Reading
What I’ve been reading this week, 31 January 2020
Climate change gets chilling, of time travel and beavers, media in the wilderness, and an open and humane alternative to Facebook. Environment and nature Ben Dolphin: Climate change is beginning to get chilling – Ben Dolphin articulates the solastalgia of recent Scottish winters. You want to reduce the carbon footprint of
What I’ve been reading this week, 24 January 2020
Splendid isolation, secret ant farms, a winter CWT trip report, and one method of writing. Environment and nature Splendid isolation: how I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours – this is a wonderful essay, worth reading in full. I’ve experienced this glorious slowing of time myself.
What I’ve been reading this week, 17 January 2020
Haunted by the future, getting better at map reading, winter worryland, and photography gear for lightweight backpacking. Environment and nature Haunted by the future – this superb essay by Barbara Hurd takes a hard look at the rapidly changing Arctic. ‘Unsettled by what’s been locked underground and has begun to
What I’ve been reading this week, 10 January 2020
A hunter on the wing, windshelter, the YouTube journey, and walking in the footsteps of Thoreau. Environment and nature ‘Climate change is us. The sixth extinction is us. We are at the heart of all of these issues.’ – this interview with Julian Hoffman, who wrote Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save
What I’ve been reading this week, 3 January 2020
Empty labels, hiker ruins family Christmas, Norway to Scotland by foot and bike, and the empty promises of minimalism. Environment and nature Danish farmers divided over plan to flood their lands to cut emissions – this is an interesting piece, illustrating some of the conflicts that will rise to the surface
What I’ve been reading this week, 20 December 2019
The physics-defying wren, protecting Scotland’s wild land in 2020, and some book lists… Environment and nature Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change – this is important. The time is now. Rewilding: How Trees for Life are renewing the Highlands – ‘Increasingly, Trees for
What I’ve been reading this week, 13 December 2019
The return of the taghan, a better alternative to grouse moors, the future of mountaineering, and why you should read old books. Environment Harvest mice found thriving 15 years after reintroduction efforts – some good news. ‘Untold Suffering’ a disturbing report by OneKind and the League Against Cruel Sports Scotland (LACSS)
What I’ve been reading this week, 6 December 2019
Letting loose the lynx, taking ultralight backpacking too far, an outdoor election, and throwing in the apostrophe towel. Environment ‘Forgotten’ elm tree set to make a comeback – I’m too young to remember a landscape with large elm trees. It’s nice to think that future generations might be able
What I’ve been reading this week, 29 November 2019
Scottish Salmon’s dark secret, the unease of winter’s sounds, poetry from the Cairngorms, CMD Arête, and a global plan to save the Web. Environment Beavers set to return to Norfolk – excellent news. Glen Etive hydros update – an update from the John Muir Trust on the Glen Etive hydro
What I’ve been reading this week, 22 November 2019
I have some cracking reads for you this week on a range of subjects: homecoming salmon, an Alpine rejuvenation, winter backpacking tips, wonder of wonders, photographing the Hebrides, and much more… Environment Melting glaciers and the double-edged sword of last-chance tourism – ‘the environmental paradox: traveling long distances to see melting
