Liam Furniss

Remote Writer London, England

Hello there! I’m Liam Furniss (He/Him), I’m a South African writer who is living in London. I am passionate about the conservation of Africa’s unique wildlife, the economic opportunities of the green energy transition, and affordable flat whites.

Liam Furniss (He/Him) is a South African writer currently living in London. He moved to the UK to study his Masters in Literature and Arts at Oxford University where he was able to publish articles in the interdisciplinary arts magazine, VIDES, and the Oxford Climate Review. He is fascinated in the African energy transition and biodiversity protection, and is an Ambassador for intercontinental conservation organisation Rewilding Africa. He is happiest spending time in nature and believes that the more nights a year spent in a tent, the better.

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Can renewables end South Africa’s ‘load shedding’ blackouts?
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Can renewables end South Africa’s ‘load shedding’ blackouts?

Despite two decades of rolling blackouts and national energy scandals, stimulation in the renewables sector might just be the turning point for Africa’s most developed economy.  South Africa is in the throws of an energy crisis which has been unfolding for almost twenty years now. The country's national electricity grid, which comes predominantly from coal power stations, has been severely hindered through aging infrastructure, gross mismanagement, and continuous allegations of...

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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested under Japanese ‘Red Notice’
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People

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested under Japanese ‘Red Notice’

The 73-year-old captain and founder of ocean conservation organisation Sea Shepherd was arrested in Greenland recently. Captain Watson was on board the ship M/Y John Paul DeJoria docked in Nuuk when Danish authorities boarded the ship and took him into custody. The Danish police claim that the arrest was made due to an international ‘Red Notice’ issued by Japan. However, this warrant was created almost a decade ago due to Captain...

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Jane Goodall at 90 and the chimpanzees who started it all
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Jane Goodall at 90 and the chimpanzees who started it all

The future of Jane Goodall’s famous chimpanzees hangs in the balance, but what can we still learn from them today?  In July 1960, a twenty-six-year-old Jane Goodall decided to move into one of the smallest parks on the African continent to study a troop of chimpanzees. Within Gombe Stream Nature Reserve, Tanzania, Goodall would live, work, and observe these animals, taking the first steps to becoming the conservation superhero she is...

By London, England