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email:  john@earthwords.co.uk 
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educated:

Cambridge (M.A.), Keele (PGCE), Open University (continuing).
CPD:

industry:

4 years as petroleum geologist in Libya, and also short-term contracts on North Sea and Somalia.

educating:

20 years teaching at Bodmin Community College, including 1 year on exchange in Norfolk, Virginia.
Also taught primary, FE, WEA, extramural, teachers, and at a field centre.
Associate Lecturer Open University (1995-2006), and p/t lecturer at University of Exeter (Camborne School of Mines) (since 1996).
Guest lecturer (2002, 2004, 2006) on geoconservation and geo-interpretation for MSc on Protected Area Management (U. of London).
Visiting lecturer, University College Falmouth (2008).

• South West Coast Path: Padstow to Falmouth, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011.  Aurum Press/Natural England/Ordnance Survey. Over 30k sold.
• A Geology Guide to North Cornwall, 1995. North Cornwall District Council.  5k sold.
• A geological trail between Pendower and Carne, 1997. Cornwall County Council. Reprinted.
• The Two Moors Way, 1997. Aurum Press/Ordnance Survey.  3k sold.
• A Geological Guide to South East Cornwall, 1999. Caradon District Council.
• Saltern Cove Local Nature Reserve – A guide to its wildlife and geology, 2000. Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust.
• Strangers on the Shore? - pebbles on Charlestown beach, 2001. Cornwall County Council.
• EXPLORE the Landscape & Rocks of the St Austell area, 2001. Cornwall County Council.
• Bodmin Moor - 400 million years in the making, 2003, 2005.  Caradon  and North Cornwall District Councils (printed in English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch editions, and  web published in 5 languages).
 Plus leaflet, map for schools, and bookmarks.
• Discovering Brown End Quarry (leaflet), 8 interpretation panels, education pack (on CD), and other materials, 2004. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
• Virtual geological trails (with Simon Camm) for University of Exeter's virtual geological museum - the Geomincentre, 2005.
• Roche Rock and the Tresayes Trail (leaflet), and 3 interpretation panels, 2006. Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
• Explosive News! Volcano outside Tavistock! for Tamar Valley AONB, 2008.
• Come for a walk and find the pink ballerinas on Bodmin Beacon. Leaflet, 4 panels, 4 bookmarks, 2011. Cornwall Council and Bodmin Town Council.
• Plus articles in assorted magazines.

• INSET Activities for Environmental Education, 1993. Curriculum Council for Wales/Countryside Council for Wales. (Official document for CCW, in all schools in Wales, in English or Welsh as Gweithgareddau HMS ar gyfer Addysg Amgylchedd).
• Educational Strategy for the Cornwall Geological Museum, 1997. For the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.
• "Welcome to the Devonian" - Interpreting Devon’s Geology through the Road Network, 1998. For Devon County Council/ English Nature Roads & Geological Conservation Pilot Project.
• Geological and Geomorphological Audit, Cornwall, 1999. For the National Trust.
• NOT A GREY END! – bringing the grey rocks of Brown End Quarry back to colourful life, 2001. For Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
• WHITE GOLD, TORS & RIAS - interpreting the landscape and rocks of Restormel, 2001.  For Cornwall County Council. 
• ROLLING BACK THE MILLIONS OF YEARS - interpreting the geology of West Devon, 2004.  For Devon County Council. With Dr Kevin Page.
• THE VIEW FROM AN SLC? - promoting Earth Science at the new Science Learning Centres - with West Midlands & London as case studies, 2005.  For ESTA - Earth Science Teachers' Association (funded by English Nature).
• Contributor to:
  A Dictionary of the Environment (Macmillan, 1977; Papermac, 1979; 2nd ed, Macmillan Reference & New York University Press, 1983; Macmillan p/b, 1985; 3rd ed, Macmillan Reference Books, 1988; Macmillan p/b, 1988; 4th ed, Macmillan p/b, 1994; Spanish ed, 1984, Ediciones Pirámide, UK & US).
  The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences (OUP, 1990; OUP Paperback, 1991; OUP US Paperback, 1991; 2nd ed, 1999; Chinese ed, 1996; Spanish ed, 2000, UK & US; web published; 3rd ed 2008)
  The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology (OUP, 1994; OUP p/b, 1994; 2nd ed, 1998; Japanese ed, undated; web published).

Plus various papers in conference volumes, proceedings, etc.

• Consultant for BBC Natural History Unit (Cornwall's story and locations for Natural World’s Postcards from the Past, 1997).
• Presenter/expert for one programme of The Experimenter, Diverse Productions for BBC Education, transmitted 1996, ’98, ’00, ’01, ’02, '03,
• Pieces for Radio 4 (Open Country), and  CoI.
• Script consultant for Creation, a film about Charles Darwin, directed by Jon Amiel, with Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, released in the UK on 25th September 2009. I am credited as "Geology Advisor".
• plus unpaid interviews, etc on local/regional radio and TV.

international co-operation:

Involved in GRECEL (EU geoconservation and education project run by IGME, Greek Geological Survey) and initiated CEOS Project between Cornwall, Northern Ireland, Germany, Greece and Cyprus. Colleagues from Greece, Slovenia, Romania, France, Cyprus and UNESCO. Educators from Iceland, Finland, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Norway, etc.
Spoke from the floor at III International Symposium on the Conservation of the Geological Heritage, Madrid, 1999, and read papers at 1^st European Geoparks Conference, Molinos, Spain, 2000,  2^nd Conference in Lesvos (& chaired session), Greece, 2001, and presented poster at 4th conference (Crete).  Read a paper at 1st World Geoparks Conference in Beijing, 2004, at IV International Symposium on the Conservation of the Geological Heritage, Braga, Portugal, 2005, and at VI in Hagen, Germany, and at 2nd World Geoparks Conference in Belfast, 2006.  Developing a Grundtvig Project with Slovenian, Romanian, Portuguese and French colleagues. Scientific Committee for V International Symposium on the Conservation of the Geological Heritage, Rab Island, Croatia, 2008, where I read two papers. And read a paper at the VI Symposium. Also reviewer for the journal Geoheritage, published by Elsevier.

voluntary activities include:

Committee of Cornwall RIGS Group (geoconservation).
Former chair of Cornwall RIGS Group (9 years - 2002), former council member of Cornwall Wildlife Trust (2000-2002), former committee member for Ussher Society (geologists & geomorphologists working in SW England), member Cornwall Derelict Land Advisory Group (now wound-up) and co-editor of 1999 conference proceedings.
Council member British Institute for Geological Conservation, and member of ProGEO (European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage).
Reviewer for international journal Geoheritage, published by Elsevier. Reviewer for Geoscience in South West England.