I create space to curate, compere, moderate conversations on countryside and environmental issuesÂ
Upcoming: Stepping in last min for RICS conf. A gig at Groundswell 3 July. Hosting panel at the River Summit (London) 8 July. Moderating a workshop (Knepp) 10-12 Sept. Compering conservation science auction (London) 15 Sept
Speaking | hosting | moderating: Hosting a *session Landscape Conference (Ireland). My opening session at Carbon Calling farming conf here, leading an open mic session on Rural Futures, compering a curlew workshop day, hosting a workshop on Alliances for Conservation at an Irish Land event and at this workshop/conf at Aberystwyth University.
*pic credit: Hometree.ie
Plus a fringe event at a political party conf (Liverpool), a bilateral conference on salmon (Hampshire); a congress on wildlife/hunting (Paris), a national wildfire conf (Wales), a Changing Landscapes conf (Ireland), a rivers summit, a talk at the Agricultural Law Association (London), and a novel session at Groundswell (Herts).
Learning Guest edit this film on upland use. Forestry at the Royal Welsh. Hosting a conversation event. A landscape event.
Letters published in The Times: birds, bats, moorland, stoats, pesticides, poultry, invasive species (more here)
Other: Interesting pieces on woodland and global dairy and crop data
NEW RELEASE – an audio file of what I said at a debate around productive land/solar/rewilding arguing against the House’s proposal (in a somewhat formal studio voice, in contrast to my unfiltered vlog-style):
‘What is environmental diplomacy?’ a podcast with me on ‘8point9.com’ – the 15min excerpt below:
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