Media, book festivals & public events
For Parenting on Earth
"Reimagining Parenting for a Threatened World." Talk for Parents for Future UK, 27 March 2024
"Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids - and Everyone Else." Oxford Literary Festival, 24 March 2024
Interviewed for "Don't Let Climate Anxiety Stop You Having Kids." New York Magazine. 23 December 2023
"Reimagining Parenting for a Threatened World." Talk for Mothers Climate Action Network, 8 November 2023
"How to Escape Climate Apathy." Psyche, 18 October 2023
Speaker at "Pecha Kucha: Provoking Play." We Play Festival, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27 September 2023
"The Ethics of Parenting." Five Books, 18 September 2023
"How to Talk to Your Kids about Climate Change." In the Bubble podcast interview, 6 September 2023
Quoted in Bloomberg.com feature: "They're Not Like Regular Dads. They're Climate Dads", 4 August 2023
"Writing a Letter to My Children to Read in the Year 2050." Extract in Inner Self, July 2023
"How to raise kids in the face of climate change." The Gray Area Interview, Vox, 11 July 2023
"Parenting does not give moral exemptions." Interview with Filosofie magazine, 2 July 2023
'Should we worry about our children's lives in the climate crisis?" Interview with the Irish Times, 1 June 2023
Interview and Q&A with Our Kids' Climate, 30 May 2023
"Parenting on Earth." Interview with The Eco Enthusiast podcast, 25 May 2023
"Parenting and Climate Change: Being a Good Parent in a Changing World." Interview with SJ Munson, ArtistFirst Ratio, 10 May 2023
"Parenting on Earth." Next Big Idea Club "Must Read", 28 April 2023
"Are you a good parent? OK, so what are you doing to protect your child from climate collapse?" Opinion piece for The Guardian, 21 April 2023
"Creating Space: How are you practicing climate activism with kids." Interview for Gen Dread (Part 2), 20 April 2023
"The moral duty we have to kids growing up in the climate crisis." Interview for Gen Dread (Part 1), 19 April 2023
"Being Parents and Being Human: Building hope for our children in a fragile world." Filosofisch Cafe, Utrecht, 28 March 2023
For What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care
Video talk on climate justice for the Green Shift Festival, Bristol, 20 April 2024
Talk on climate justice for the UK Civil Service Climate and Environment Network, 19 Dec 2023
"What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care." Studium Generale, Groningen, 30 March 2023
Podcast Interview for Explore Being Outdoors with Claire Bright, 8 March 2023
Podcast interview for Writers' Voice, 12 August 2022
"The best books to inspire you to fight climate change." Shepherd.com, 25 July 2022
"What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care." York Festival of Ideas, 13 June 2022
"What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care" (in conversation with Andy Fryers), Hay Festival, 2 June 2022
"The Ethics of Climate Change" (with Peter Stott), Aye Write, Glasgow, 8 May 2022
"What Climate Justice Looks Like." Excerpt in yes! magazine, 5 May 2022
Podcast Interview for Talk Nerdy, 18 April 2022
Radio Interview for Leonard Lopate at Large, WABI, 8 April 2022
"Climate Activism is for Everyone", Words by the Water, Keswick, 16 March 2022
"Here's how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy." Opinion piece for the Guardian, 12 Feb 2022.
"Why the climate crisis is really a morality crisis.' Opinion piece for The Big Issue, 3 Feb 2022.
Book interview for Radio 5's Dotun Adebayo show, 31 Jan 2022 (listen from 3:03:44).
Other
Panelist for "Green Tease: Intergenerational Climate Justice and Culture." Creative Carbon Scotland, 11 October 2023
Panelist on "Urgency of climate change and justice in vulnerable low-lying countries ahead of COP28", Festival of Politics, Scottish Parliament, 9 August 2023
Edinburgh Futures Institute Interview with Gaia Vince, 18 Nov 2022
Edinburgh Futures Institute: The Future of Climate Justice, 10 Oct 2022
Radio interview on environmental civil disobedience and Earth Day for Newstalk Breakfast, 22 April 2022 (listen from 01:12:27)
"Is civil disobedience OK if it's the only way to prevent climate catastrophe?" Opinion piece for the Guardian, 12 April 2022.
'What do we owe our children? A #COP26 conversation about our duties to children and future generations.' Capita panel discussion, 8 Nov 2021
'Philosophers on... the climate crisis.' Interview with Oh Magazine, 2021
'Climate change, family size and upbringing.' Interview with Justice Everywhere, 10 Feb 2020
'Why mothers will march on the Royal Mile this weekend.' Herald opinion piece, 29 August 2019 (reproduced as a Friends of the Earth Scotland blog).
'The Youth Are Revolting.' Radio 4's Costing the Earth, 30 April 2019
'New Year Solutions: Children.' Radio 4 Podcast, 21 Jan 2019
I have also done media work through my participation in the Nuffield Council of Bioethics Working Group on Genome Editing in Farmed Animals.
