Reviewed by Jonathan Wallace. Seen from space we are the Blue Planet. About 70% of the planet’s surface is covered by oceans and these waters are fundamental to life on Earth. The oceans were the cradle in which life began and they remain the home for vast numbers of species. They are also vital…
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Guest blog – We need to talk about ALAN by Jonathan Wallace
After studying zoology at university Jonathan was involved in ornithological research and conservation for a number of years in France, Scotland and West Africa. Subsequently he has spent most of his career as an environmental consultant, assisting industry in managing its environmental impacts. Wildlife, particularly insects, remain his first love however and he is a…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 25 by John Page
John Page was born in the West Riding, a proud Yorkshireman and was taught to play cricket left-handed “’cos it flummoxes t’ bowler, and buggers up t’ field.” He went to university in London and Leeds, and enjoyed (most of the time) attempting to teach young people that there’s a big wide world beyond the…
Guest blog – Killing the Bird that Lays the Golden Egg by Gill Lewis
Killing the Bird that Lays the Golden Egg Gill Lewis is a multi-award-winning children’s author and former vet. She writes stories about animals and our human relationship with the wild world. Her books have won the US Green Earth Book Award, the German Prize for Environmental Youth Literature, and she has been awarded the Little…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 5 by Nick MacKinnon
Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The metric system’ won…