About Joe Gray
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Short biography
I am a nature lover, an amateur field naturalist, and a conservationist who lives on a large island in the North Atlantic Ocean that an infinitesimal proportion of the Earth's beings call Great Britain.
Through a process of elimination – in which art and music have proved too challenging for my hands, organizing things too stressful for my brain, and chaining myself to trees beyond what my stomach can stand – I find myself being an editor and a writer.
Current volunteer roles
► Production and Fiction Editor – The Ecological Citizen [WEBSITE]
► Writer – Global Rewilding Alliance ['REWILDING REFLECTIONS' SERIES]
► Editor-in-Chief – Rewilding Successes [WEBSITE]
► Researcher – Animals in the Room [WEBSITE]
► Referee – Highland Biological Recording Group (land bugs) [WEBSITE]
► Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey Champion – Butterfly Conservation (Scottish Highlands region) [WEBSITE]
► Publicity Officer – Butterfly Conservation (Scottish Highlands region) [WEBSITE]
I also volunteer as a Ranger for a national park.
Joe's writing
► Find details of my non-fiction relating to ecocentrism and sustainability [HERE]
► Find details of my non-fiction relating to natural history [HERE]
► Find details of my fiction [HERE]
► Find my posts on the Earth Tongues blog [HERE]
Newly published
"Cohabiting Earth is a courageous book, both in the blunt assessment of the multiple cascading ecological/social crises we face and in the refusal to give up on efforts to make a better future. This eclectic collection of writers provides a roadmap of how we got here and where we need to go." — Robert Jensen, School of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin
Joe obscuring a view of more interesting beings
Past roles and activities
► Associate Tutor – Field Studies Council
► Editor-in-Chief – The Hertfordshire Naturalist
► Knowledge Advisor – United Nations' Harmony with Nature programme
► Transcriber – John Muir Trancription Project (University of the Pacific)
► Trustee – British Naturalists' Association
► Trustee (Chair of Park Management Committee) – Highfield Park Trust
Mallard, Scotland
Education
MSc in Forestry, Bangor University
MA gratis and BA Hons in Zoology, Christ's College, University of Cambridge
Secondary school education, Newent Community School
Fellowships
I have previously held fellowships of the British Naturalists' Association, the Linnean Society, the Royal Entomological Society, and the Zoological Society of London. While all of these organizations do much good work, I made a decision to redirect my annual membership fees to charities that more directly support conservation initiatives.
