Sir Albert Howard CIE (8 December 1873 – 20 October 1947) was an English botanist, and the first westerner to document and publish the Vedic Indian techniques of sustainable agriculture, now better known as organic farming. After spending considerable time learning from Indian peasants and the pests present in their soil, he called these two his professors. He was a principal figure in the early organic movement. He is considered by many in the English-speaking world to have been, along with Rudolf Steiner and Eve Balfour, one of the key evangelists of ancient Indian techniques of organic agriculture.
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Helen Booker is Senior Conservation Officer for RSPB in South West England. Amongst other projects, she has worked on the Seabird Conservation Project on Lundy and the Isles of Scilly.
Helen was one of the people who inspired my Guillemot studies on Lundy. She suggested Guillemot diet and provisioning studies to the Wardens on Lundy in 2006, the year I started working in the Marisco Tavern.
Articles about Helen's work on Lundy can be found by searching for her name in the Lundy Field Society bibliography:
http://www.lundy.org.uk/index.php/resources/lundy-bibliography
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Tony Taylor has organised the bird ringing on Lundy for the Lundy Field Society since 1979 and was the LFS bird recorder from 1980 to 2007. He visited Lundy in the early 70s as part of his study of Common Guillemots for the University of Newcastle. He made the first detailed surveys of Manx Shearwaters on Lundy, which was one of the factors which led to the RSPB-led Seabird Recovery Project on Lundy. His recent work has included a study of the Wheatears that breed on Lundy.
Tony was one of the people who inspired me to continue my Guillemot studies on Lundy.
Articles about Tony's work on Lundy can be found by searching for his name in the Lundy Field Society bibliography:
http://www.lundy.org.uk/index.php/resources/lundy-bibliography
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(Overview) I am interested in the application of evolutionary biology to the behavioural sciences. So I am concerned with the theoretical detail of the application of evolutionary biology, the emergence of stable adapted and adaptive behavioural strategies and also the internal mechanisms that produce such behaviours. However, most of my research activity focuses upon theory and behavioural strategies (see my publications list). You can see my inaugural lecture, in which I discuss these matters, at this link.
Lundy is an island off the North Devon coast, situated in the mouth of the Bristol Channel. The island contains a number of diverse ecologies and many species making it a good choice for ecological and behavioural science field trips.
From 1979 for twenty years my father, David Dickins, ran an animal behaviour field trip on this island and for some of that time I assisted him and other colleagues. In July 2009 I began this trip again with students and colleagues from the University of East London. I was greatly assisted in this by my father and also Stephen Lea and his colleagues at the University of Exeter.
A trip to Lundy will lead to change. The island is a beautiful place that is remote and very different from the city. The opportunity to observe wild animals living their lives is a privilege that is endlessly fascinating. Many questions will arise and the field trip is designed to provide you with the methods to answer them. You will develop scientific skills that are applicable across all species, including humans. You will learn to plan and execute a research project from scratch.
https://sites.google.com/view/tomdickins/home
Tom Dickins is professor of behavioural science and deputy head of the department of psychology at Middlesex University. His background is in psychological sciences (BSc; CNAA), philosophy of science (MSc; London), evolutionary psychology (PhD; Sheffield); and, ecological survey techniques (PG Cert.; Oxon). His research interests fall into behavioural ecology and theoretical concerns within evolutionary biology.
https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/profile/dickins-tom
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Harvey Hennessy, 16 year old Climate and Environmental Activist living in North Devon:
I founded Fridays For Future Barnstaple in April 2019 and we had our first strike on the 24th May 2019!I I work internationally with the Fridays For Future movement and will continue to. I recently also started Extinction Rebellion Youth North Devon!
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Chris has a degree in Zoology (MA, Oxford University) and extensive experience in the management and analysis of large biological datasets, with a key focus on accuracy and clear data presentation. He has a broad knowledge of electronic data formats and their application to biological data.
