Do something.
Our speakers recommend:
Websites
- Countryside Council for Wales
- The Countryside Council for Wales is the Government's statutory advisor on sustaining natural beauty, wildlife and the opportunity for outdoor enjoyment in Wales and its inshore waters
- Information Aesthetics
- Weblog explores the symbiotic relationship between creative design and the field of information visualization
- Carrot Cake Tour
- Imagine what would happen if every visitor to the Glastonbury Festival had to earn their right of passage to see the bands on show
- Met Office
- Providers of environmental and weather-related services
- Magic Seaweed
- Surf reports, pictures, news - anything surf related is on here
- IMBA - International Mountain Bicycling Association
- IMBA creates, enhances and preserves trail opportunities for mountain bikers worldwide.
- Botanical Keys
- A database powered web application to help identify the native and naturalised flora of Great Britain.
Books
- In Patagonia
- Author: Bruce Chatwin
Description: An account of Bruce Chatwin’s travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast & his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road
ISBN: 0099769514 - The Anatomy of Restlessness
- Author: Bruce Chatwin
Description: A collection of short stories, travel sketches, essays, articles and criticism.
ISBN: 0-330-35086-2 - Alone Across Antarctica
- Author: Borge Ousland
Description: Travels in Antartica
ISBN: 82-994379-1-1 - The Stormrider Guide Europe
- Author: Bruce Sutherland
Description: The best surf spots Europe wide. Whether you’re a surfer or not this book makes you want to chase the waves
ISBN: 0953984052 - The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope
- Author: Catherine Hamlin
Description: This book is Catherin Hamlin’s life story, an Australian woman who going on a short work placement as a doctor in Africa found herself, 40 years later, still there changing the lives of women dealing with the horrible effects of obstructed labour
ISBN: 1854246739 - The Cloudspotter’s Guide
- Author: Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Description: This book helps us enjoy and understand the beauty of clouds
ISBN: 034089590X - The Book of Clouds
- Author: John A Day
Description: Reintroduces us to the Earth’s great skyscape
ISBN: 1402728131 - The AA IIlustrated Guide to Britain's Coast
- Author: Peter Argyle and David Baird
Description: Every inch of the coastline of these islands documented beautifully and succinctly
ISBN: N/A
Organisations
- Walk It
- We want to get people walking more
- Global Voices Online
- A research think-tank focused on the Internet’s impact on society
- Banff Mountain Writing program
- This is a residency program, six participating writers delve into their own writing projects on a topic in the area of mountain culture, mountain environment, mountain life, adventure, climbing, and/or mountain history
- IMBA
- IMBA creates, enhances and protects great trail experiences for mountain bikers worldwide
