Kit Marie Rackley 🦊🌊 MCCT

My #CoffeeGeogPod conversation with Dr. Robin Hayward had a blend of warmth, laughter, ecological insight and something more ineffable, a shared understanding of what it means to be a person shaped by landscapes, identities and the need to belong somewhere.

http://geogramblings.com/2026/03/15/horizons-forests-and-the-joy-of-finding-your-people-a-conversation-with-dr-robin-hayward/

☕🌍 Ep 6x03 #CoffeeGeogPod here!
This week Kit Marie chats with forest ecologist & #SciComm @canopyrobin.com - Malaysian rainforests, queerness in nature, lizards falling from the canopy, and why beech #trees are top‑tier for hugs. 🌳💚
🎧 LISTEN: https://on.soundcloud.com/fPuj2UI8EZpWIHsGR7

My #CoffeeGeogPod chat with Omar Regalado Fernández, a Mexican paleobiologist now living in Germany, was more than about fossils, or science, or identity. It was an excavation — of assumptions, of histories, of the stories science tells about itself.

http://geogramblings.com/2026/02/28/digging-beneath-the-surface-a-conversation-with-omar-regalado-fernandez/

💬 “Colonialism is an eldritch horror—it keeps whispering: I’m not here.”
This week’s #CoffeeGeogPod dives into paleobiology, colonial legacies & who gets to be a ‘knowledge‑maker’ with Omar Regalado Fernández.

LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-602
WATCH: https://youtu.be/jW1wIe66shg

☕🌍 New #CoffeeGeogPod ! Kit Marie and Mexican paleobiologist @mathchaos.bsky.social explore #decolonising #paleontology, identity across borders, colonial legacies in science, renaming species, the Bone Wars, and more!
🎧 LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-602
📺 WATCH: https://youtu.be/jW1wIe66shg

While responding to the #KCSIE2026 consultation is exhausting, it's a necessary act. As a trans climate science communicator deeply invested in safeguarding children, I needed to voice what I think where it’s strong, where it risks harm, and what I’m asking you to support.

http://geogramblings.com/2026/02/14/keeping-children-safe-in-education-kcsie-2026-consultation-an-exhausting-but-necessary-process/

There’s something quite special about opening a new season of Coffee & Geography with a guest who shifts the way you think about a topic you thought you understood. My conversation with Gadfly Stratton, an environmental researcher based in Ontario, did exactly that.

http://geogramblings.com/2026/02/13/on-stories-species-and-seeing-ourselves-a-conversation-with-gadfly-stratton/

💬 “Invasive species management only works when communities see themselves represented. You need everyone at the table.” Catch our Season 6 opener with Gadfly Stratton on EDIA, ecology & inclusion.
🎧 LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-601
#CoffeeGeogPod #Geography

☕🌍 We’re back! Season 6 of #CoffeeGeogPod kicks off with a brilliant convo with environmental researcher & EDIA advocate Gadfly Stratton! Invasive species, identity, gaming, dogs & more.

🎧 LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-601
#Geography #EDI #InvasiveSpecies

This final post brings the series together.

Climate literacy, handled carefully, is not activism or overload. It’s part of doing our jobs well—supporting children’s wellbeing in a world that has already changed.

Not panic. Not perfection. Professional competence. So, what does this 'reasonable professional responsibility' look like? I propose five key components.

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https://geogramblings.com/2026/02/01/climate-literacy-as-safeguarding-what-reasonable-professional-responsibility-looks-like/

#Safeguarding #ClimateEducation #ProfessionalResponsibility #ChildWellbeing #Education

Final post of the series. Safeguarding rarely arrives with sirens. Children already care. Risks are now formally recognised. Schools sit inside these systems. What does 'reasonable responsibility' look like?
#Safeguarding #ClimateLiteracy #Education #DutyOfCare #ChildWellbeing

http://geogramblings.com/2026/02/01/climate-literacy-as-safeguarding-what-reasonable-professional-responsibility-looks-like/

