Tangled Bank Foraging and Fibre Crafts
Learning about and trying to live lightly on this beautiful planet. The natural world, inclusive bushcraft, evidence-based environmentalism and sustainable living.
I've been a regular cycle commuter in both London and Exeter so am pretty confident on a bike. I've also done a fair bit of long distance hiking, so have a fair bit of experience with packing light and managing menstruation on the trail, experience which you would think would translate well to bikepacking. But … Continue reading A beginners’ bikepacking adventure
Who wants to hear a scary Halloween story? According to Hubbub 39.9 million pumpkins are bought in UK at Halloween, and 22.2 million of these, worth £32.6 million, end up thrown away uneaten. Apparently an astonishing 41% of the population don't even know that they're edible, although that's at least a slight improvement on 2014's … Continue reading Spare the squash: tips for a sustainable spooky season
So. Monkeypox. First of all this is not this season's covid, there is no need to panic (thank you irresponsible Daily Mail headlines). At the time of writing there have been seven confirmed cases in the UK, as well as several cases in Lisbon and Madrid. It seems that the original case was brought to … Continue reading Monkeypox: no need for panic
A froghopper larva (Philaenus spumarius) on a stalk above its foam nest. Photograph by Elke Freese, CC0 licensed. Citizen science The University of Sussex, the Royal Horticultural Society and Forest Research have recently launched a campaign encouraging the public to record sightings of cuckoo-spit (the distinctive frothy foam created by various species of froghoppers) through … Continue reading Don’t blame the bug
Jack Raven Bushcraft has republished an article I wrote a few years ago for The Bushcraft Journal, on the myriad fascinating ways that the organisms in a woodland, from trees to fungi, interact and even communicate with one another. The Whispering Wood The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow … Continue reading The Whispering Wood
The natural world is so busy and full of beautiful, remarkable things to pay attention to that it sometimes causes me problems when I help out at the bushcraft school where I was privileged enough to spend many of my weekends this summer. I frequently find myself going out to collect firewood and coming back, … Continue reading Out of sight, out of mind: the problem with balloons
Whatever the spiritual significance of the Christmas period to you, the holidays are a time when our consumption as a culture goes into overdrive. With many planetary boundaries already exceeded and an increasing awareness of how resources are being depleted to manufacture products in exploitative labour conditions, and the subsequent pollution caused when these products … Continue reading Have yourself an environmentally conscious Christmas now
Tangled Bank Foraging and Fibre Crafts 