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Phil Sturgeon

Phil Sturgeon

Software Engineer gone ferril. Digital nomad since 2018 (bike/van). Now dedicated to woodland creation and restoration, as co-founder of UK climate chairty Protect Earth.

HS2 Was Never Going to Destroy 108 Ancient Woodlands

HS2 Was Never Going to Destroy 108 Ancient Woodlands

You may have heard about High-Speed Rail 2, and you may have heard that it was going to (or already had) destroyed 108 ancient woodlands. That is not true. It was never true, not even before the Tories slashed the plans for Hs2 to pieces.

Somebody Stole My Laptop, Then A Ragtag Crew of Strangers Got It Back

Somebody Stole My Laptop, Then A Ragtag Crew of Strangers Got It Back

I went on a Flight Free holiday and ended up being a sleepy mess, left my bag on a train, had the laptop stolen out of it, but a bunch of strangers conspired to get it back to me against all odds.

Tommy's Outdoors Podcast: Save Blackswarth Road Wood

Tommy's Outdoors Podcast: Save Blackswarth Road Wood

Recently I had the pleasure of being invited onto Tommy's Outdoors Podcast to discuss Protect Earth's effort to rescue Blackswarth Road Wood in Bristol from misguided housing developers, and the charity in general.

Unf**king the Climate - Part 5: Freedom from Car Dependency

Unf**king the Climate - Part 5: Freedom from Car Dependency

Being entirely reliant on expensive polluting forms of transport has become an unfortunate reality for many people, and as the climate crisis they’ve exacerbated is increasingly washing those vehicles into the sea, we need to ask ourselves, is there another way?

Bristol: Help Save Blackswarth Road Wood

Bristol: Help Save Blackswarth Road Wood

Two weeks ago I saw a woodland had come up for sale in East Bristol. Last week I set up a fundraiser via my charity Protect Earth. Today we've raised over £20,000 and are over half way to our target, have coverage in BBC News, BBC Radio

The Drowning Cyclist and the Wasp Nest

The Drowning Cyclist and the Wasp Nest

Canal paths are not bike infrastructure, with a hair raising example in the form of a cyclist who nearly drowned on a busy narrow stretch.

A Bicycle Could Never Carry...

A Bicycle Could Never Carry...

"How am I going to regularly move fridges around without owning and paying extravegant amounts of money for a daily driving vehicle which can barely fit one" says man who has never seen a bicycle move three.