Ageing UK population will increase strain on public spending, OBR warns

Office for Budget Responsibility says that national debt would come down from its current 80% of GDP to 54% by the early 2030s and then start rising again

http://tinyurl.com/qbs8wnu

Concepts of thinking: Patterns and trends, geographic perspective

How might this compare to Canada's population patterns?

Ageing population is going to push up public spending, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. Photograph: F1 Online / Rex Features/F1 Online / Rex Features

British tourist who stripped on Malaysian mountain pleads guilty

Eleanor Hawkins, two Canadians and a Dutchman plead guilty to committing obscene acts in public place

http://tinyurl.com/charged-on-mountain

 Concepts of thinking: Geographic perspective, spatial significance

How important might it be to know the local values and beliefs?

The group of backpackers on top of the Malaysian mountain. Photograph: Rex Shutterstock

Useful Newspaper Mapping Links:

Newspaper Map: This resource will be very helpful to get different geographic perspectives from seeing what newspapers around the world are printing. When a flag has been selected the reader will be prompted to have the newspaper displayed in the language choice.

Ideal for World Issues, The Environment, and the Americas course but can be used in any geography course.

http://newspapermap.com/#@37.00000,3.276953,3z

Concepts of thinking: Geographic perspective, spatial significance, patterns and trends,

Newsmap: This link shows the headings around the world or by country and ranks them by how popular they are.

Useful for World Issues

Concepts of thinking: Geographic perspective, patterns and trends

http://newsmap.jp/

Global Incident Map:

Ideal for World Issues, Physical, The Environmental and any other geography course.

Concepts of thinking: Spatial significance, patterns and trends, interrelationships, and geographic perspective

http://www.globalincidentmap.com/

Hidden secrets of Yale’s 1491 world map revealed via multispectral imaging

http://tinyurl.com/oldyalemap

By Mike Cummings June 11, 2015

Concepts of thinking:

Geographic perspective, Spatial significance

G7 leaders agree to phase out fossil fuel use by end of century

German chancellor Angela Merkel announces commitment to ‘decarbonise global economy’ and end extreme poverty and hunger

http://tinyurl.com/endingcarbon

 Concepts of thinking: Geographic Perspective, Interrelationships, Spatial Significance

 G7 leaders, including Angela Merkel (in pink jacket), and invitees line up for the traditional group photo at the end of the summit. Photograph: Sven Hoppe/dpa/Corbis

City in the sky: world's biggest hotel to open in Mecca

The holy city is fast becoming a Las Vegas for pilgrims, thanks to the new £2.3bn megahotel that has four helipads, five floors for Saudi royalty – and 10,000 bedrooms

http://tinyurl.com/mecca-hotel

Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Spatial Significance

Desert fortress through the eyes of a Disneyland imagineer … the 45-storey Abraj Kudai hotel in Mecca. Click to view full image. Photograph: Dar Al-Handasah

ExxonMobil CEO mocks renewable energy in shareholder speech

By ADAM B. LERNER

5/27/15 3:20 PM EDT

Updated 5/27/15 3:29 PM EDT

The CEO of one of the world’s largest oil companies downplayed the effects of climate change at his company’s annual meeting...

Is this a narrow perspective? What might the impacts of this perspective be if more people believe it?

Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective, 

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/exxonmobil-ceo-downplays-climate-change-mock-renewable-energy-118330.html#ixzz3cV3gPrNV