Nick White

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Gender	Male
Location	Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom
Introduction	As a child I was happiest searching for toads, grubbing for stag beetle larvae, or installing nest boxes & hides to observe behaviour. At Bath University I studied Biology, specialising in Ecology and for my dissertation studied the foraging habits of the Dipper. After 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry I left in 1996 to join a sustainability experiment in Nottinghamshire, the Hockerton Housing Project. We contributed to building zero carbon earth-sheltered homes with autonomous energy & water systems. I led the development of an on site sustainable business that included tours, educational services, consultancy and publications. We also developed habitats to promote biodiversity, in particular ponds, woodland and hedgerows. I monitored birds (including an Osprey) and assisted the local university studying water voles and shrews. We left HHP in January 2009 in part to go back to my ecological roots, and start an MSc in ‘Biological Recording’. Recently we have moved to Devon, in part for the richer more stimulating landscape and biodiversity. Devon had always appealed to me with its mix of extensive coastline, moors and rivers.