I’ve just surfaced from 2 months of intense expedition organising (why I’ve been quiet for the past 2 months) to a world obsessed with how to restore growth in our slowing global economy. An advert I saw recently for Dick Smith’s Wilberforce Award was a welcome diversion: $1 million on offer to “a young person under

A few weeks back I blogged about a rare positive environmental news story concerning President Obama knocking back the major oil/tar sands pipeline that was due to run from Canada to Texas – Keystone XL. I went on to say that positive environmental outcomes are often thwarted by powerful industry forces that have an unhealthy

The next few years will see the 100th anniversaries of many of the original journeys of polar exploration that we modern ‘explorers’ often seek to emulate. 100 years ago today was one of the most momentous – the Norwegian Amundsen reaching the South Pole for the first time. It was an amazing journey and, regardless

I ended my blog “Enough Said” somewhat ambiguously by saying we know pretty much what the sustainability picture needs to look like whether it be energy, cities, transport or agriculture and how I’m all for getting on with putting some of the pieces of this vision in place rather than just talking about it or

I was sitting quietly in the audience at a sustainability forum last night (the SA DENR’s Stirring the Possum series) when my name was mentioned by a member of the panel. “If Tim Jarvis were here he would be the best person to answer that”. The panellist was responding to a question from the audience