Do you have issues ??

Geography curricula tend to focus on 'issues' from time to time, to allow students to demonstrate a range of geographical skills.
They range in scale from local to global, but there is usually a local issue (or more than one) that schools will focus on. This may also relate to particular curriculum topics as well.

What's your local issue(s)
Locally, there has been something that has been attracting a lot of media coverage... The plan was to build an incinerator to burn waste and generate energy. This would reduce the amount going to landfill...
Whenever I go to the GA office in Sheffield, one of the major landmarks at the end of the Parkway is the Veolia incinerator...


As a result of campaigning, a referendum was held amongst people in King's Lynn and West Norfolk to see whether the incinerator project should go ahead.

It was announced yesterday that there was overwhelming support to cancel the incinerator project, and this news is available to read on the BBC NEWS site


What happens next ?
That's the futures element of geography coming in... waste will still be produced every day, so what do we do with it ?

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