A season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?

A special 'side-step' episode as Kit Marie welcomes back previous #CoffeeGeogPod guest and Espresso co-host Alistair Hamill, discussing his innovative and inspiring approach to teaching climate change through a citizen science GIS project, linked to Northern Ireland's Shared Education programme.

WATCH this discussion over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z9RuM_AVmhU

Alistair and Kit Marie talk about the importance of teaching climate change as a safeguarding issue and how Alistair devised a GIS project for pupils in the Craigavon area to collect and display data on the quality of trees. This project connects students with the local council, giving them a voice in local decisions and fostering a sense of agency and hope. This is not a discussion to be missed!

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Climate Ambassadors (https://climateambassadors.org.uk)

- Alistair's CoffeeGeogPod episode which includes discussion on the importance of Northern Ireland's Shared Education (https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-s02e11-alistair-hamill-northern-ireland)

- How schools can treat climate change as a safeguarding issue (https://geogramblings.com/2024/12/14/empowering-schools-linking-climate-action-to-safeguarding/)

- ‘What counts’ as climate change education? Perspectives from policy influencers by Greer & Glackin (https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165333/1/Greer%20and%20Glackin_2021_%27What%20counts%27%20as%20Climate%20Change%20Education_Greer%20and%20Glackin_2021.pdf)

- Shared Education in Northern Ireland (https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/shared-education)

- Introductory video to the urban tree survey citizen science project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Z98f8r75Y)

- Full video of young people from Lurgan College and St Ronan's College, Lurgan sharing their thoughts on the citizen science project (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alistair-hamill-4aa60b99_in-january-i-had-the-privilege-of-taking-activity-7301555512192446464-1m7w/)

Connect with Alistair via Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-hamill-4aa60b99/).

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