Category Archives: People Need Nature
People Need Nature website is up and running
I’m delighted to say that the new People Need Nature website is now up and running. You can read about what People Need Nature is, what we are planning to do, and why we think it’s important. I will … Continue reading
Two epiphanies at Kelmscott
David Cameron isn’t the only person to have had a personal epiphany about nature at Kelmscott. Cameron related a story about Two Water Voles, to the Parliamentary Liaison Committee yesterday, about which I have just written. The PM used his … Continue reading
Nature Conservation: barking up the wrong tree?
I wrote this article for the latest edition of ECOS, the magazine of the British Association for Nature Conservationists (BANC). You can see all of the articles in this edition of ECOS here. The article was my response to the … Continue reading
Ecomodernism takes us back to an old future
The risk all utopians run is that entryists will use their idealism for their own ends. This would appear to be happening this week, as arch neoliberal brothers Owen Paterson and Viscount Matt Ridley, and others, seek to appropriate Ecomodernism … Continue reading
First People Need Nature talk, 23rd September, Knoll Gardens, Dorset
Here are the details for my forthcoming talk – the first one I will be giving for People Need Nature. Please come along if you’re in the area. How should we value nature? Conservationist Miles King will be asking ‘How … Continue reading
Return from a break
we had a walk up near Blandford yesterday to see how the Steam Fair was coming along (especially with all the rain we’ve had). There were already loads of people camping there and we could see a lot of traction … Continue reading
a new nature blog 