My evening at the Student Awards 2016
This month I had the honour of going to the student awards again! I was shortlisted for an individual award ‘Environmental Achiever of the Year’ and my society, the Environmental Action Society, was shortlisted for two group awards ‘Campaigning Group of the Year’ and ‘Green Impact Group of the Year’. Before I reveal whether or […]
Battling nature – the fight to save Vicky Park Pond
It’s a widely-used narrative: humanity vs. nature. Man vs. crocodile, little town vs. big tornado, riverside town vs. flooding river, farmer vs. pests. In modern western society we’re prone to putting ourselves outside of nature, that we are separate, superior to other species and the ’empty wilderness’. We treat the planet as our rightful property, extract resources from the […]
New term, new modules, new trees
Having started normal uni once again, I thought it would be good to share an update on my new modules and other happenings this term. So first off, we have a very curious physical geography module called Glacial Worlds. When I first heard this, I presumed it would be about glaciers and other glacial features, however […]
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