Sarah is a deeply passionate environmental journalist, author, and presenter, who began her career in animal behaviour and now focus predominantly on human-wildlife conflict.
Film Work
Sarah is currently in production for a new film about trophy hunting in Africa. Through a journalistic approach, the film will see Sarah explore the complexities of trophy hunting and the blurred lines between right and wrong.
Sarah’s work has taken her from grizzly bear guiding on remote Canadian coastlines to documenting climate change technology in Iceland. She has previously reported on various human-wildlife conflicts, including shark fishing and tiger hunting.
Sarah’s witty, engaging and youthful style allows her to make complex environmental topics more relatable and accessible to new, younger audiences.
Podcast
Sarah recently hosted a six-part podcast series exploring the future of the British uplands.
Author
After being bitten by a lemon shark, Sarah turned the experience into her debut children’s book, Somebody Swallowed Stanley. The book received high acclaim after being read to a national audience by Tom Hardy on CBeebies.
Since, Sarah has written a number of books aimed at connecting young people to climate, wildlife, and sustainability issues. These include Something Crunched Colin; a powerful new story about plastic pollution, and Somebody Woke Wilson; a fascinating introduction to climate change and what we can do to solve it.
Education
Sarah holds a first-class biological sciences degree in Animal Behaviour, with over 5 years’ experience working in the field alongside some of our planet’s most dangerous wildlife species.
Interests
Sarah’s main area of interest is human impact on wildlife. She enjoys delving into the overlooked, and sometimes more controversial subject areas. She also relishes focusing on positive potential future developments led by new technologies.
As a published author and educator, Sarah’s goal is to translate these important environmental topics into schools. In 2014, Sarah launched Creature, an environmental outreach project visiting schools across the UK and abroad.
