Why cities are key to the future
I believe cities are the key to the future. A bit controversial maybe - and no doubt many will disagree with me - but let me tell you...
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The bleak realisation of failure - parenthood in the face of a climate-disrupted future
I have made a bleak realisation. I am a failure. I have failed at the single most important role in my life – to safeguard the future for...
Protecting our future: do we need to fundamentally re-evaluate the way we live our lives?
Is it time we re-evaluated our obsession with perpetual growth and shifted our focus to building a society that puts human wellbeing at...
Can we really have it all? Economic growth, social wellbeing & environmental protection
It is rare these days to hear anyone say, ‘We want more growth, and if that means destroying the environment, well, that’s the price we...
How can we achieve better wellbeing through engagement with nature?
Recently I was approached by the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment to contribute to this video seeking to showcase how nature...
Nature, wellbeing and finding our own 'sacred groves'
It was a privilege to be invited to speak at this month's Urban Water, Urban Culture Symposium, hosted by Sophia University, Tokyo,...
Solving the mysteries of our landscape through time travel
Last weekend, we entered a time machine, which took us back in time about 18,000 years to a much colder version of the Manawatu – the...
Big rains hit Kawakawa Island! ... in which we learn about the principles of fluvial geomorphology
We have had about 80 mm rain in the last few days, so we ventured down to the gully with deep anticipation as to how this may have...
The continuing adventures on Kawakawa Island - in which we make an exciting discovery
As you may have read in my previous posts Kawakawa Island - our lockdown nature restoration project and Journey to Kawakawa Island, our...
Journey to Kawakawa Island
In my last post, I talked about our gully restoration project, Kawakawa Island. In this post I thought I would share the journey to...
