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About domhall

I have spent the last 15 years juggling careers in education publishing, expedition leadership and safety training. It has involved a careful balancing act of dreams of expedition travel, a love of climbing, walking and the outdoors and the the realities of life - and the later has definitely come off worse. I've run an adventure travel and expedition training business and lived in the sometimes sunny Lake District. Having taken a year out to complete an MSc in Environmental Technology I am now working for The Conservation Volunteers, working on engaging communities in their local green spaces.

The Wildlife Trusts, say HS2 is unstoppable

Posted on May 28, 2014 by domhall

The Wildlife Trusts, say HS2 is unstoppable, and make plans for a green corridor along the route – practical pragmatism or just another surrender? http://ow.ly/xkDpO

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Should water drive the Lakes

Posted on May 27, 2014 by domhall

A really interesting interview at United Utilities as part of my dissertation really got me thinking about the practical effects that a disconnection from nature can have in environmental policy. Having good quality, clean, drinking water running at will from … Continue reading →

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Being academic, and then getting better

Posted on May 22, 2014 by domhall

Three days into my dissertation interviews and I was starting to feel like a proper academic.  It wasn’t the interviews themselves, or spending hours writing them up.  It wasn’t continually telling people that I was one, explaining my project and … Continue reading →

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Disconnect from nature…

Posted on May 14, 2014 by domhall

I’ll probably never read as much as I am doing at the moment about one subject – a masters dissertation is a pretty rare opportunity to read a lot on a very specific topic.  My topic – land use in … Continue reading →

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#Wildtime

Posted on April 28, 2014 by domhall

Easter holidays have been a great chance to finally get some real wildtime – a week in the Lakes, starting to look at my upcoming dissertation, then a week of rock climbing in North Wales which incorporated everything form sunny … Continue reading →

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Floods, wolves and political leadership

Posted on February 18, 2014 by domhall

A busy few weeks back at Uni and much to think about and little time to write about it! Therefore in the absence of time to write a full blog I thought I would share a few links to things … Continue reading →

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Failure and entrepreneurial environmental solutions

Posted on January 19, 2014 by domhall

I attended a lecture this week by John Ashton, who spoke about political challenges in addressing climate change. He gave a quote I had not heard before and then asked how many of the attendees agreed… do you: “Conceived of … Continue reading →

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One to watch

Posted on January 15, 2014 by domhall

At the fear of repeating myself, everyone should watch this… http://www.gapminder.org/videos/dont-panic-the-facts-about-population/ brilliant statistics, brilliantly communicated.

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Top 10 continued!

Posted on January 9, 2014 by domhall

Here’s numbers 5 to 10 of my top ten facts, thoughts and meanderings: 5 – What to conserve and why – if the key to finding solutions is defining the problem, and a problem is the need to move from … Continue reading →

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Environmental Technology – Top 10

Posted on January 6, 2014 by domhall

As the pace of the course picked up and my exams drew close the blog entries reduced and my attempts to share what I had learnt took a bit of a dip!  So now, emerging from exams, Christmas and too … Continue reading →

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