Dear conservationist, I am going to start this letter off by saying something controversial and borderline illegal, and that is, recently, dear conservationist, I feel like I’ve made it. Usually, when you picture…

Dear Conservationist, I have been trying to write to you for months now, but the words just never seem to come out right. I have been on a bit of a journey, navigating…

Dear conservationist, I apologise that it has been a while since I last wrote to you. Running workshops outside of my work hours and planning the recent LC connection day have absorbed much…

Dear conservationist, As an ever-evolving human, I will happily admit that I have absolutely poo-pooed resilience as a priority for conservationists. However, recently, my tides are changing. If I am being honest with…

Dear conservationist, I started this year by reading “Human Kind, a Hopeful History” as I wanted this year to be different. I think, like many conservationists, I have often grappled with the notion…

Dear conservationist, For as long as I can remember, I have been furious about the state of the world. I have talked numerous times about how when I was 5-years-old I was mad…

Dear conservationist, Our industry is full of self-sacrificing people and for a good reason. The industry basically trains us to be the monks of sustainability, sacrificing ourselves for our lord and saviour, Mother…

Dear conservationist, My name is Jessie and I am a striving addict, a striveoholic if you will. I have been striving since I was 5 when I first learnt about deforestation. I strived…

Dear conservationist, Have you ever needed to increase your income, only to find that you need to head indoors to find a job that pays high enough to sustain your cost of living?…

Dear conservationist, Back in 2020, I conducted a still-unpublished narrative analysis of 70 articles written by Lonely Conservationists, to identify: (1) the factors inspiring and sustaining conservationists’ professional ambitions, (2) the challenges discouraging…