ECOS Archive

Welcome to the ECOS Archive - a compendium of 40 years of commentary and challenging writing on nature conservation in Britain.

You can search the Archive by subject, author or edition.

 

ECOS Archive
ECOS Author: Martin Spray

Martin Spray has been a longstanding editor of and advisor to ECOS. He is a retired botanist and an unretired sceptic.

Contact the author
ECOS 40(1): Third Division

Plants, in nature conservation and beyond, are commonly treated as third-division players. They are “not [...]

28
Feb
ECOS 39(6): Book Review: Endangered Species: Artists on the front line of biodiversity

ENDANGERED SPECIES  Artists on the front line of biodiversity Barbara Matilsky Whatcom Museum, Washington, USA [...]

19
Dec
ECOS 39 (1): Book Reviews: The Lost Words

THE LOST WORDS A Spell book Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris London: Penguin, Hamish Hamilton [...]

28
Feb
ECOS 39 (1): How many conservations?

Even amongst different categories of conservationists there are shades and scales of opinion – it’s [...]

28
Feb
ECOS 38 (4): The Student Takeover

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few”.1 [...]

28
Sep
ECOS 38 (2): The Nature question

The sample of meanings of Nature in this article shows something of the diversity of [...]

26
Jun
ECOS 30 (3/4) Whole issue

Download issue as PDF: ECOS 30 3-4 Full issue Editorial: A house without foundations. Martin [...]

04
Feb
ECOS 37 (3/4) Lessons from an old oak. Martin Spray

Abstract: Are humans part of Nature?… A walk in the forest; a threat to the [...]

22
Dec
ECOS 36 (3/4) Nature and two legs. Martin Spray
23rd December 2015

Abstract: Exploring, understanding, and enthusing about nature require both art and science. Download article as [...]

ECOS 32 (1) Spring 2011. After the revolt – a sideways look at the Forest. Martin Spray
5th May 2015

Abstract: Voices raised during the public alarm over the proposed forest sell offs raise deeper [...]