Better World 2025 Shortlist
Geographical Better World Video Awards Vote 2025
Voting is open for the Geographical Better World Video Awards in association with Aggressor Adventures. Closes midnight, 31 January 2026
Better World Video Awards 2025: Echoes of Hope
Discover more about Beyond Conflict’s work in supporting the mental health of children and young people experiencing war trauma across the world
Better World Video Awards 2025: Spirit of the Forest
Head to the Făgăraș Mountains in Romania and discover how the historic forests there are being protected for decades to come
Better World Video Awards 2025: Dogs on the Streets
Discover more about how Dogs on the Streets are providing care for street dogs across the UK Dog care has always been of huge importance to Dogs on the Streets…
Better World Video Awards 2025: Return
Watch the inspiring journey of sea eagles in the UK. Discover how they returned from extinction thanks to conservation efforts.
Better World Video Awards 2025: A Better Place
In this short documentary, one simple question is asked: how can we make the world a better place?
Better World Video Awards: Tebogo
In this short film, learn more about the devastating impact of South Africa’s illegal succulent trade, and the work being done to combat it
Better World Video Awards 2025: Flight of the Swans
Conservationist Sacha Dench embarked on an epic migration of 7,000 km from the Russian Arctic to the UK to save a swan
Better World Video Awards 2025 – Living with Sharks in the Bahamas
Sharks are making a comeback, and we need to learn to live with them Living with Sharks in the Bahamas is a new mini-documentary from Shark Trust, which explores what…
Better World Video Awards 2025 – Kewang: Nature’s Ancient Guardians
The story of Haruku Island’s traditional nature protectors and their quest to protect fragile ecosystems Kewang: Nature’s Ancient Guardians is a compelling documentary set on Haruku Island in Indonesia’s Maluku…
Better World Video Awards 2025 – Mantas of the Mexican Caribbean
Exploring the lives of manta rays in the Caribbean and the people working to protect them ‘Mantas of the Mexican Caribbean’ is a short documentary highlighting over a decade of…
Magazine previews
Quizzes
QUIZ: Caves
Test your knowledge with our challenging cave quiz about cave formation and extreme cave systems from around the world.
QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard
Challenge your knowledge with our flags quiz and discover how well you know the world’s flags.
QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia
Challenge your knowledge with a physical geography quiz about the Earth’s features, from mountains to rivers and beyond.
QUIZ: US State Capitals
Challenge yourself with our US state capitals quiz and see how well you know your geography!
QUIZ: Capital Cities – Hard
Challenge yourself with our quiz on hard capital cities from around the globe. Test your knowledge today!
Geo explainers
From museums to medicine, from sport to the arts – the ‘insidious’ spread of fossil fuel funding
From BP’s hand in London’s Science Museum to sportswashing around the world, discover how oil giants can influence companies, brands and institutions globally
What is the AI bubble – and will it burst?
Worldwide, AI expenditure is set to hit $644 billion by the end of the year. But will such vast investment yield profit?
Geo explainer: Why are wildfires getting worse?
Discover the several reasons behind increasingly common wildfires around the world, including those in California
Geo explainer: Will the Sahara flood again?
Discover the Sahara Desert’s fascinating past – and why climate change may make flooding a likely part of its future.
Geo explainer: Where in the world are the busiest shipping lanes?
Take a deep dive into the world’s busiest shipping lanes according to the number of vessels passing through them each day.
Worldview – opinion, comment & campaigns
The geography of AI
The dream of a free and placeless digital world is over. Artificial intelligence is rooted in territory, resources and national power
Why millions of empty bedrooms lie at the heart of the UK housing crisis
Britain’s real housing crisis may be one of distribution rather than shortage, Andrew Brooks argues
Review: Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross
Shafik Meghji reviews Upon A White Horse, a fascinating book uncovering ancient monuments and sites across the UK and Ireland When it comes to stone circles, Glasgow isn’t the first…
How Oasis’s music transcends time & place
From Motown to Britpop, music has the power to turn a city into a global landmark. In Manchester, Oasis continue to define their city You get a special type of…
How a disputed map fuels longstanding feud between Cambodia & Thailand
A centuries- old temple, a disputed map and a border still bristling with tension…
Discovering Britain
Dartmoor: where geology meets legend
Discover Dartmoor, a land of beauty and mystery with its famous tors and breathtaking views that inspire legends and myths.
Discovering Britain: Workers’ playtime in Oxford
Rory Walsh revisits Oxford to discover sites of Victorian vice and virtue
Discovering Britain: After the gold rush
Rory Walsh hunts for gold in the Lanarkshire hills in the latest instalment of Discovering Britain
Where the dinosaurs last walked in Britain
Rory Walsh revisits Folkestone to explore the prehistoric Kent coast where dinosaurs last roamed
Discovering Britain: The enduring story of Beeston Castle
Rory Walsh visits a Cheshire castle with ancient foundations
Long Reads
The battle over Britain’s new energy grid
As the UK transitions away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the underlying infrastructure used to generate and transport electricity is changing dramatically
The world’s geopolitical fault lines, from Ukraine to the Arctic
Unpack the geography of global instability – from contested borders to forced displacement in nations around the world
The women banished as witches in West Africa
In a remote part of West Africa, centuries-old superstitions continue to condemn women accused of witchcraft to exile. A landmark bill offers hope — but can justice overcome belief?
What does it feel like to stand at 90° North?
A journey through crushing sea ice, polar research stations and wildlife encounters reveals the Arctic in all its stark wonder
The desert that fed the world
A journey through Chile’s far north reveals how the Atacama shaped global agriculture, redrew borders and left a political legacy that continues to resonate
