The Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance seeks to promote geo-literacy here in the Ocean State. So what is geo-literacy? The National Geographic Society’s Educational team have put together these fantastic videos. The first one to explain what the term geo-literacy actually means:
And the second video elaborates on geo-literacy to show why having geo-literate citizens and students are critical for society.
At a different scale, a geography blogger produced a video to emphasize the workforce applications of geo-literacy and geographic skills.
In an informal way, I think this sign embodies what geography education and geo-literacy is all about… Now is the time to open our eyes to the world around us. I see this as a bit of ‘geo-inspiration‘ that I want to spread and I seek to further distribution geography education materials to any and all that can use them.
So go explore the world.