After writing 20,000 words on coastal community resilience for my master’s dissertation I never thought that I would struggle to put down to paper the non-academic side of my research. When I was awarded my National Geographic Society grant in 2018, I had agreed to produce an ArcGIS Storymap as an output. Well that was […]
Uummannaq, Greenland: A Month in the Arctic Read More »
As part of my postgraduate dissertation I used the seven principles of resilience set out by researcher Reinette Biggs and her colleagues. They were designed to assess ecosystem services, but I was able to adapt them for my own purposes of assessing a community situated in a remote marine environment. I travelled to Greenland to
Using my Powers for…Something Read More »
mentor (n): an experienced and trusted advisor mentor (v): advise or train Being mentored was never something I shied away from, whether I knew who was mentoring me or not. From a young age, and at a significant distance, the likes of Sir David Attenborough even mentored me – shaping my view of
What does an environmental compliance advisor do, I hear you say? Well, let me explain. My job title is very broad and could refer to a whole host of activities. The one thing it does make clear is that my work has to do with legislation governing environmental related policies. In my case,
A horseshoe crab. A prehistoric organism with an incredible life story, now facing adversity up and down the East coast of the United States. Prentice Stout, to whom this article is dedicated, pointed to the female’s tail, carapace, eyes, and then showed me its legs, highlighting the difference between the male and females. We were
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“We need to show customers that we aren’t a faceless corporation, we are actually a collection of individuals” said a colleague at a recent meeting. This happened to be in relation to how we can provide ‘value added’ services, but I think it’s an incredibly important sentiment for everyone to remember, especially when it comes
Sustainable Strategies Read More »
13-07-19 Plastic Free July Update #2 First, I wanted to apologise for the delay. I intended to post these more frequently so that I could fit more than two into July itself, but c’est la vie. It’ll be plastic free July in August too, I guess‼ One of the most challenging aspects of the past
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01.07.2019 This July I decided to take on the Plastic Free July challenge. Given that one of my New Years’ resolutions was to reduce my plastic use I decided that the plastic challenge would help me follow through with that. Already fairly plastic free, I wanted to take this challenge more as an opportunity to