A UK national security assessment (Jan 2026) identifies biodiversity loss as a long‑term systemic risk. It doesn’t tell schools what to do—and that’s the point. When risks become foreseeable, professional responsibility shifts. This post explores how to read such documents without alarmism—and why education can’t pretend this context doesn’t matter. https://wp.me/p829C1-38S #EducationPolicy #Safeguarding #ClimateRisk #Literacy #ProfessionalJudgement

A new UK national security assessment quietly frames ecological collapse as a long‑term planning risk.
This isn’t a call to panic—or prophecy. But it does shift context. Safeguarding is about foreseeability, not certainty.
#ClimateRisk #Safeguarding #EducationPolicy #Preparedness #ClimateLiteracy

http://geogramblings.com/2026/01/30/reading-the-national-security-assessment/

We often talk about climate responsibility as individual behaviour. But new school carbon data shows something very different: emissions are driven largely by transport, food, and procurement—structural factors outside pupils’ control.

If safeguarding means anything, it means not placing emotional or moral burden where agency doesn’t exist.

Post 3 here 👇
https://geogramblings.com/2026/01/28/what-school-carbon-data-reveals-about-responsibility-modelling-and-care/

#EducationLeadership #ClimateResponsibility #Safeguarding #SystemsChange #CountYourCarbon

School carbon data tells a truth: most emissions come from systems pupils don’t control—transport, food, procurement.
When responsibility is misplaced, harm can follow. #Safeguarding means aligning language with reality.
#SchoolCarbon #ClimateEducation #SystemsThinking #DutyOfCare

http://geogramblings.com/2026/01/28/what-school-carbon-data-reveals-about-responsibility-modelling-and-care/

New evidence from Natural England shows just how emotionally meaningful nature already is in children’s lives—and how uneven access remains.

This matters for safeguarding. Not panic. Not pressure. Care.

Post 2 explores what this means for anyone working with young people. https://wp.me/p829C1-38h

#ChildWellbeing #SafeguardingInEducation #Equity #Nature #ClimateLiteracy

93% of children say #nature makes them happy. That’s not activism—that’s evidence.
New data shows deep care & unequal access. #Safeguarding starts with children’s lived experience, not adult abstractions. #ChildWellbeing #ClimateEducation #Equity

http://geogramblings.com/2026/01/26/what-natural-englands-survey-tells-us-about-wellbeing-inequality-and-care/

Climate literacy isn’t activism—it’s duty of care.
Three recent reports (children & nature, school carbon, national security) quietly shift what’s reasonable to ignore in education.
This series starts here https://geogramblings.com/2026/01/23/what-three-recent-reports-tell-us-about-climate-change-young-people-and-responsibility-in-education/

#Safeguarding #Education #ClimateRisk #DutyOfCare

This isn’t activism, it’s duty of care: What three recent reports tell us about climate change, young people, and responsibility in education.

http://geogramblings.com/2026/01/23/what-three-recent-reports-tell-us-about-climate-change-young-people-and-responsibility-in-education/

Curriculum Reform: Climate, Justice and Missed Opportunities

The DfE’s Curriculum and Assessment Review and the government’s response promise a “world-class curriculum for all” by 2028. There are wins: climate and sustainability named, oracy and media literacy pushed forward, and EBacc losing its grip. But there are gaps that matter.

http://geogramblings.com/2025/11/19/curriculum-reform-climate-justice-and-missed-opportunities/

DfE’s Curriculum Review: ✅ Climate named, EBacc out, oracy & media literacy in.
❌ No protected time for climate literacy, no link to Climate Strategy, no safeguarding lens.
Full breakdown (via FREE subscription): https://wp.me/p829C1-34z #EdChat #ClimateEducation #CurriculumReform

http://geogramblings.com/2025/11/12/curriculum-reform-climate-literacy-safeguarding-decolonising-what-we-teach-and-why-in-light-of-the-dfe-review/

🌱 Schools can lead on climate action AND safeguarding.
Drake Primary shows how: energy audits, biodiversity projects, and eco-anxiety support—all embedded in governance and curriculum.
Read the full blog:
https://geogramblings.com/2025/10/24/drake-primary-schools-climate-journey-a-success-story/
#ClimateAction #Education #Safeguarding #Sustainability