Freelance journalist pondering how humans and environments shape each other. Substack: https://xitter.cf/t.co/UZjAlJGa2e Also @AdventureUncvrd Editor.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined June 2009
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Why are we witnessing a revival of neo-pagan practices in the West? And what's at stake? I explored these questions via five longreads for ... @Longreads.
longreads.com/2025/01/23/tik…
Featuring Edward Millar and John Semley for @thebafflermag, @bbosker and @gcaw for @TheAtlantic, Ed Simon for @aeonmag, Dougald Hine and David Abram for @darkmtn, and @IndiaRakusen and co's masterful Witch podcast for @BBCSounds.
Real pleasure to chat with skiing legend Mike Douglas (@MikeDski) for @BBC_Travel, about his Whistler highlights. Miss Whistler madly, especially since Mike made me jealous as the season kicks off! Thanks Eva Sandoval (@ieatmypigeon) for commissioning. bbc.com/travel/article/20241…
It was an honour to help tell this story, for @thismagazine, of ex-Mormons using psychedelic therapy to process religious trauma. It speaks to the potential of a collective, community-rooted 'psychedelic renaissance'. It's also my first cover story! this.org/2024/10/29/losing-t…
A nod to some of the progressive voices that have shaped the piece and my thinking on the potential of psychedelics: Daan Keiman of Communitas Collective, Monnica Williams (@DrMonnica), Michael Oliver (@manifest_it_man) of Flying Sage, and the @psymposia and @breakingcon output.
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"My pulse races as I prepare to explain why, exactly, I am trespassing on their farm."
@scribblingsam @NoemaMag #longreads noemamag.com/trespassing-for…
Delighted to share my first piece for @NoemaMag. It’s about the power of trespass, the need for a culture of ‘wild service’, and the quiet stirring of the commons. noemamag.com/trespassing-for…
Particular shout out to Right2Roam and @EveryonesStars for leading the campaigning on this. But countless others, too. For anybody interested, I’ll share a New Year note of the many people and orgs I engaged with doing great work on these issues.
AI advances are enabling new ways of listening to and communicating with other animals. This raises many profound questions and possibilities. Writing this @Longreads piece, spotlighting interesting work on the topic, was such a pleasure. It features ... longreads.com/2024/07/11/wil…
@WKymlicka and Sue Donaldson on the case for, and emerging theories of, interspecies democracy. And a poetic essay by Melanie Challenger on emerging efforts to turn this case into action.
And an @emergence_zine interview with @jamesbridle, whose perspectives on technology, intelligence, and ecology I highly recommend.
Grateful that Andrew Neil is enough of an expert on expertise to remind us that we really shouldn't be having thoughts, let alone opinions, on things, but honestly not enough of an expert on Andrew Neil to know whether this is wisdom or brain fart
Enjoyed writing on the future of skiing for @Longreads, w/ @wells_ca editing. Skiing is a frivolous & often elitist pursuit. But how ski communities react to climate change is relevant beyond the mountains. Feat pieces by @Tris_Kennedy, @CathleenCalkins, @Joshuaiveshamme & more.
In a fascinating new #longreads reading list, @scribblingsam questions whether skiing and snowboarding are elitist sports or a bellwether for climate change. Featuring stories from @1843mag, @FT, @GQMagazine, @curaffairs, @FREESKIER, and others. longreads.com/2024/04/30/sli…
👩🚀🤿🦕🧗♂️⛷️🐦Pleasure as ever rambling around the internet for AU’s 10th Adventure Ramble. The world’s deepest divers, youngest space ranger, highest tide, and more. Full Ramble here, tasters below, and Ramble 11 incoming next week: (1/10) adventureramblings.substack.…
Mallory Duncan weaves music, poetry, sketch, skiing, and black culture together for a ski film that feels genuinely fresh. Great tunes, fun scenes, high stoke. And a round-the-globe birdsong broadcast offers the perfect way to celebrate Dawn Chorus Day, on 5th May. (6/10)
And a truly delightful photography collection by Australian photographer @Rovenko charting the daring adventures of Rocket Girl: a space ranger exploring a strange planet (also Rovenko’s space-obsessed daughter). (7/10)