Category Archives: The Environment

A bug’s life

Another trip up to the Lakes and another chance to reflect on some of the more confusing elements of exactly what conservation should be all about. The opportunity for pause for thought this time came from Rachel Carson’s, seminal book … Continue reading

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Thinking about models…

This week I have been thinking about models, and not the glamorous type, in fact rather the opposite. The types which seem to mainly predict catastrophe and environmental collapse. I’ve been focusing a lot on The Limits of Growth, the … Continue reading

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A simple life…

I didn’t really think about it, I didn’t consider my thoughts, or emotions, I just kind of blurted out, because I knew it was true, “I love mountains”…  Luckily my friend, caught up in the same emotions and quite used … Continue reading

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What would it take to change your mind

It seemed like a simple enough question – “so you disgree with the badger cull – what would it take to change your mind…” But in fact it got me thinking about something pretty fundamental – and it seemed to … Continue reading

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Week 1, leadership, being old and the rise of technology

The end of week one of being a student and a fascinating, exciting, intimidating and brilliant first week. Setting aside the crushing realisation of the volume and scope of the topic of environmental technology, and the more crushing realisation of … Continue reading

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I ate a blackberry – and I liked it…

A cycle ride on the Isle of Wight may hardly be the wilds of nature – but a recent pootle out on the bikes gave me pause to think about wild places and conservation – it was the perfect preparation … Continue reading

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Rejuvenating blog… and life?

It was with some fear and amazement that I thought I’d look and see when I last wrote a blog – and turns out it was in 2011… so there was a fad which came and went! But it is … Continue reading

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Welcome…

Thanks for dropping by at my site – hope you’ll find some useful stuff about my work in expeditions and adventure travel, training and motivational speaking -have a poke around the site and if you have any questions I’d love to … Continue reading

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