Background in chemical physics. Grew up in East Africa, lives in Christchurch NZ. Retired.

I am an urban historian from Aotearoa New Zealand. With an engineering background, I also have a PhD in planning and economics.

Environment writer for the BBC, Guardian, Times etc. Books: Clearing The Air (2019) and The Last Drop (out now!). Editor of https://medium.com/the-new-climate.

Working it all out as I go along, thinking about socialism and being creative as the ultimate expression of who I am, not how I make money for someone else

Busy raising two beautiful and brilliant daughters. #BlackLivesMatter