Globalisation has rapidly changed the world. While it has brought many benefits, it’s also had negative impacts – including eroding the distinctiveness of places. To better understand the complex relationship between people, destinations and global brands, I was asked to host “The Future of Local” by InterContinental Hotels and Resorts. Working in partnership with TED, The Future of Local included
Over 10 days I walked the height of Mount Everest (29,029ft) by only using stairs in London’s buildings. Ordnance Survey helped me map out my route and made this nifty calculator to compare stair-climbs to UK mountain heights.
Mission Animal Rescue is a series of award winning National Geographic Kid’s books that I had the pleasure of co-creating with some great authors. Each of the books not only help kids to learn about endangered species, but actually take action to help save them. They are brilliant books that tackle tough issues in a positive
To celebrate National Geographic’s 125th anniversary and show off the new Toyota RAV4, I took my son on 125 adventures across the UK. The microadventures were accompanied by stories, photography and videos on a special microsite. Here’s the full list of adventures: Ascend Snowdon Bag ruined castles Bodyboarding offshore waves Boulder jumping in the Peak
In 2006 my good friend Alan Parkinson and I got together to create an activity book that encouraged (young) people to explore, play and learn outdoors through what we call guerrilla geography. We wanted to tackle the risk-averse parenting that is preventing children from playing outdoors and celebrate how awesome geography is at the same
In 2008 I started a project to walk across some of the world’s biggest cities taking a photo every 8 steps. I was a teaching secondary school geography and wanted to show my students what these places looked like (yes, this was before Street View). The walks were carefully planned so that their lengths reflected