Fred Pearce

“Mangrove forests are critical biodiversity hotspots, supporting everything from barnacles to tigers, and are vital fish nurseries for the oceans.”

2026-10-22

“From the bayous of Louisiana to the backwaters of the Irrawaddy in Myanmar, from the lagoons of West Africa to the billabongs of northern Australia, mangroves are making a dramatic and unexpected comeback.”

2026-10-22

“Closing that gap by burning coal would be ruinous for the world’s climate. Achieving it with solar power could go a long way toward saving the planet.”

2026-05-21

“Well, I'm a journalist and for me this is one of the great works of journalism. I'm not alone in saying this; many others have called it the best piece of journalism in the twentieth century.”

2026-04-14, book, by John Hersey, loved

“So we need the pessimists, although some of them—Vogt in particular—I think of as a malign influence, because of the political thinking that went behind what he was saying.”

2026-04-14, book, by William Vogt, mixed

“Yes, Small is Beautiful was important for me as a lefty-political, as you'd say, in the early 1970s at university. It was one of the first books to suggest to me that there was another way.”

2026-04-14, book, by E. F. Schumacher, loved