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Round Three, The Jolly Karters Against all odds, a new track added to the list! 800 m outdoor go kart track at Brentwood, Essex. An enjoyable one, with some demanding turns we never quite figured out. Peak speed – just shy of 63 kmph, in 200 cc karts. Congrats to Arnaud for another impressive win.Read more

Here be the top half of the current quiz standings. Ten Eleven rounds down, a few still to go. And guess who is top again! Get in quick as this round ends in a few weeks. Don’t worry, if you’re in the bottom half, no one will ever know… Standing Contestant(s) Quizzer Name Points CorrectRead more

New release! A neat video by My Naturewatch featuring The Jolly Geo, on the Royal College of Art website 🙂 #ProjectHogwatch Over the last 12 months I’ve been collaborating on a fun project exploring the role of design and technology, in connecting people with nature. It’s been awesome working with so many great design andRead more

Design Museum, London With Project Hogwatch complete and deemed a success, we were invited down by My Naturewatch to the Design Museum in London to show off our work. Here I am in the interview seat being asked about the project (just after finding out our MP had mentioned our hedgehog project in Parliament!) FootageRead more

UK Parliament, London Climate breakdown e-petition debate Yep, it’s a passing mention rather than the key message, but a mention is a mention! Motion moved by Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge. And you can see the original e-petition here.Read more

The Jolly Geo met Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner at the Wildlife Trust BCN Trumpington Meadows Reserve, to mark the release of Nora, our first hedgehog in the release programme! Great opportunity to showcase the use of wildlife tech to help us meet conservation objectives. Kudos to Daniel – he seemed to genuinely care and stuckRead more

Wildlife Trust BCN, Cambourne, Cambs. I ran a camera-trap workshop at the Wildlife Trust BCN. Five cameras built and a camera deployment strategy created.Read more

Jesus Green, CambridgeRead more

Ever since July 2016, I’ve recorded nearly all of my movements using my trusty Suunto Traverse GPS watch. That’s a lot of location data! I have some ideas as to what I could do with it all (and it keeps on building), but I’m sure you guys can give me some great ideas?Read more

Inspired by old friends from LSE hungry for my next geography fact, I devised a quiz… Shout out to the crew: Maria, Sof, Jaz, Suv, Rad, Sean, Anu, Harvey, Iru. What a team Team photo en route to Maria & Sof’s weddingMykonos, Greece, 2017Read more