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Recent Posts
- I’ve moved!
- The last of the Greater Patagonian Trail update.
- Part 3: Puerto Ibañez to El Chaltén – Heading south in search of Mount Fitzroy
- Part 2: El Bolsón to Puerto Ibañez – hitching down the Carretera Austral, Patagonia proper & experiencing English weather
- Part 1: Coñaripe to El Bolsón – when we came close to starvation and started changing our plans
- The end of our expedition
- A month on trail
- Rekindling natural curiosities
Tag Archives: Books
Serengeti Shall Not Die
I first came across the title when I was in Tanzania in July 2013, and we drove past a memorial, and our guide cum driver remarked on it. Chancing on the book in a second-hand bookshop in Sedburgh, Lake District … Continue reading
So much (unseen) destruction.
My project this term is on coral reef fisheries, and involves conducting rather extensive literature searches for data. I have also been reading The Unnatural History of the Sea: The past and future of humanity and fishing by Professor Callum Roberts, … Continue reading
A Sand County Almanac
For some reason or other, I always thought almanacs were associated with superstition and though I’ve seen A Sand County Almanac being mentioned before, I always thought it was some fiction novel about superstitious rites in Sand County (or something … Continue reading
Posted in Natural history, Opinion
Tagged A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, Books, Conservation, Ecology, Education, Environmentalism, wilderness, wildlife
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We owe the ocean more credit than is given!
I am currently reading The World is Blue by Sylvia A. Earle. Reading it makes me feel rather depressed and devastated, when I realise the terrible things our species have done to our only home, and yet many people don’t realise! … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Biodiversity, Books, Conservation, Education, Environmentalism, Marine environment, Marine trash
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Nature rambles. 