The World Needs You, Badly – My Talk From Explore 2014
How to mix citizen science with adventure on expeditions, and why we desperately need to.
How to mix citizen science with adventure on expeditions, and why we desperately need to.
I think the most important thing to say, right from the start, is that you don't have to know what you're doing.
Boiling it down to a smaller and smaller package.
Wondered about that big lump of land off of South Africa that you've never noticed? Or longed to set foot on perhaps the last proper chunk of Gondwana left adrift in the Pacific.
Someone even told me they saw it in Australia!
Remember these 6 rules. Trust yourself, break some rules, don’t be afraid to fail, ingore the naysayers, work like hell, and give something back.
Conservation is caught in a dualism. On the one hand it's this 'big idea' that needs global action on an unprecedented scale; that seems unlikely to..
Money. Best to start with a non-controversial one.
Up until recently, what crowdfunding has really lacked is a website dedicated to science. So I was pretty excited to discover Experiment.com.
The only way we will tackle conservation issues successfully is with a diverse range of people from all walks of life, both men and women, from many different countries with many different skills...
In no particular order (and quite possibly laced with contradictions)
Conservation is a great thing to write about, and for this reason I'm frequently get emails from people thinking of starting their own websites and blogs. To help answer their questions, I thought I'd share a few of the things I learn't from setting up my own site.