Have the harmful effects of chemicals upon man and ecosystems lessened since Rachel Carson published her book 'Silent Spring' in 1962? A derelict, silent world where birds do not sing, chicks do not hatch, dead vegetation dominates the landscape and illness of men, women and children has prevailed. The opening fable of Rachel Carson’s book … Continue reading Environmental Toxicology: A historical overview since ‘Silent Spring’
Article originally written for The Climate Corner When we think about fungi or fungus we can often think of nasty, unpleasant moulds or spores, however fungi play a crucial role in the balance of ecosystems and also play a vital role in the recycling of nutrients. Fungi are the major decomposers of nature; they break … Continue reading Food for Fungus – The importance of fungi in the environment
Article originally written for The Climate Corner - click here to visit the amazing website for other interesting environmental articles. From shifting weather patterns and rising sea levels to catastrophic floods and threatened food production, climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. The impacts of climate change are global in scope … Continue reading Ecosystems on the edge of a warming world
**Calling all Environmental Science students and anyone interested in protecting nature** An amazing new rewilding project in the UK has recently been launched of which I am now a voting member of the committee! We are looking for students within the Environmental Sciences (and similar), universities, the public and specialists to all come and join … Continue reading The Open Wilding Project – rewilding the UK – Science, Conservation, Environment
Article written for Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) - https://www.pect.org.uk/ Did you know it is thought that there are three trillion trees in the world? Three trillion!! Now that might sound like a whole lot of green tree going on, however we’re removing around fifteen billion a year – and only replanting around five billion, … Continue reading More Trees Please
Shinrin Yoku - It sounds like something on the local takeaway menu or maybe a mysterious Japanese rice wine however, Shinrin Yoku is the art of 'Forest Bathing'. Developed in 1980's Japan, it is a Japanese pastime that promises complete mental and physical rejuvenation. The simple art of Forest Bathing involves stretching, meditating, inhaling tree … Continue reading Shinrin Yoku – ‘Forest Bathe’ your troubles away – A prescription from Nature
This story starts in the quiet outskirts of Brighton. The road that I live on backing out into the South Downs National Park - I can smell the grass from my window in Hangleton. For some, walking and hiking is just a means to get from one place to another but for me it's another … Continue reading Filas, Ducks and the Mountain Snob – a character building journey to Snowdon
It is hard to believe that our Earth has such fascinating and awe-inspiring places to discover - places most of us have never seen and places we can only imagine in our wildest dreams. From majestic waterfalls to fiery holes of hell these places do exist and make me want to pack my bags and … Continue reading Bucketlistspiration…10 of The Most Fascinating Places on Earth…
Writen by Kat Lawman at MountainLawman.WordpressAs i was sitting with my camera under a cloudy sky, in the middle of a random field somewhere late last night in Snowdonia, i remembered that 4 years ago i had written a ‘travel’ blog and decided i would hunt it down and give it a read, in all … Continue reading The Misadventures Of A Night Photographer
A recent report released by the WWF has estimated that more than 60,000 koalas were killed, injured or displaced in the Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, a huge blow for a species already on the brink of extinction. 8,000 koalas were estimated to have perished in the state of New South Wales (NSW) alone, according to … Continue reading The ‘biggest fight for a species ever’, as the iconic koala drifts towards extinction
Do you ever just wake up one morning with a crazy idea and think, yeah i'm going to do that? Well that's pretty much what I did one morning and within 2 months I had quit my job and was on a solo adventure to Peru. Sometimes things happen in life that you can't control … Continue reading Journey To The Amazon Rainforest
**Calling all Environmental Science students and anyone interested in protecting nature** An amazing new rewilding project in the UK has recently been launched of which I am now a voting member of the committee! We are looking for students within the Environmental Sciences (and similar), universities, the public and specialists to all come and join … Continue reading The Open Wilding Project – rewilding the UK – Science, Conservation, Environment
Hi guys and welcome to the fourth part of ‘Growing my own’ vegetables blog! Brought to you by Covid19 lockdown 2020. And if you're really bored - you can catch up on the intro here – ‘Food Self Provisioning – Growing my own… the second part here…Growing my own part 2... and the third here … Continue reading Growing my own – part 4
Hi guys and welcome to the third part of 'Growing my own' vegetables blog! Brought to you by Covid19 lockdown 2020. You can catch up on the intro here – ‘Food Self Provisioning – Growing my own'...and the second part here...Growing my own part 2 It's now been two long years, I mean weeks, since … Continue reading Growing my own – part 3
Journey Through The Trees 