"Reimagining Parenting for a Threatened World." Talk for Parents for Future UK, 27 March 2024
"Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids - and Everyone Else." Oxford Literary Festival, 24 March 2024
Interviewed for "Don't Let Climate Anxiety Stop You Having Kids." New York Magazine. 23 December 2023
"Reimagining Parenting for a Threatened World." Talk for Mothers Climate Action Network, 8 November 2023
"How to Escape Climate Apathy." Psyche, 18 October 2023
Speaker at "Pecha Kucha: Provoking Play." We Play Festival, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27 September 2023
"The Ethics of Parenting." Five Books, 18 September 2023
"How to Talk to Your Kids about Climate Change." In the Bubble podcast interview, 6 September 2023
Quoted in Bloomberg.com feature: "They're Not Like Regular Dads. They're Climate Dads", 4 August 2023
"Writing a Letter to My Children to Read in the Year 2050." Extract in Inner Self, July 2023
"How to raise kids in the face of climate change." The Gray Area Interview, Vox, 11 July 2023
"Parenting does not give moral exemptions." Interview with Filosofie magazine, 2 July 2023
'Should we worry about our children's lives in the climate crisis?" Interview with the Irish Times, 1 June 2023
Interview and Q&A with Our Kids' Climate, 30 May 2023
"Parenting on Earth." Interview with The Eco Enthusiast podcast, 25 May 2023
"Parenting and Climate Change: Being a Good Parent in a Changing World." Interview with SJ Munson, ArtistFirst Ratio, 10 May 2023
"Parenting on Earth." Next Big Idea Club "Must Read", 28 April 2023
"Are you a good parent? OK, so what are you doing to protect your child from climate collapse?" Opinion piece for The Guardian, 21 April 2023
"Creating Space: How are you practicing climate activism with kids." Interview for Gen Dread (Part 2), 20 April 2023
"The moral duty we have to kids growing up in the climate crisis." Interview for Gen Dread (Part 1), 19 April 2023
"Being Parents and Being Human: Building hope for our children in a fragile world." Filosofisch Cafe, Utrecht, 28 March 2023
For What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care
Video talk on climate justice for the Green Shift Festival, Bristol, 20 April 2024
Talk on climate justice for the UK Civil Service Climate and Environment Network, 19 Dec 2023
"What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care." Studium Generale, Groningen, 30 March 2023
Podcast Interview for Explore Being Outdoors with Claire Bright, 8 March 2023
Podcast interview for Writers' Voice, 12 August 2022
"The best books to inspire you to fight climate change." Shepherd.com, 25 July 2022
"What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care." York Festival of Ideas, 13 June 2022
"What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care" (in conversation with Andy Fryers), Hay Festival, 2 June 2022
"The Ethics of Climate Change" (with Peter Stott), Aye Write, Glasgow, 8 May 2022
"What Climate Justice Looks Like." Excerpt in yes! magazine, 5 May 2022
Podcast Interview for Talk Nerdy, 18 April 2022
Radio Interview for Leonard Lopate at Large, WABI, 8 April 2022
"Climate Activism is for Everyone", Words by the Water, Keswick, 16 March 2022
"Here's how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy." Opinion piece for the Guardian, 12 Feb 2022.
"Why the climate crisis is really a morality crisis.' Opinion piece for The Big Issue, 3 Feb 2022.
Book interview for Radio 5's Dotun Adebayo show, 31 Jan 2022 (listen from 3:03:44).
Other
Panelist for "Green Tease: Intergenerational Climate Justice and Culture." Creative Carbon Scotland, 11 October 2023
Panelist on "Urgency of climate change and justice in vulnerable low-lying countries ahead of COP28", Festival of Politics, Scottish Parliament, 9 August 2023
Edinburgh Futures Institute Interview with Gaia Vince, 18 Nov 2022
Edinburgh Futures Institute: The Future of Climate Justice, 10 Oct 2022
Radio interview on environmental civil disobedience and Earth Day for Newstalk Breakfast, 22 April 2022 (listen from 01:12:27)
"Is civil disobedience OK if it's the only way to prevent climate catastrophe?" Opinion piece for the Guardian, 12 April 2022.
'What do we owe our children? A #COP26 conversation about our duties to children and future generations.' Capita panel discussion, 8 Nov 2021
'Philosophers on... the climate crisis.' Interview with Oh Magazine, 2021
'Climate change, family size and upbringing.' Interview with Justice Everywhere, 10 Feb 2020
'Why mothers will march on the Royal Mile this weekend.' Herald opinion piece, 29 August 2019 (reproduced as a Friends of the Earth Scotland blog).
'The Youth Are Revolting.' Radio 4's Costing the Earth, 30 April 2019
'New Year Solutions: Children.' Radio 4 Podcast, 21 Jan 2019
I have also done media work through my participation in the Nuffield Council of Bioethics Working Group on Genome Editing in Farmed Animals.
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