11th April 2017 Silent Spring is a seminal book by Rachel Carson, which is widely credited for igniting the fire of the environmental movement. Reading…
Climate communicator and author
11th April 2017 Silent Spring is a seminal book by Rachel Carson, which is widely credited for igniting the fire of the environmental movement. Reading…
17th March 2017 Declaration Before I begin, I would like to declare my interests upfront. I am a founding partner member of the Guardian and…
21st February 2017 Peter Wadhams’ book, A Farewell to Ice is a key book on climate change and contains some sobering facts about the state…
10th December 2016 As part of my Masters degree, I wrote a cli-fi manifesto. I hope it highlights some of the ways the genre can…
24th November 2016 I recently came across a TED video, which looks at how fiction can change reality. Stories can change people’s views of the…
28th October 2016 It sometimes feels like we don’t hear many positive stories in the news. But today, something truly amazing happened. After five years…
23rd October 2016 As part of my degree, we are encouraged to read as much as possible. This week, I read Solar by Ian McEwan,…
4th October 2016 I recently became aware that we need to keep around two thirds of existing fossil fuels in the ground (based on reserves…
26th September 2016 The Carbon Budget Bill McKibben recently published a sobering article on our remaining carbon budget, based on a new Oil Change International…
20th September 2016 On Tuesday 13th September, I commenced my MA in Creative Writing (via Distance Learning) with Teesside University. This choice of degree may…