Field Clicks: A New Eco-esque Series
Turning snapshots of the ecological landscape into insights about the natural world
One benefit of the Substack platform is that it allows me to change gears and try out new things. So, this new series is focused on field work activities that showcase the ecology and natural resource management. It’s intended to highlight the environment and provide insights and awareness that help sharpen your global perspective.
Over the past few decades, I’ve been in the field in forests, mangrove swamps, plantations and other landscapes to capture the work going on in ecosystems from deserts to tropical rainforests. My excursions while working as an auditor, a consultant or while trekking with field researchers have provided an insightful and harsh look into the realities of saving species, managing natural resources and protecting biodiversity.
Conservation is a slog. Sustainable management is a slog. The funding slogans from NGOs and the defensive wordplay of corporations are easy. Those are office gigs. The real hard work goes on in the field, where the policy initiatives go into action to find compatibility with Mother Nature.
The goals are twofold. One is to prick your interest. And the other is to offer a modicum of education value.
Today, everything in the modern world is a battle between economic and social class forces. There is very little middle ground for reasonable debate. The environmental scene is fraught with marketing manipulation, donor dollar fatigue and eco-warrior extremism. It is an ugly and fragmented landscape with blame on all sides.
Field Clicks is an opportunity to gain new perspectives about environmental work amidst all the noise, smoke and mirrors. I hope you join us and find new discoveries.