Swine Flu

No comment. “Thanks” to Alan Parkinson on SLN for this one! Silly season continues with a bit of Billy Joel in there as well..

Moon Landing 40 years on

Confession – yes I do remember this. I was very, VERY young at the time and I was forced to stay up to watch it in the middle of the night. I’m glad now my parents made me watch. History can almost be as good as Geography sometimes!!!

Global Warming

Nice video here from the Osocio blog. Makes you think – I hope.

Australian town bans bottled water

People of an Australian town have voted to ban the sale of bottled water. They are possibly the first in the world to do this. Bottled water today is often criticised as an environmental menace, with bottles filling up landfills and requiring lots of energy to produce and transport. To prevent a loss of profit in the town's shops that sell bottled water, they suggested they instead sell reusable bottles for about the same price. Residents will be able to fill the bottles for free at public fountains, or pay a small amount to fill them with filtered water. Last year, students at Leeds University voted for a ban on bottled water at the university's shops, but no UK village, town or city has yet followed in its footsteps. Read the rest of this Guardian article here.

Water resources!!!!

Just too cute for words. This is the silly season remember.

Nearly time to go.

Nice reminder here from a colleague of this use of Google earth Click the pic below to see our message.

Volcanoes starter

Thanks to GeoDave on SLN for this wee starter movie. Watch out for me strutting my stuff at the end!