Covid-19 – our response

Deforestration in Borneo

These times are strange but not unprecedented. Scientists have long warned about the possibility of a severe pandemic. We have already seen multiple outbreaks of similar viral contagions, those which have jumped from animals to humans – SARS, Ebola, MERS. Many researchers have been watching and waiting, as the destruction of the natural world wipes out the natural viral hosts. The virus in turn,…

Appealing to the heart

My latest online article – https://impakter.com/compelled-to-rebel/ – explores the themes of capitalist language and the effect this is having on the environmental movement. As a practitioner, I continue to engage with the need for the correct valuation of ecosystem services. As an artist and activist, it doesn’t, and has never, sat comfortably with me. Beauty and wonder, particularly those received from our living world,…