My Blog Posts: News

Climate quitting: should you leave your job?

Conscious quitting is a growing trend. I did it, twice.

How should solicitors take account of the climate crisis? The Law Society Guidance

A summary of the Law Society's guidance on the impact of climate change on solicitors

Apple Vision Pro: is augmented reality a bad thing for the climate crisis?

Will augmented reality help us to connect on climate issues or make us care less?

A declining population: is it a problem?

Is a falling fertility rate all bad?

DE-EXTINCTION: WILL WE SEE DODOS AGAIN?

A US start-up is planning to bring back dodos, Tasmanian tigers and woolly mammoths.

Humans weren't the first species to control fire

Man conquering fire? We didn't invent cooking.

DO PLANTS HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS?

We - humans - want to think we're better. We want to think we're special. And we don't take kindly to science that shows that we might not be.

10 THINGS I LEARNT IN A YEAR OF WRITING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD

Thinking about starting a science communication venture? Here's what I learnt in my first year.

AN INTRODUCTION TO CARBON PRICING

What is carbon pricing, why do some people think it's necessary, and what does it achieve?