Tim Gale

@tjgale
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Academic specialising in Tourism. Geographer. Welsh. Ferroequinologist. AFOL. Sharing ideas, stuff. Contains traces of life outside work. Views my own
Quiz: Test your knowledge of the UK's geography and climate

Discover how much you really know about the UK's geography and climate with this tricky BBC Bitesize quiz.

BBC Bitesize
Interesting step by The Lego Group, highlighting the challenge to manufacturers in ‘going green’. Perhaps I’m missing something but is it so bad that #LEGO bricks are made from ABS (a petroleum-based plastic), when they can be rebuilt into new models again and again? The very definition of recycling! #sustainability https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66910573
Lego axes plan to make bricks from recycled bottles

The toy giant finds that the new crude oil-free material did not cut carbon emissions.

BBC News
I created this GIF for use in a pinned announcement to my first year undergraduate #Tourism students at #BournemouthUniversity on our Virtual Learning Environment. Surprising easy to do with #Canva and am inspired to do more now I've seen the end result
Destination net-zero:What does the Internat. Energy Agency 2050 roadmap mean for the tourism future?

YouTube
Planners reject Lake District underground zip wire proposal

Committee votes to reject plans saying benefits would not outweigh harm caused by increased traffic

The Guardian
@[email protected] Indeed! They are called ‘toppers’ according to the article you shared
@[email protected] Here’s a delightful example of yarn-bombing, close to where I live (suburban Bristol)
Rented e-scooters cleared from Paris streets on eve of ban

Electric scooter rental experiment in French capital ends after 5 years of controversy

The Guardian
Why do tourists persist in taking holidays in destinations affected by ongoing disasters and tragedies? Dean MacCannell may have the answer #tourism #crisis #disaster #authenticity #Maui #Rhodes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/30/tourists-rhodes-maui-burned-travel
Why did tourists keep coming as Rhodes and Maui burned? It’s about far more than denial

As the world heats up, we need to confront what our urge to travel is really rooted in, says Moya Lothian-McLean, a contributing editor at Novara Media

The Guardian
Center Parcs UK and Ireland is valued at between £4-5 billion by its owners, the Canadian private equity group Brookfield, who are looking to sell up. The company hosts more than 2 million guests per year at six sites, achieving around 98 percent occupancy. The business is thought to be resilient to the UK economic downturn as more travellers opt for domestic destinations over foreign holidays after the COVID-19 pandemic. (Pictured: facilities at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, Cumbria)