Micro Adventures

How to… Have a citizen science microadventure

2016-11-10T09:46:45+00:00By James_Borrell|

Science and adventure go hand in hand. In the same way that you don't need to fly to the other side of the world, climb mountains or row oceans to have an adventure. You don't need to lead an expedition to the depths of the unexplored amazon to do science.

Fieldwork in the Scottish Highlands

2013-05-22T23:06:37+01:00By James_Borrell|

It's remarkably easy to sit in a centrally heated office, cosily hatching plans through the Winter. Distances look shorter, methods seem simpler and the prospect of a summer of fieldwork in the hills sounds positively straight forward.

Trees for Cities

2013-02-03T16:17:45+00:00By James_Borrell|

A London based charity that quite literally does what it says on the tin.

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