Outdoor Philosophy

Pedalling hard for thirteen months, eco adventurer Kate Rawles cycled the length of the Andes on an eccentric bicycle she built herself. The Life Cycle charts her mission to find out why biodiversity is so important, what’s happening to it, and what can be done to protect it. From the Pacific Ocean to rainforests and salt flats, Kate learns...

Kate Rawles cycled the length of South America following the spine of the Andes – the longest mountain chain in the world – on Woody, a bamboo bike she built herself with bamboo from the Eden Project in Cornwall. The aim of her largely solo ‘adventure plus’ ride was to explore and champion biodiversity – what it is, why it matters, what’s happening to it and above all, what can be done to protect it.

Kate Rawles cycled the length of South America following the spine of the Andes – the longest mountain chain in the world – on Woody, a bamboo bike she built herself with bamboo from the Eden Project in Cornwall. The aim of her largely solo ‘adventure plus’ ride was to explore and champion biodiversity – what it is, why it matters, what’s happening to it and above all, what can be done to protect it.

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Resurgence Camp is a beautiful weekend of re-connection to oneself, other people and the more-than-human world. Food for the mind, body and spirit. It was everything I'd hoped it would be: inspiring, sociable, thought-provoking, fun, engaging, relaxing, well organised and great food! Details TBC.

Julia Wheeler talks to two adventurers about their remarkable journeys to the planet’s most at-risk areas. Leon McCarron travelled 1,600km of the Tigris River – once the lifeblood of ancient Mesopotamia and modern Iraq, rendered almost uninhabitable by climate change and geopolitics – by boat. Kate Rawles rode a self-built bamboo bike 8,000 miles through...