We’ve recently celebrated our 4th birthday! Since our work started in 2011 we’ve had some great adventures, met some inspiring people and learnt a lot. Most of our work is taking place in universities around the UK. Through seminars and events we suspect that more UK geology students are being introduced to their role in international development than at any time previously. Alongside this university-level work we have organised two successful annual conferences, and smaller specialist events in the UK and overseas. We’ve been involved in a hazards education project in Ladakh, India and we are actively fundraising to strengthen resilience to volcanic hazards in Guatemala.
Here is a selection of photographs highlighting the range of our work:
Jeremy Lefroy MP opens the first ever GfGD Annual Conference (2013).
GfGD Director, Joel Gill, gives a presentation at Plymouth University on geology and international development.
GfGD Bristol spread the word about our work at the Bristol International Development Fair in 2015.
School children in Ladakh (India) drawing on the theme of environmental change (June 2014).
Rosalie Tostevin teaches children in Ladakh (India) about earthquake dynamics (June 2014).
Celia Willoughby and Katharine Sherratt (UCL) talk to students in Ladakh (India) about the impacts of landslides.
Hazards in the Himalaya Course Book (Written by Joel Gill, Rosalie Tostevin, Paul Denton, Ekbal Hussain)
GfGD Annual Conference 2014 – Working on Natural Hazards mini-seminar.
Cultural Communication Workshop in Tanzania at the YES Network Congress (August 2014).
Cultural Communication Workshop in Tanzania at the YES Network Congress (August 2014).
The Lost World of Ladakh – A special evening event organised with the Geological Society of London (October 2014).
Our 2015 Calendar, featuring many images from Guatemala.
Students from around the UK visit the British Geological Survey in January 2015 for a special workshop on ‘best practice when working overseas’.
