Dear friends:
There’s been a great response to Need to Know: Science and Insight since I announced it last week. My thanks again to all those who’ve already subscribed. The very first issue will be on its way to you very soon.
Need to Know is my weekly newsletter that will cover things we all need to know when it comes to climate impacts, energy transitions, the decline of nature’s support systems, living safely during a pandemic, along with a personal story and some useful ideas. And all in 10 to 12 minute read.
Why am I doing this?
For the past 25 years I’ve been a science and environmental journalist writing for publications around the world including National Geographic, The Guardian, Vice, Maclean’s Magazine and dozens more. I wrote more than 20 articles for National Geographic in 2019 and won an international award for my climate reporting. This year I’ve only been able to get one article published at Nat Geo. There’s been massive cutbacks in almost all media or they are narrowly focused on things I don’t want to write about.
So, after 25 years of pitching article ideas to various publications, it’s time for a change. I’ll still be writing for other publications but my main focus will be on Need to Know and its readers. My hope is this will become a community who share ideas, questions, solutions and feelings about the mess were in and what to do about it.
A Covid 19-Risk-Reducing Mantra
I’m still working on the first issues, one of which is about how to live a life in a pandemic. It starts with my being tested in a hockey arena, then looks at the data on risks posed by various activities and comes with a very cool graphic. The main part explains a very useful Covid 19-risk-reducing mantra: Time and Place, People and Space.
It’s taken weeks to put it all together and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it.
Subscribing to Need to Know is free and incredibly simple — click the button and write in your email addy. That’s it. There’s no payment, no ads nor will you get spammed. It’s easy to unsubscribe. All of us have a lot on our plates these days but I hope you can give Need to Know a chance.
If this works out there’ll be a low-cost subscription at some point in the future. Some issues will always freely available.
I’m working to launch Need to Know in just a few days so sign up so you won’t miss the first issue.
You can help by sharing
We’re all in this mess together so I’m hoping you’ll share this email and NtK issues as widely as possible on Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter, Instagram, etc. My aim is to bring some useful information and insight from a variety of sources we can all benefit from.
Stay safe — Stephen