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David Farrier
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Writer. Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils | Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet, shortlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize 2025
Professor of Literature & the Environment, University of Edinburgh .. more

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David Andrew Farrier is a New Zealand journalist and actor. He has worked in news and on documentaries, including features on New Zealand television and co-directing the internationally distributed documentary film Tickled (2016). He created the 2018 Netflix documentary series Dark Tourist, in which he visits popular dark tourism attractions. He has also appeared in the 2014 Rhys Darby mockumentary series Short Poppies. .. more

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 7
Still can't quite believe it, but Vanity Fair Italy interviewed me about Nature's Genius
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 2d
We did Jolabokaflod for the first time this year. Not a bad haul.

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 3d
Congratulations!!! Can't wait. Come to Edinburgh!

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 11d
🙏

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 17d
🔊New Podcast out now: a conversation with @david-farrier.bsky.social on how we might learn to live in “The what ought to be.” He talks about adaptation, resilience, and what nature can teach us about recovery in a changing world. 🎧https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 18d
Me too. What's the scam?

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 20d
1000 people turned up in Falkirk today to say no to Nigel Farage's message of hate and division

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 23d
I was thrilled to take part in the Nature Recovery podcast @naturerecovery.bsky.social
Listen here:

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Living in 'The What Ought to Be' with David Farrier - The Nature Recovery Podcast
Professor David Farrier (University of Edinburgh) discusses his 2025 book Nature’s Genius: Evolution’s Lessons for a Changing Planet and explores how rapid, human-driven evolutionary pressures reveal ...
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 24d
@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social One more to add to the list 🍾

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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · 24d
An annual tradition, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social asked contributors for their favorite science books of 2025. You can check out all our recommendations (including my own, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's Is A River Alive?) here:
The Ten Best Science Books of 2025
From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 26d
Fair

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 26d
I'd feel better if they just asked ChatGPT how to run a university

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Nov 19
Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social

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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · Nov 17
If Edinburgh Uni, with no operational deficit, gets to sack 1800 people, imagine what this will signal to more fiscally challenged Scottish universities?

MSPs need to realise that this is more than a local crisis – we need urgent public scrutiny of Edinburgh’s governance.

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Nov 10
I wrote about why we need to grow food in cities for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Could urban farming feed the world?
From back gardens to hi-tech hydroponics, the future of food doesn’t have to be rural
www.theguardian.com

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 22
This is such an important point.

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · Oct 21
What can evolution teaches about how life will adapt to our changing planet? Find out at the seminar on Friday…
biodivoxford.bsky.social The Biodiversity Network @biodivoxford.bsky.social · Oct 17
Don't miss @david-farrier.bsky.social on Friday 24th when he'll be speaking about Nature’s Genius: Evolution’s Lessons for a Changing Planet. Online or in-person, followed by a drinks reception & book signing in the School of Geography & the Environment. Register bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 17
If you're in Oxford next Friday, come along!
naturerecovery.bsky.social Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · Oct 17
Don't miss @david-farrier.bsky.social on Friday 24th when he'll be speaking about Nature’s Genius: Evolution’s Lessons for a Changing Planet. Online/in-person, followed by drinks reception & book signing in School of Geography & the Environment. Register & more info bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · Oct 17
Don't miss @david-farrier.bsky.social on Friday 24th when he'll be speaking about Nature’s Genius: Evolution’s Lessons for a Changing Planet. Online/in-person, followed by drinks reception & book signing in School of Geography & the Environment. Register & more info bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 2
🍾Congratulations!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 27
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Sep 26
Many species won't survive without our help, but what should that help look like? I wrote about this for @aeon.co
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Should we intervene in evolution? The ethics of ‘editing’ nature | Aeon Essays
Countless species are dying from human-induced environmental change. Should we use genetic technology to alter and save them?
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Sep 18
Nature's Genius is published in Italian!!

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Sep 15
Oh no! Hope you're out of pain soon.

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Sep 14
Can't think of a government in my adult life that has failed to meet the moment like this one.

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Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · Sep 14
THIS is the line? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · Sep 13
I think about this poem by Ian Duhig — about Jo Cox, the Labour MP assassinated by a man shouting ‘Britain first’ — every day at the moment. No other contemporary poet has looked so clearly at the political reality of the far right as a minority who must always be appeased
Rue Rue Jo Cox, Députée Britannique, a street sign in Burgundy reads, Assassinée pour ses convictions. No British road is named after her, I found on returning home, for fear it could have proved controversial. I remembered in Shakespeare rue even for ruth, called 'herb of grace' because it was used in exorcisms, by the angel to clean Adam's eyes, and Gulliver back home for his nose against the smell of his countrymen.

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Sep 12
Does this apply to Oxbridge colleges? 🤔

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Sep 12
This has absolutely thrilled me!

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Sep 11
I had an amazing time @wainwrightprize.bsky.social yesterday! So many inspiring writers and extraordinary books. Congratulations to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, a hugely deserving winner for conservation writing, and fellow @canongate.co.uk writer @chloedalton.bsky.social for book of the year!