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Latest Geo News
Welcome
to the latest newsletter from EUROGEO
The newsletter brings information about an award
winning geographer, the latest issue of the European Journal of Geography, news
on the 2015 EUROGEO conference and the release of global high resolution data
sets. The work of EUROGEO is highlighted in the Council of Europe and as part
of the GeoSkills Plus project. This
month you can also find out about a new book on Teaching and Learning with
Geo-media, the Barbara Petchenik Map Competition, the T3G institute and
International Mountain Day.
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EJG 2014, Issue 3
Issue 3 of the European Journal of Geography is
just published and free to download. The Journal now on Scopus, s based on the
European Association of Geographers’ goal to make European Geography a
worldwide reference and standard. The latest issue contains seven articles on
historical analysis, wildfire risk assessment, location analysis, social perception,
communicating climate change, catchment approaches and Belgrade tourism.
EUROGEO Conference 2015
"Communicating
Geography: serving our world" 21-22 May 2015
The 2015 EUROGEO Annual Meeting and Conference will
be organised in conjunction with and hosted by the Turkish Association of
Geographers (TAG), in Ankara on 21-22 May 2015. An optional field excursion to
Cappadocia will take place all day on 23 May 2015. Call for sessions and
abstracts very soon.
Geographer wins award
The 2014 winner of the Volvo Environment
Prize, Professor Eric Lambin, is a remote
sensing pioneer using advanced data collection and satellite images to
understand land use and the influence of humans on the planet. His research has
focused on trying to bridge two disparate communities? remote sensing
scientists and human ecologists. For
more information about the winner and the Volvo Environment
High-Res Data Released
The White House announced they are going to release
the high-resolution images of SRTM globally. This release of 30m x 30m imagery
is available globally and accessible on EarthExplorer
Climate Change, Human Rights
EUROGEO as an International NGO (INGO) with participatory
status in the Council of Europe is involved with working group on Climate
Change and Human Rights. This group has
prepared the INGO's position paper up to the COP15 to be held in Peru before
the 2015 Paris conference as announced by UN. Download the position paper
European cooperation for vocational training
The GeoSkills Plus Project looks at the state of
geo-employment and the labour market across Europe. Geo Skills Plus is a joint
project with national surveying organisations from Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania
and the Netherlands. The European umbrella organisations of Surveyors (CLGE)
and geographers (EUROGEO) are partners in the project.
Learning & Teaching with geo-media
This new publication is a product of the Digital-eath.eu
Project. It provides a theoretical and practical introduction to the field. It
is explicitly aimed at secondary education. Introducing the dimensions of the
emerging geoinformation society and dedicated to teacher trainers and teachers.
Childrens Map Competition
The International Cartographic Association and the
Commission on Cartography and Children invite you to participate in the next
Barbara Petchenik Map Competition 2015, an event created with the aim of
promoting the creative representation of the world in graphic form by children.
In 2015, this biannual international award has a special connotation, because
it is organized on the frame of activities programmed within the International
Map Year. The theme is '“My place in today’s world". Deadline May 1st
2015.
International Mountain Day
In 2013 the United Nations General Assembly designated
11 December “International Mountain Day”. This aims to create awareness about
the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and
constraints in mountain development and to build alliances that will bring
positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world. Mountain
Farming is the theme chosen for this year’s celebration.
Why, Where Matters?
EUROGEO Members GeoEconomy have published
"Why 'Where' Matters". This book examines why geospatial perspectives
and geography matters. The tag line is "Practical Advice for Individuals,
Communities, Companies and Countries.".
Free Geo-ed articles
Taylor & Francis is offering for free until the
end of 2014 a collection of articles highlighting some of the newest research
in geography education. Articles are: Teaching Geography, Climate Change
Education, The Importance of Fieldwork, Using and Teaching GIS.
GIS Day 2014
Have you participated in a GIS Day before? If not
why not get involved, or even organise an event this year? The theme for 2014
is Discovering the World Through GIS, it takes place on November 19,
2014. You can register your event at http://www.gisday.com/
or find out what is happening near you. GIS Day is part of Geography Awareness
Week.
T3G Institute
Applications for Esri's "Teachers Teaching Teachers
GIS" 2015 institute are invited. T3G seeks 100 enthusiastic educators and
influencers who want to help other educators grasp why and how to use GIS in
instruction. The focus is on USA, with particular attention to K12 (given
Esri's commitment to ConnectED, http://connected.esri.com), However,
applications are also welcome from international educators. Apply by November
24 2014.
