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Posted on May 25, 2019

Sharks: from demonization to glorification

Recently I came across Ocearch, a shark tracking project which has produced some amazing videos of Great Whites and other sharks being tagged: One of the interesting shifts in my lifetime…

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Posted on October 13, 2018October 18, 2018

#Inktober2018 day 12 – #whale

Ok, I have been quite sporadic posting about Inktober. Here are my posts so far: #Inktober2018 Day 1: “Poisonous” #inktober2018 Day 2 – “Tranquil” #Inktober2018 Day 3 – #roasted #Inktober2018 Day 9…

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Posted on October 9, 2018

#Inktober2018 Day 9 #Precious

I have been keeping up with Inktober, but for various reasons not as assiduously as last year. Perhaps it isn’t as novel, perhaps I am more critical of my own drawing skills,…

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Posted on September 12, 2017September 12, 2017

Benjamin Parzybok . “The Hole in the Reef”, Reckoning #1

From Reckoning “an annual journal of creative writing on environmental justice”, comes this tight little story about a father and son, the ocean, and waste by Benjamin Parzybok. A couple…

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Posted on August 10, 2017August 11, 2017

The Power of sound – Blogging the #Octonauts: Kwazii Meets the Mixed Up Whale

Following a recent post on possibly excessive self-sacrifice in an episode of the Octonauts, here’s a more unambiguously positive post on an episode which neatly illustrates an environmental issue that…

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Posted on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

10 things I’ve learnt about conservation optimism

I have posted before about #OceanOptimism. This post is an interesting summary (in handy listicle format) of some learnings from the movement and the wider conservation optimism philosophy. This is…

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Posted on May 6, 2017May 6, 2017

#OceanOptimism & the psychology of powerlessness and hope from current BBC Wildlife Magazine

The current issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine has a fascinating cover story by Elin Kelsey on hope and optimism versus despair in how we think and act about the environment. Essentially, much…

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