He was the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Regional Representative for Hertfordshire from 1990 until 2015, organising national survey work in the county. As a member of the Herts Bird Club committee he also helped to co-ordinate local survey and monitoring efforts with the national projects. During his time in Hertfordshire Chris was a regular contributor to the annual Hertfordshire Bird Report.
Chris is also an licensed bird-ringer holding a training endorsement and was an active member of the Rye Meads Ringing Group for over 30 years and a founder member of the North Thames Gull Group. He has continued this since moving to Devon in 2015.
He is particularly interested in the use of web and other evolving technologies to engage volunteers in environmental monitoring.
http://www.garganeyconsulting.co.uk/index.php/about-us
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Geoffrey has been the Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon since he was first elected in 2005. He was returned for a fifth time in the 2019 General Election with a historic 60.1% of the vote – the largest majority of any MP to hold the seat.
https://www.geoffreycox.co.uk/
Geoffrey Cox’s voting in Parliament
Geoffrey Cox is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs. However, Geoffrey Cox sometimes differs from their party colleagues
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11541/geoffrey_cox/torridge_and_west_devon
Charles Geoffrey Cox QC (born 30 April 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician and barrister serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Torridge and West Devon since the 2005 general election. Cox worked as a barrister from 1982 onwards and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2003, two years before his election to Parliament. On 9 July 2018, he was appointed Attorney General and gave up private practice; prior to this he had been the highest earning MP in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Cox_(British_politician)
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeoffreyCox4TWD/ (3k)
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I was born in Plymouth in December 1978 and spent my whole childhood in Devon. My Father worked for 37 years as a Labourer/Painter in Devonport Dockyard until redundancy in 2010. My Mother worked for many years as a Teaching Assistant at the Primary School I attended as a child, continuing the job she loved until only 2 months before she lost her battle with Bowel Cancer in January 2014.
Kevin Foster is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs. However, Kevin Foster sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25338/kevin_foster/torbay
Kevin John Foster MP (born 31 December 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician, representing the Torbay Parliamentary constituency since 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Foster_(politician)
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevin_j_foster (6.9k)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevinforTorbay (2.5k)
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Since being given the honour of becoming your MP in 2015, I have worked day in day out to improve the lives of everyone who lives in Plymouth. From winning funds to set up a Veteran’s Gateway right here in Plymouth, to forcing the Government to do a review of Public Health settlements in Plymouth; from closing the Iraqi Historical Allegations Team abuse of our Servicemen and women, to putting Mental Health at the centre of the city’s health and wellbeing strategy; from working with business and Government to achieve a 600 job investment directly into Plymouth to securing a £5m Government investment to redevelop and improve our outdated rail station.
https://www.johnnyforplymouth.co.uk/
Johnny Mercer is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs. However, Johnny Mercer sometimes differs from their party colleagues
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25367/johnny_mercer/plymouth%2C_moor_view
Captain John Luther Mercer (born 17 August 1981) is a British politician who has served as the Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View since the 2015 general election. He is a former British Army officer and an author. In 2019, he was made a minister in the Ministry of Defence in the government led by Boris Johnson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer_(politician)
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyForPlymouth (30k)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnnyMercerUK (77k)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37eWEYxwOI5DbQwmWKf0jg (315)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnymercer/ (500+)
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Ben Bradshaw has been MP for Exeter since 1997 when he won the seat from the Conservatives. Previously, Labour had only held Exeter once before between 1966 and 1970. Ben has held Exeter in all the subsequent elections, winning in 2017 with a majority of 16,117 over the Conservatives.
https://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/
Ben Bradshaw’s voting in Parliament
Ben Bradshaw is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs. However, Ben Bradshaw sometimes differs from their party colleagues
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10061/ben_bradshaw/exeter
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (born 30 August 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter since 1997 and was the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2009 to 2010. Before entering politics he worked as a BBC Radio reporter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bradshaw
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ben-Bradshaw-168531583163002/ (5.6k)
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