This week I took a road trip with my mother (79 years young) to the island of Arran, off the … Read More
Humans Today, Gone Tomorrow
Environment
Whose are your Hoops?
Yesterday I was giving a talk at Newlands Girls School, plus a minibus-ful of boys from nearly Desborough College, so … Read More
Quantum Leap
Some days I’m an optimist, some days not so much. On the optimistic days I believe I can sense a … Read More
Thoughts from the World Ocean Summit
Today is the first day of the World Ocean Summit in Mexico, hosted by The Economist. Tomorrow is going to … Read More
Not Doing
Tonight I’m going to the launch of Not Doing: The Art of Turning Struggle into Ease, the latest book by … Read More
Tawai: A Voice from the Forest (film review)
Tawai is the word the nomadic hunter gatherers of Borneo use to describe their inner feeling of connection to nature, and … Read More
Crafting a Career in Conservation
A few weeks ago, I received an email from Ana, a biologist based in Chile, who was interested in moving … Read More
Work Smarter, Not Harder, for the Environment
Three passages leaped out at me from this recent article published in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. 1. Save the Humans … Read More
Environmental Fatigue
I am suffering from Environmental Fatigue. It was absolutely wonderful last week to get such a chorus of congratulations and … Read More