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We can be connected (or disconnected) based on where we move, how we speak, and even what sports teams we root for.
This article is a great source for discussion material on regions (include the ever-famous “Soda/Pop/Coke” regions). How do we divide up our world? What are the criteria we use for doing so?
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Despite Friday Night Lights portrayals, there’s a lot more geographic diversity in NFL prospects than you might think.
Happy NFL draft weekend! As I’m sure you were asking yourself, I was thinking, “where do NFL players come from?” Are there strong spatial patterns of this distribution? How do cultural forces impact the prevalence of a particular sport in a specific region? It’s not as skewed to the South a you might think.
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A 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of our history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 Summit. The film charts the growth of…
This video is a great primer to discuss human and environmental interactions as related to industrialization, globalization and climate change.
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Research on obesity and food availability in poor areas suggests that access must be considered alongside factors like price, taste and education, too.
Access to fresh food is one of the barriers to healthy eating within many poorer neighborhoods in the United States and these areas that lack healthy options are referred to as “food deserts.” At least that was what the conventional wisdom was. This article looks other factors and issues surrounding healthy food options including poverty, education, transportation and culture.
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This film and photographic experiment set out to prove The Power of X by attempting an Ideas Worth Doing for TEDxSUMMIT. The project fused architecture, danc…
This is a great demonstration of spatial thinking extending far beyond ‘just’ the discipline of geography. Using spatial thinking, we can create truly breath-taking works of art. To see more about this on the TED-ED site, see: http://ed.ted.com/on/AOxez5KX
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Jakarta’s traffic is legendary and locals have now become experts at finding ways to get around the jams, with some even making money out of them.
The population of Indonesia is heavily concentrated on the island of Java, and the capital city of Jakarta faces a tremendous strain on it’s transportation network. This video show that resourceful people will find inventive ways to make an unworkable situation manageable.
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A former gang member from Long Beach, California, teaches break dancing to at-risk youth in Cambodia.
This video is a great example of cross-cultural interactions in the era of globalization. Urban youth culture of the United States is spread to Cambodia through a former refugee (with a personally complex political geography). What geographic themes are evident in this video? How is geography being reshaped and by what forces?
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The Mekong River was once a wild and primitive backwater. Today, growing demands for electricity and rapid economic growth are changing the character of what is the world’s 12th-longest river.
Economic progress for some often entails job loss and environmental degradation for others. The once isolated and remote Mekong is experiences some impacts of globalization with residents having mixed feelings about the prospects.
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The carbon emissions produced by electric cars vary depending on how a given region generates its electricity.
If a consumer is trying to assess the environmental impact of their automotive/transportation practices, that answer may vary according to wher they live; the type of driving, the regions energy source and local air quality all need to be factored in. Geography always matters.
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