Our declaration has launched!
From the 6 - 9th July 2021 geographers from Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and beyond met virtually for the Institute of Australian Geographers and New Zealand Geographical Society combined Conference. Whilst we had planned to be physically together at the University of Sydney on lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, Covid-19 had other ideas. Sydney was a few weeks into its er lasting lockdown. Melbourne for once, was not in lockdown, border bubbles were popped, and Zoom and Twitter were the mediums of choice for conference chatter. On the middle day of the conference, Wednesday 7th July, Susan Caldis, just days away from submitting her PhD thesis, gave a keynote marking the launch of the Climate and biodiversity emergency declaration by geographers in Australia. The Geographical Teachers Association NSW & ACT President's talk, Understanding a climate emergency in and through geography education: What can geography educators declare , highlighted...