response seeks to re-evaluate the initial aims of the Bloomsbury Geography and prospects for the future of the geographical discipline, outlined in an article by Paul Wheatley in 1968. Delving deep into archive – which…

Rewilding Britain: A Reflection on the Words of George Monbiot

Charlotte Collins reviews ‘Rewilding: The mass restoration of Britain’s ecosystems’, a talk by writer and activist George Mobiot presented by the UCL Geographical Society. In a society permeated with discourses of climate change and the anthropogenic reshaping of our natural environments, academics, scientists and policy makers alike strive to find viable solutions to combat these issues….

Keep it Growing

Here Charlie Curry addresses the adverse issues upon future agriculture production resulting from a combined threat of Climate Change and booming populations. This post is from her blog Water: Filling Africa’s Stomach, which is part of her assessment for the Water and Development module.  Climate change and exponential population growth have both been identified as pending threats to future agricultural production…