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Springing into March
In this edition: 
We look forward to our final online Inspiring People talk with Robin Hanbury-Tenison, and reflect on some of our recent events, including An Interview with Lyse Doucet and the RSGS Education Conference. We share the most recent edition of The Geographer: Wicked and Wonderful Weather and some of our blog highlights.
Lyse Doucet FRSGS
We were delighted to host BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet at AK Bell Library in Perth last week, where she was interviewed by Dr Vanessa Collingridge in front of a sold out audience. At the event, Lyse was also awarded with the RSGS Mungo Park Medal, in recognition of her role as one of the most outstanding frontline broadcast journalists of the past few decades.

Lyse’s career as a globally-recognised journalist reads as a geographical almanac of many of the world’s crisis areas over the last 30 years. She has covered all the major wars in the Middle East since the mid-1990s and played a leading role in the BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring, reporting from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. More recently, she reported from Kabul airport in August 2021 following the coalition withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban offensive in the country.  And only last week – reporting, alongside Clive Myrie – BBC’s coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  At the event Jeremy Bowen FRSGS and Lindsey Hilsum FRSGS, both Mungo Park Medallists, sent their congratulations, highlighting how the depth of Lyse's humanity shows in the relationships she forges through her reporting. 
As an explorer, author, filmmaker, conservationist, and campaigner, Robin Hanbury-Tenison has spent over fifty years exploring the world, has undertaken over 40 expeditions to some of the world’s remotest regions and helped increase representation for countless tribes through his charity Survival International. During a lifetime of travelling by jeep, horse, camel, foot, and hovercraft, he made the first land crossing of South America at its widest point, the first river crossing of South America from north to south, travelled along the Great Wall of China, across the Kalahari Desert, and led multiple ground-breaking expeditions.
An Interview with Robin Hanbury-Tenison - Trailer
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Education Conference

On Saturday 25th February RSGS convened a full day, fast-paced conference at Dollar Academy to bring together as many key individuals and organisations from across the spectrum of the broad education sector, to discuss how to maximise and promote the relevance and uptake of geography. The meeting brought together policy experts and practitioners with academics, teachers and students and covered a huge amount of ground. 20 speakers gave short provocations and around 65 participants shared their ideas. Look out for the provocations being shared on our YouTube channel!

Wicked and Wonderful Weather

We are excited to announce the release of the newest edition of The Geographer! The theme of this edition is Meteorology, highlighting the science and importance of meteorology, exploring topics such as mapping and the history of meteorology, storm chasing, unusual forecasts and weather phenomena and climate change.  We also feature an interview with Tristan Gooley, author of The Secret World of Weather and an article from Nick Middleton author of Going to Extremes and Surviving Extremes, as seen on Channel 4. Our centre spread for this edition features the winning photos from the RMetS Weather Photographer of the Year competition. 

To receive future editions of our highly regarded quarterly magazine, join as a member now at rsgs.org/join-us.

Blog Update
With new content every week on our online blog (rsgs.org/blogs) there’s always something of interest. Recent additions include:
 
  • Journey with Purpose - Heart of Arabia Expedition: In 1917 St John Philby journeyed east to west across Arabia, from the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea. 105 years later, the Heart of Arabia Expedition set out to follow in Philby’s footsteps across the Arabian Peninsula.
  • 2023: climate and the year ahead: Chief Executive Mike Robinson reflects on the year that is upon us and the potential for a fresh start and some fresh impetus to see action around some of the critical issues facing our society.
  • The Challenger Expedition: peering into the abyss: in December 1872 the Royal Navy ship HMS Challenger set sail on an extraordinary four-year voyage around the world, in what has been called the Apollo mission of the Victorian era.
  • The Nukak: the last Indigenous people to be contacted by mainstream Colombian society, and one of the last nomadic tribes in the country, has been fighting to return home for more than 30 years.
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