Saying hello to the puffins
For something like the last five Christmases my main present to my partner, Liz, has been a trip to the Farne Islands to see the puffins…
Here on Earth
A decade ago, Tim Flannery’s ‘The Weathermakers‘ was one of a handful of rapidly-read books that inspired me to understand the true enormity of the climate…
The Second Commandment of Future Cities
On Sunday I arrived in Rio de Janeiro just as powerful explosion was blowing to smithereens the elevated highway that channels slow-moving traffic north to south…
IPCC ends climate debate
On Thursday night, as I half-slumbered through a red-eye journey home from four days of uplifting discussions about cities’ carbon reduction efforts, my tired brain took…
A burning question that no-one wants to answer
This evening as I sit with my feet up on the stern of my little narrowboat watching the last rays of sunlight search out shimmering tree…
The Robert Hooke Biodiversity Bell
I had one of those wonderful big city moments yesterday, when you are passing through a routinely familiar area, barely logging the surroundings, only to be…
Big Ideas Change the World
Mike Childs at Friends of the Earth is responsible for suggesting a fair chunk of my environment reading list this month, courtesy of the latest in…
Jarvis and Attenborough in radio heaven
What a day Sunday was on Radio 6 (6Music if you must), but Jarvis Cocker stole the show with his two hour chat on music and nature with David Attenborough.
Edinburgh Science Festival
I write this in between gazing out of the window at the beautiful north east coast of England as my train wends its way back to…
Launch of the Global Oceans Commission
Tuesday saw the launch of the Global Ocean Commission, which I had the privilege to attend at the Commonwealth Club on London’s Embankment. Commission co-chair, and…
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