Its a common thing for people to announce their hatred for humans and I am no exception, or more so, was no exception. What lead me into a lifetime of conservation work stemmed heavily from an utter disgust of the way people were managing the world’s resources and treating the world’s ecosystems. I trust that […]
Tell me a story is a phrase that has been passed down from my mother to me. We yearn for that tale of life lesson inspiring adventure, however we never get much of that from whomever we ask. It was not until I moved out of home and settled down with my partner that I […]
At the end of the book “The birds at my table”, the author Darryl Jones mentions a phenomenon called the “extinction of experience.” The extinction of experience can be summarised by the loss of immersing yourself in nature, be it with wildlife watching, making mud pies or building tree forts, in this era of the […]
Self grooming for most people is a daily ritual. Freshly shampoo’d hair, freshly shaved legs and clean feet is usually nothing to harp on about, or even rejoice in. For whatever reason, however, during my time spent living in remote locations whether it be on a sandy island surrounded by mangroves, or in the middle […]
For most of my life, I have been terrified of hospitals in fear that one day I may contract an illness or sustain an injury which may hold me captive forever within the haunting sterile white walls, trapping me from the outside world I love so dearly. Unfortunately, no matter how well I have managed […]
