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July 2026

Environment, Sustainable Travel

The Quiet Eco-Heroes at the Scottish Open

There is something profoundly hopeful about finding environmental innovation in the places you least expect. We often look to scientists in labs or policy-makers in government buildings to “save the world,” but lately, I’ve been finding the most inspiring stories in the quiet, persistent work of individuals and businesses – people who are simply rolling up their sleeves and asking, “How can we do this better?”

Last weekend, I stumbled upon a fantastic example of exactly that: the Genesis Scottish Open.

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Environment, Sustainable Travel

The Last Great Antarctic Untold Story: Meeting Mark Reed and The Quest for Shackleton’s “Last Cache”

We often fall into the trap of thinking that the golden age of exploration is a closed chapter in a history book. We imagine that the great maps were all filled in during the early 1900s, leaving nothing left for the modern world to uncover.

But this past May, while attending the bi-annual James Caird Society dinner at Dulwich, I was seated at a table that completely shattered that illusion. Another reason why I just love being a member of the that Society, you meet such interesting people, doing incredible things…

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