Technology and the Environment
Subjects at the meeting point of innovation and calamity have a particular fascination for Christopher. His new book, Flying Green, explores the future of sustainable aviation and the paths to net zero.
“If ever I’ve read a damning report about the travel and tourism industry, it was Christopher de Bellaigue’s article in the Guardian entitled ‘The End of Tourism?’ It was an uncomfortable, well-researched article, highlighting the negative impacts tourism has on local communities and environments, often creating more harm than good… So what do we take from de Bellaigue’s article?… It is a wakeup call to all of us.”
Industry response to Christopher’s Guardian investigation, ‘The End of Tourism?’
The End of Farming?
The Guardian
For decades the way we farm has been degrading land and destroying wildlife. But, as Christopher explains in this podcast and an accompanying article, a transformation is underway towards an industry that nurtures and protects its raw material: nature itself.
On the Ganges
The New York Review of Books
“We often reach for martial vocabulary when trying to describe nature, calling droughts and cyclones our enemy, and yet this isn’t a struggle that nature knows it’s waging. It’s about us, our hunger, our fertility, our longevity, our greed.”
From Christopher’s appreciation of the Ganges, The River, in the New York Review of Books