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

Drilling crews from 3 competing nations (the UK, USA and Russia) have been working round the clock aiming to be the first to drill down and sample water in lakes buried deep beneath Antarctica’s ice. The water in these lakes despite temperatures far below freezing remains liquid because the weight of ice on top of

I often go on about the importance of ‘doing’ and ‘learning by doing’ – it is after all the essence of what my Do-Tank idea is all about. To clarify my position, although my focus is on ‘doing’ it is in no way meant to detract from the importance of strategic planning and all that

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