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Day 120, greetings from… Dublin! Touchdown at last!  Well, in the country that neighbours my own… for now, that’ll do.  Feels good to be on familiar shores!  It’s the project that keeps on giving, and true to form this is my ninth distinct stint since leaving home in early May.  And what a rollercoaster expeditionRead more

Hi folks! Day 69 since leaving the UK back in May, probably about time I shared another update. Gough Island is treating us well, feeding us daily excitement and certainly keeping us on our toes. A quick reminder of what we’re doing here: delivering a key phase of The Gough Island Restoration Project – eradicatingRead more

Day 14 of 21 (ultimately, 100+). Quarantine, South Africa. I’m off on an adventure! To the Southern Atlantic, to support an RSPB island restoration project. Destination – Gough Island, Southern AtlanticMission – save the island’s seabirds! But for now, no leaving my hotel room, let alone hotel. The journey so far has been LHR toRead more

New release! A neat video by My Naturewatch featuring The Jolly Geo, on the Royal College of Art website 🙂 #ProjectHogwatch Over the last 12 months I’ve been collaborating on a fun project exploring the role of design and technology, in connecting people with nature. It’s been awesome working with so many great design andRead more

Design Museum, London With Project Hogwatch complete and deemed a success, we were invited down by My Naturewatch to the Design Museum in London to show off our work. Here I am in the interview seat being asked about the project (just after finding out our MP had mentioned our hedgehog project in Parliament!) FootageRead more

UK Parliament, London Climate breakdown e-petition debate Yep, it’s a passing mention rather than the key message, but a mention is a mention! Motion moved by Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge. And you can see the original e-petition here.Read more

The Jolly Geo met Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner at the Wildlife Trust BCN Trumpington Meadows Reserve, to mark the release of Nora, our first hedgehog in the release programme! Great opportunity to showcase the use of wildlife tech to help us meet conservation objectives. Kudos to Daniel – he seemed to genuinely care and stuckRead more

Wildlife Trust BCN, Cambourne, Cambs. I ran a camera-trap workshop at the Wildlife Trust BCN. Five cameras built and a camera deployment strategy created.Read more

Ever since July 2016, I’ve recorded nearly all of my movements using my trusty Suunto Traverse GPS watch. That’s a lot of location data! I have some ideas as to what I could do with it all (and it keeps on building), but I’m sure you guys can give me some great ideas?Read more