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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.

Refactoring an entire API Ecosystem

Refactoring an entire API Ecosystem

When I started working at WeWork back in 2016 I rather quickly discovered that the entire architecture was a total mess... Over the course of the 18 months I managed to stay there, we fixed a whole lot of that mess. No APIs were documented so people would just build

Cotswold Gravel Komoot Collection

Cotswold Gravel Komoot Collection

After my winter jaunt down to Morocco and back up through France I got off the ferry just in time for COVID-19 lock-down on home turf. This was obviously a tough time for everyone, but this was lightened a tad by having all the gravel and rolling hills of the

Picking apart Michael Moore’s The Planet of the Humans

Picking apart Michael Moore’s The Planet of the Humans

This article was originally published on Ecologi, a climate action funding platform which I've been using for years to get thousands of trees planted all over the world, and they paid me for my time. Planet of the Humans is tearing through the climate activism community, spreading confusion,

Cinq Plug 5 Plus Review

Cinq Plug 5 Plus Review

When you're out riding for weeks at a time, there are all sorts of devices to keep charged. Phone, bike computer, head torch, the remote for my selfie tripod so I can get poser shots for Instagram when i'm all by myself... 😅 If you're

Remote Work As Climate Action

Remote Work As Climate Action

Update 2020-07-02: This article was written before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns were put in place, but this article has only become more accurate since then, with other scientists and environmental types publishing similar articles. "Remote work is a huge opportunity for high-impact climate policy", "The Climate Case

Flight free holidays: A practical guide

Flight free holidays: A practical guide

January and February is the peak travel time for Northern Hemisphere dwellers trying to get south for the winter. If you’re in America, you might consider a week in Miami, Puerto Rico, or the Caribbean, and if you’re in Europe you might be tempted by the budget flights

Selling a Bike for Trees... then delivering it Bristol to France

Selling a Bike for Trees... then delivering it Bristol to France

Going from fundraising 70,000 trees in summer, to being injured and unable to do shit, meant I had to think outside the box in order to keep the reforestation going. Meet my Cannondale CAAD8. Back in 2015 I was back in the UK, between jobs, and between US visas.