IB DP Geography Flipboard Magazine

For all IB DP Geography students and educators! Focusing upon #ibgeog19 'Global Change' + 'Global Interactions'.

By Richard Allaway

Richard Allaway
Renewable Energy
How concentrated solar power could fuel the future
bigthink.com - Big Think
• What if we could not only harness the power of the sun, but actually use it to run the entire planet? • Concentrated solar power (CSP) has the potential …
Jul 18
Richard Allaway
Coffee
How delivery drones are already helping fulfil orders for coffee, takeaways and books
inews.co.uk - Rhiannon Williams
Receiving takeaways, groceries and coffee via unmanned devices is taking off, with start-ups helping the high street take advantage. When Amazon …
6 days ago
Richard Allaway
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Could 3D printed schools be 'transformative' for education in Africa?
weforum.org - Charles Pensulo
Gathered under the hot sun, dozens of women danced and sang in jubilation as children from the village of Salima, in central Malawi, started their …
Richard Allaway
South America
Millions Are Tumbling Out of the Global Middle Class in Historic Setback
Bloomberg
Kidney, tongue, liver. Francinete Alves doesn’t love organ meat, but that’s what she’s mulling bringing home from the discount butcher shop in a …
Richard Allaway
Uttar Pradesh
India states considering two-child policy and incentives for sterilisation
The Guardian - Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Several Indian states are considering implementing a controversial two-child policy and incentivising sterilisation as a means of population control. The state of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous with...
Richard Allaway
California Drought
The U.S. Is Rapidly Running Low on Water
slate.com - Matt Simon
There’s a gross way to fix this. This story was originally published by Wired and has been republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Lake …
Richard Allaway
Human Geography
Women in the U.S. are having fewer babies. What’s driving this trend?
weforum.org - Ann M. Oberhauser
The decline in population growth in the U.S. from 2010 to 2020 is part of a broader national trend linked to falling birth rates, but also …
Richard Allaway
Energy Mix
Mapped: The World’s Biggest Private Tax Havens
visualcapitalist.com - Omri Wallach
The World’s Tech Giants, Compared to the Size of Economies How do the big tech giants compare to entire countries? Here’s how Apple, Microsoft, and …
Richard Allaway
Human Geography
Why declining birth rates are good news for life on Earth
The Guardian - Laura Spinney
Fertility rates are falling across the globe – even in places, such as sub-Saharan Africa, where they remain high. This is good for women, families, societies and the environment. So why do we keep hearing...
Richard Allaway
Renewable Energy
This is how the US energy market is shifting
weforum.org - Katharine Rooney
The G7’s recent commitment to move away from coal as an energy source mirrors an existing trend in the US energy market. Between 2005-2019, the use of …
Richard Allaway
Environment
Hotter than the human body can handle: Pakistan city broils in world’s highest temperatures
The Telegraph - By Ben Farmer
When the full midsummer heat hits Jacobabad, the city retreats inside as if sheltering from attack. The streets are deserted and residents hunker down as best they can to weather temperatures that can...