Caspar Henderson is a British writer and journalist living in
Oxford
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, England. He writes on the subjects of energy, science, environment and human rights.
Biography
Henderson was educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
and
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
After working as a film script reader in Los Angeles, an aid worker in
Uganda
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, and a research assistant and junior journalist working on human rights and the arming of
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
by foreign powers and other matters, he became co-ordinator of the Green College Centre at
Oxford University
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from 1992 to 1994, which focused on climate change and other environmental issues. In 1995 and 1996 he worked on ''Costing the Earth'', the flagship environment program on
BBC Radio 4
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.
From 1996 to 2002 he wrote on topics such as energy, science, environment and human rights for ''
The Financial Times
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'', ''
The Independent
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'', ''
New Scientist
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'', ''
The Ecologist
''The Ecologist'' is a British environmental journal, then magazine, that was published from 1970 to 2009. Founded by Edward Goldsmith, it addressed a wide range of environmental subjects and promoted an ecological systems thinking approach thr ...
'', ''Environmental Finance'', ''Green Futures'' and other newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media. In 1999 he won the
IUCN-
Reuters
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The agency was esta ...
award for best environmental writing in western and central Europe. From 1996 to 2002 he was also a consultant, analyst and writer for government, commercial and non-profit organisations.
From 2002 to 2005 he was a senior editor at
OpenDemocracy
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, a project for open
global politics
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, where he commissioned, edited and contributed to analysis and debate on globalisation, security, the environment, and the
politics of climate change
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. He has been a contributing editor and member of the editorial advisory board at ''
chinadialogue
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It focuses ...
'', and a member of the advisory group for Artists' Project Earth.
His ''Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary'' received the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors in 2009 and the Royal Society of Literature
Jerwood Award
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The awards were administrated by the Royal Society of ...
in 2010 while it was a work in progress, and was published by
Granta Books
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in October 2012 and by
Chicago University Press
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in April 2013 (). In 2013 it was short-listed for the
Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, for the Society of Biology book awards (general category), and for Best British Book category of the British Book Design & Production Awards. Editions have been published in Chinese, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.
His book ''A New Map of Wonders'' was published in November 2017 by Granta and Chicago University Press, with editions from other publishers in Chinese, French, German, Polish and Spanish.
His next work, ''A Book of Noises'', will be published in 2023.
He is researching ''The Green Ways: Walks Into A Wild Future'' for publication in 2024.
References
Green College Centre for Environmental Policy and Understanding''Costing the Earth''The politics of climate changechinadialogueArtists' Project EarthThe Book Barely Imagined BeingsA New Map of WondersA Book of NoisesThe Green Ways
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1963 births
Living people
British non-fiction writers
British male journalists