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![The team at bluedot. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pxl-20230724-1140424842-960.jpg)
bluedot 2023: the importance of geological outreach
Staff members from various disciplines across BGS worked over the weekend to engage festivalgoers with BGS’s work, specifically critical raw materials.
![Commoditree and the CMIC team BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/P1035840-1-960x640.jpg)
BGS unveils #TheCommoditree at Glastonbury 2023
The new installation is part of a unique touring festival stand showcasing how modern lifestyles wouldn't be possible without rocks and minerals.
![Illustration of an electric vehicle. © Shutterstock](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CMIC-resources-shutterstock-1614773872.jpg)
Critical raw materials classroom activities
Our modern lives rely on a whole host of metals and minerals that are extracted from the ground. These curriculum-linked lessons are designed to engage pupils with the idea of Critical Minerals.
![A tropical beach with white sand and two palm trees on the right. People are sunbathing and swimming in the sea. There is a distant, lushly vegetated hill with a rock arch in the distance.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230206_144037.jpg)
Island groundwater management in the Philippines: part one — Boracay
BGS’s Andy Barkwith and Andy McKenzie travelled to the Philippines to undertake collaborative research and outreach with Filipino partners for a national hydrological modelling project. In this first blog, they discuss the first week of work on small islands.
![Volcano model built in Minecraft](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Volcano_3_web_thumb.jpg)
We made a Minecraft volcano!
Find out how a friend of BGS has been using Minecraft to create educational geological models during lockdown.