“Colonne di turisti” The Eternal City of Rome - swarming in tourists Over-looking Circo Massimo, Palatine Hill looking into the Roman Forum. A week attending the United Nations FAO ‘Global Symposium on Soil Erosion’ with my science colleagues.  I had the opportunity to question the Expert Panel in...

The Green Man at HayTor, on top of Dartmoor, Devon at dawn on May 1st. Talking with this giant, he informed me he travelled all the way from Hereford (approx 100 miles) A symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of growth each spring....

Photo journalism. Morris Dancing at dawn, HayTor on Dartmoor. Based upon ancient Pagan Festival celebrating the coming of summer on May 1st. Early-risers join the revelry with four separate Morris troops at HayTor, on top of Dartmoor. This photograph is ‘Beltane Border Morris Dancers’. The blackened faces is...

Photo journalism. Morris Dancing at dawn, HayTor on Dartmoor. Based upon ancient Pagan Festival celebrating the coming of summer on May 1st. Early-risers join the revelry with four separate Morris troops at HayTor, on top of Dartmoor. This photograph is ‘Beltane Border Morris Dancers’. The blackened faces is...

Gullies forming on vineyard slopes. Rancagua Basin, Chile. Recently cleared and planted with vines, these steep slopes are showing signs of soil erosion. Fruit and olive production in fertile lowlands is expanding into coastal mountain slopes that were formerly covered by native vegetation....

Land conversion in Rancagua Basin, Chile. The use of heavy agricultural machinery on recently cleared steep slopes leaves soil vulnerable to erosion. Fruit and olive production in fertile lowlands is expanding into coastal mountain slopes that were formerly covered by native vegetation....