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  • Chalk Talks

    Chalk Talks

    Free, virtual geography lessons for students at home. Each video will summarise topics in the Scottish Geography curriculum, from glaciers to coasts, cities to deserts, and everything in between. Read more

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    We are working to enhance geographical learning in Scottish schools. We organise activities and produce learning materials for both primary and secondary school children. Read more

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Opportunities & Grants

Since its inception, RSGS and its members have part-funded and open doors to hundreds of students, academics and explorers in their careers and research, both at home and abroad. And this tradition continues today... Read more

Published: 1st August, 2018

Updated: 9th September, 2020

Author: James Cave

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Our rooms at RSGS HQ can in Perth can be booked and cater for a wide variety of clients from small corporate meetings and school trips to intimate weddings. Our team of dedicated staff and volunteers can tailor a friendly package for most occasions. Please take a look around. Read more

Published: 7th November, 2018

Updated: 24th July, 2019

Author: James Cave

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Fact Sheets

Case studies and fun facts for the classroom, covering flooding, landslides and coasts. Read more

Published: 3rd May, 2019

Updated: 24th July, 2019

Author: James Cave

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Learning Maps and Mats

Learning Maps and Mats

RSGS helps school's create playground maps and access climate change story mats for the classroom. Read more

Published: 3rd May, 2019

Updated: 25th August, 2020

Author: James Cave

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Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans

We are working to enhance geographical learning in Scottish schools. We organise activities and produce learning materials for both primary and secondary school children. Read more

Published: 3rd May, 2019

Updated: 12th January, 2021

Author: James Cave

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Experiential Learning

Experiential Learning

Lesson plans and advise for outdoor learning projects and activities inspired by exploration and adventure. Read more

Published: 3rd May, 2019

Updated: 24th July, 2019

Author: James Cave

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It's easy to volunteer with us, and we have lots of exciting projects to work on, including hosting speakers at our talks, giving RSGS talks to external clubs and guiding visitors at our HQ in Perth. Read more

Published: 10th July, 2019

Updated: 24th July, 2019

Author: James Cave

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Chalk Talks

Chalk Talks

Free, virtual geography lessons for students at home. Each video will summarise topics in the Scottish Geography curriculum, from glaciers to coasts, cities to deserts, and everything in between. Read more

Published: 22nd January, 2021

Author: James Cave

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  • Chalk Talks

    Chalk Talks

    Free, virtual geography lessons for students at home. Each video will summarise topics in the Scottish Geography curriculum, from glaciers to coasts, cities to deserts, and everything in between.

  • Doug Scott: Seeking the High Places

    Doug Scott: Seeking the High Places

    A tribute to the Everest mountaineer and pioneer of alpine-style climbing, who died in December 2020, written by RSGS Writer-in-Residence, Jo Woolf.

  • An Evening with Jonathon Porritt

    An Evening with Jonathon Porritt

    Environmentalist and author Johnathan Porritt considers whether this moment, early in 2021, is an important 'inflection point' for the human race. ...

  • Professor Danny Dorling - The Geography of Slowdown

    Professor Danny Dorling - The Geography of Slowdown

    Academic geographer Danny Dorling uses a mass of global data to reveal that human progress is slowing. Not only have fertility and productivity fallen over the last couple of generations, but so have the overall rates of production and of innovation. Fortunately, this slowdown is good for our civilization...

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  • Departing the Island on 'The Edge of the World’

    Departing the Island on 'The Edge of the World’

    "Ninety years ago, on August 29, 1930, the last 36 residents of St Kilda were evacuated. Huddled on HMS Harebell they were conveyed from Village Bay on Hirta to mainland Scotland." Writes Collections Volunteer, Kenny Maclean FRSGS.

  • Stop Climate Chaos Scotland: An Interview

    Stop Climate Chaos Scotland: An Interview

    After 14 years, Mike Robinson stepped down from the charity coalition he established: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. In this interview with Jo Woolf, he speaks about his lifelong passion for environmental issues and his hopes for the future.

  • Shackleton at the RSGS: A Sketch

    Shackleton at the RSGS: A Sketch

    This is an attempt to explain why there are no newspaper cuttings in the RSGS archives from early 1904 until late 1905. This is approximately the length of Shackleton’s tenure as Secretary...

  • What an Emergency Looks Like

    What an Emergency Looks Like

    "In the case of coronavirus, despite some amount of confusion, at least we now know what an emergency response looks like," writes Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of RSGS.

  • Hamish MacInnes: ‘the Fox of Glen Coe’

    Hamish MacInnes: ‘the Fox of Glen Coe’

    "MacInnes will be fondly remembered for his independent spirit, altruism, courage, modesty, and not least for his sense of humour. Thousands of people owe their lives to him, either directly via rescue missions, or through safety equipment and training. While he loved all mountains, his heart was in Scotland"

  • COP26 Postponed

    COP26 Postponed

    "Postponing the relevant UN COPs was inevitable, but we need to see them as essential pre-planning, and re-schedule them as soon as circumstance allows," writes Mike Robinson, RSGS Chief Executive.

  • Erskine Beveridge: the Dunfermline Geographer

    Erskine Beveridge: the Dunfermline Geographer

    "Beveridge's photographs could be dismissed as a romantic view of Scotland but, as well as castles and mountains, they also capture a historical geography and social history..." writes Bruce Gittings FRSGS

  • An Interview with Levison Wood

    An Interview with Levison Wood

    “It’s about showing what a region is really like through the eyes of the people who live there.” Explorer Levison Wood speaks to RSGS Writer-in-Residence, Jo Woolf.

  • The Climate Emergency: One Year On

    The Climate Emergency: One Year On

    "Although coronavirus is quite rightly dominating our thoughts and immediate concerns, the climate emergency hasn't gone away." An interview with Mike Robinson and Professor Dave Reay.

  • An Interview with Calum Maclean

    An Interview with Calum Maclean

    For our Young Geographer magazine published in 2019, our team of Editors sat down with BBC presenter and wild-swimmer Calum Maclean. The magazine article was published in Gaelic, but we're pleased to share the English version online!

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