Melding science and story-telling for a better future
I was privileged last month to be invited to be keynote speaker at the Fifth Biennial Symposium of the International Society of River...
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Have our rivers got better or worse in the last 100 years?
Another question I was asked in my most recent interview, on RadioLIVE, was, given the more 100-odd years of abuse suffered by many of...
How many rivers are in New Zealand?
One of the questions I got asked in a recent interview, broadcast on RadioLIVE's Outdoors Hour, was "So, do you know how many rivers...
Perhaps the most vital lesson from environmental history?
In my last post, I wrote about how environmental history can help us to progress discussions about fresh water today - one of the...
How environmental history can help shift debate beyond the 'blame game'
The next question I have been asked is "Why is it important to understand the history of our relationship with rivers?" There are many...
Why write about rivers?
Since New Zealand's Rivers has been released, I have had a number of opportunities to talk to journalists and others about the book and...
What's in Rivers?
A few people have asked what New Zealand's Rivers is about - which is a reasonable question. By way of answering this, here is a...
'Rivers' has arrived, and it looks great!
This week a preview copy of my new book New Zealand's Rivers: An environmental history, arrived from the printing press overseas. It...
Can environmental history bring hope?
I first posted this in November 2015. It is so relevant to the book I have been writing about rivers, so am reposting. I was fortunate to...
