Look Near First
Small distances, big experiences. Exploring how best to enjoy and protect our world in the climate crisis.
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The Beauty in Low Energy Living, with Mike Berners-Lee
Despite technology enabling us to become more efficient at almost everything we do, our demand for energy, year on year, continues to rise. What on earth is going on? And what is all this energy really doing for us? Is it making our lives b...
Dave Powell: Our Brains on Flying in a Climate Crisis
On the face of it, something doesn’t seem to make sense. Most of us are worried about climate change, and most of us also believe that flying is a major contributor to climate change. Yet around half of the UK population flies at least once...
How the climate crisis led to the end of my career as an airline pilot
This is an episode from Dave Powell’s brilliant podcast, Your Brain on Climate, which features me! Dave asked me to talk to him about how climate change led me to a place where I felt I had to leave my job as an airline pilot.
We also talk...
Pedals and Poetry
After days of cold north-east winds, the lure of bright sunshine and a warm, spring-scented breeze was strong this morning. Immediately after dropping the kids off at school, I got on my bike and cycled about ten miles, along country lanes...
Artemis II
Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. Credit: NASA
The far side of the Moon, and beyond
Earlier this month, the crew of Artemis II returne...
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