The
Change
Makers
FOUR EXPLORERS DISCUSS HOW
THEY USE THEIR EXPEDITIONS
TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSCIOUSNESS, INSPIRING
PUBLIC ACTION TO MITIGATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
Text Alex Campbell
Explorer Tim Jarvis recalls getting
lost in the bush in Malaysia at the age
of 12, and finding his way home by
walking east towards the coast.
“I always carried a compass with me.
I remember finding my way through
a section of jungle in Johor, and it
gave me a real sense of satisfaction
having done that. That feeling of
resourcefulness that you can negotiate
the outdoors with a bit of skill and
self-reliance really stuck with me.”
Jarvis describes his expeditions
as being an extension of this
inquisitiveness, and attributes his
environmental activism to a love of
the outdoors, and the increasing
realisation that we need to protect it.
This led him to study environmental
science and environmental law.
“I now find that my expeditions, and
the books and films I do, give me a
wonderful vehicle to communicate
environmentalism to people, when they
might otherwise not listen,” he says.
TIM JARVIS
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