Children all over the world are adapting to a new way of learning as schools closed due to the new coronavirus pandemic. In the UK, schoolchildren are in for a treat during these unprecedented times.
In 2021 and 2022, as we ran short of practically everything, we encountered a reminder of how physical our society is. For all our online shopping and wireless internet, things must still be moved to ...
“Without geography, you’re nowhere” is a quote by Jimmy Buffett, and it is so true. Learning geography is not just about memorising places on the map; it encompasses people, culture, economics, ...
Despite the broad reach of the internet, successful online traders need to focus tightly on individual customers. One way of doing that is to identify exactly where they are located, says Quocirca's ...
The letter from Miriam Reichenbach laments the fact that geography — as a separate subject — can no longer be squeezed in the school curriculum today because of all the state mandated programs. I feel ...
To paraphrase urbanist James Howard Kunstler, Toronto city council is sleepwalking into the future. While 21st century Toronto’s shift to multi-modal transportation (public transit, automobiles, feet, ...
Gregg Easterbrook's essay on two books by Jared Diamond (Jan. 30), "Collapse" and the earlier "Guns, Germs, and Steel," is a crafty bit of rhetoric. He begins by lavishing praise on Diamond's ...
The sidewalk surrounding Manhattan’s Bryant Park is lined with posters promoting a new image of Lord & Taylor, the U.S.’s oldest department-store chain. In the pictures, members of some mythical ...