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Geography


The Environmental Cost of Fast Fashion

The Environmental Cost of Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion

One garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned every second. This video discusses the environmental impact of fashion from creation to use, how and why so many clothes become waste and how we can make the industry more sustainable.
The Human Cost of Fast Fashion

The Human Cost of Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion

While the price of fashion for us may be low, the real cost is much higher. This video discusses fast fashion, planned obsolescence and the modern slavery and unsafe conditions that make cheap, disposable fashion so affordable for consumers.
What Can We Do about Fast Fashion?

What Can We Do about Fast Fashion?

Fast Fashion

As consumers, what can we do to change the fashion industry? This video discusses the New York Fashion Act, the legislations bringing accountability to the industry and the activists and artists that are educating consumers on what they can do.
Scattered People

Scattered People

Music can heal and transform on a personal and community level. But can it build a bridge between middle Australia and some of the world's most vulnerable people? Through the eyes and hearts of two Iranian musicians, Scattered People is a story...Show More
What Are Greenhouse Gases?

What Are Greenhouse Gases?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will play an important role in the fight to slow down climate change. Ruairi Brogan, who works for a wildlife charity, explains where greenhouse gases come from and how they can be absorbed by habitats like...Show More
What Is Deforestation?

What Is Deforestation?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Deforestation might feel like something that’s happening far away, in tropical rainforests, but its impacts can affect us all. Ruairi Brogan, who works for a wildlife charity, explains why forests are so important and the ways we can help to...Show More
What Is Fast Fashion?

What Is Fast Fashion?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Fast fashion is a term that we see more and more frequently on the news and social media. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains the impact fast fashion is having on the planet and the ways we can slow it down.
What Is Renewable Energy?

What Is Renewable Energy?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Worldwide, many countries are thinking of ways to switch to using more renewable energy sources. Youth leader Ishaa Asim explains how alternatives to fossil fuels can help the power we use be ‘cleaner’ and better for the environment.
What Is a Carbon Footprint?

What Is a Carbon Footprint?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

People, objects and even countries all have a carbon footprint. Environmental scientist Laura Young explains how you can think of your carbon footprint as being an environmental maths sum, in which you add up all of the greenhouse gases you...Show More
What is Net Zero?

What is Net Zero?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

You might have heard the term net zero used before. Currently in the UK and around the world, countries have set goals to reach net zero. Environmental scientist Laura Young explains how net zero is a bit like balancing a set of scales. By...Show More
What Is Habitat Loss?

What Is Habitat Loss?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Habitat loss is happening across the world, from shrinking rainforests to melting ice caps. Ruairi Brogan, who works for a wildlife charity, explains the impact this has on nature, and why maintaining and restoring habitats doesn’t just benefit...Show More
What Is Air Pollution?

What Is Air Pollution?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Air pollution is a big term that’s often used when talking about the environment and our health. Youth leader Ishaa Asim explores where air pollution comes from and the different ways to help reduce it.
What Is Palm Oil?

What Is Palm Oil?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Palm oil can be found in many things, from make-up to pizza, soap to chocolate. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains how the demand for palm oil is unfortunately leading to deforestation and impacting animals.
Rapping with a Green Theme

Rapping with a Green Theme

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Scenes

These fun videos feature an improv troupe putting on different types of performance with a green theme and using upcycled objects. Use the videos to inspire your own performances.
Topographic Maps: Contour Lines

Topographic Maps: Contour Lines

What Are Topographic Maps?

If you have good map skills and can interpret contour patterns well, you are far less likely to get lost or find yourself in an emergency situation. This video explains what a contour lines on a topographic map are, and how they can be used to...Show More
Using Topographic Maps in the Real World

Using Topographic Maps in the Real World

What Are Topographic Maps?

Topographic maps can help people plan for the future, solve a problem or deal with a disaster. This video gives examples of how topographic maps are essential tools for everyday life, particularly for recreation, resource management and emergency...Show More
Topographic Maps: Words and Symbols

Topographic Maps: Words and Symbols

What Are Topographic Maps?

Words and symbols on topographic maps make it easier to find information faster, more easily and more reliably. This video explains what words and symbols on a topographic map mean, as well as the compass rose and the difference between Magnetic...Show More
Topographic Maps: Orientation

Topographic Maps: Orientation

What Are Topographic Maps?

Whatever map you are using, you want to know what place or part of the world the map represents and you want to be able to give your location. This video explains what latitude and longitude are, and how to give and interpret grid references on a...Show More
Topographic Maps: Scale

Topographic Maps: Scale

What Are Topographic Maps?

Whether you’re navigating the streets of a big city or planning a European holiday, you will need to know where things and places are located and how far apart they are. This video explains what scale on a topographic map is, and how it can be...Show More
An Introduction to Topographic Maps

An Introduction to Topographic Maps

What Are Topographic Maps?

Topographic maps give you important information about locations and their features and enable you to make sense of your world. This video introduces basic features of topographic maps, such as scale, contour lines, symbols and grid references and...Show More
Italy: A Shrinking Population

Italy: A Shrinking Population

Population Case Studies

Once home to the capital of a vast empire that stretched across the Mediterranean, Italy’s fertility rate has been steadily dropping for more than a century. This video presents a case study of the factors contributing to Italy’s population...Show More
The Causes and Impacts of Migration

The Causes and Impacts of Migration

Population Dynamics

Migration is a way of life for humans and has been for millions of years. This video provides an overview of migration, exploring migration trends, the push and pull factors that lead people to migrate and the impacts of migration, both in...Show More
The Malthusian Theory of Population

The Malthusian Theory of Population

Population Dynamics

In the past, governments and nations have been guided by Malthusian or Neo-Malthusian theory, but it has also caused pain and hardship for many throughout history. This video explains how the problems observed by Malthus inspired problematic laws...Show More
The Demographic Transition Model

The Demographic Transition Model

Population Dynamics

The demographic transition model is a helpful too for understanding the complex relationship between changes in a population as a nation develops over time. This video guides viewers through the five stages of the model, providing clear...Show More
Population Structures

Population Structures

Population Dynamics

A population pyramid is one of the easiest ways to capture humanity in a single snapshot. This video helps students understand population pyramids, explaining how to read a pyramid and interpret changes to a pyramid’s shape over time, with...Show More