Royal Scottish Geographical Society

By Dr Louise Reid, University of St Andrews. This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. Homes are gaining capacities unachievable a few decad...

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By Adrian Shaw, Climate Change Officer, Church of Scotland. This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. Speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festiva...

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By Jeremy Leggett, social entrepreneur, author, founder & chairman of Solarcentury & SolarAid. This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. A...

http://royalscottishgeographicalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-energy-of-nations.html

By Kirsten Jenkins and Darren McCauley, University of St Andrews.  This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. Two issues continue to dominat...

http://royalscottishgeographicalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-forgotten-issue.html

Flooding in Oxfordshire, February 2014.  Photo: Julia Lawrence. POTENTIAL INFLUENCES ON THE UNITED KINGDOM'S FLOODS OF WINTER 2013-14 DR CHRIS HUNTINGFORD, Centre for Ecology & Hydrolog...

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By Lin Bunten, Head of Operations – Energy, Scottish Environment Protection Agency. This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. While evid...

http://royalscottishgeographicalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/10/unconventional-gas.html

Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith PhD (Law), Senior Policy Advisor, IPEN – International POPs Elimination Network, and Senior Advisor, National Toxics Network Inc. This article first appeared in the summ...

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By Dr Dan van der Horst, University of Edinburgh. This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. Making and controlling fire was perhaps the sing...

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By Mike Robinson, RSGS Chief Executive. This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. Global energy is changing. Energy usage has trebled in the...

http://royalscottishgeographicalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/10/affording-coal.html

By Professor Paul L Younger FREngg, Rankine Chair of Engineering and Professor of Energy Engineering, University of Glasgow. This article first appeared in the summer 2014 edition of the RSGS's ...

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By Dr Phillips O’Brien, Director, Scottish Centre for War Studies, University of Glasgow. This article first appeared in the spring 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. The qu...

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By Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. This article first appeared in the spring 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. Pensions have emerged as one of the most fierc...

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By Helen Packwood and Professor Allan Findlay FRSGS. This article first appeared in the spring 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. Population growth in Scotland has continued t...

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RSGS and the Friends of Hugh Miller have chartered an old sailing boat to re-enact the voyage take by Hugh Miller in 1844, on the sailing boat The Betsey. We will be departing from the North Pi...

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Doug Allan The Changing Poles What do a world's leading wildlife film maker, Britain's most legendary young climber, Norway's leading polar explorer, an astronaut, TV presenters, several Ev...

http://royalscottishgeographicalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/08/inspiring-people-2014-15.html

By David Crawley. This article first appeared in the spring 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer.  The current debate about how and when an independent Scotland might join the...

http://royalscottishgeographicalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-relationship-with-eu.html

In an innovative new scheme we have appointed our first ever writer-in-residence – Hazel Buchan Cameron.  Hazel is mentoring young writer Josh Morris in a variety of writing skills and appro...

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The impact of World War One affected communities everywhere and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and its members were no exception.   As the centenary of WW1 is marked across the world ...

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Monday 21st Geographical Society - the unofficial birthday of one of Scotland’s longest standing charities. July marked the 130th Anniversary of the founding of The Royal Scottish Despite its...

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By Professor Gavin McCrone FRSGS. This article first appeared in the spring 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. There are reasons for thinking that a small independent country...

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By Professor Jim Gallagher.This article first appeared in the spring 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. The thing most ignored in the present Scottish independence debate is t...

http://royalscottishgeographicalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-conspiracy-of-silence-by-professor.html

By Professor Iain McLean. This article first appeared in the spring 2014 edition of the RSGS's magazine, The Geographer. If we vote ‘Yes’ on 18th September 2014, we do not know what we will...

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Royal Scottish Geographical Society Salary range £16-18k per annum Applications are invited from hard-working and enthusiastic individuals seeking a position with one of Scotland’s busi...

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Building on the format of the successful interactive Storymats developed by RSPB, the new RSGS Climate Change Storymat has been developed to create awareness of the Earth including habitats,...

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James Croll is one of those remarkable Victorian characters who made a fundamental contribution to our current understanding of science, but who is now all but forgotten except in specialist cir...

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