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Caspar Henderson is a British writer and journalist living in
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, England. He has written on the subjects of energy, science, environment and human rights.


Biography

Henderson was educated at
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and
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. After working as a film script reader in Los Angeles, an aid worker in
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, and a research assistant and junior journalist working on human rights and the arming of
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by foreign powers and other matters, he became co-ordinator of the Green College Centre at
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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
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. From 1996 to 2002 he wrote on topics such as energy, science, environment and human rights for ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
The Ecologist ''The Ecologist'' was a British environmental journal/magazine, published from 1970 to 2009. Founded by Edward Goldsmith, it addressed a wide range of environmental subjects and promoted an ecological systems thinking approach through its news ...
'', ''Environmental Finance'', ''Green Futures'' and other newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media. In 1999 he won the
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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
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, a project for open
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, where he commissioned, edited and contributed to analysis and debate on globalisation, security, the environment, and the
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. He has been a contributing editor and member of the editorial advisory board at ''
chinadialogue Dialogue Earth, formerly China Dialogue (), is an independent, non-profit organisation based in London. It was launched on July 3, 2006. Dialogue Earth is funded by a range of institutional supporters, including several major charitable foundations ...
'', 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
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in 2010 while it was a work in progress, and was published by
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in October 2012 and by
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in April 2013 (). In 2013 it was short-listed for the
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, 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 University of Chicago Press, with editions from other publishers in Chinese, French, German, Polish and Spanish. His ''A Book of Noises'', was published in 2023 by Granta and University of Chicago Press. The book was a finalist for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the science and technology category. Editions are forthcoming from other publishers in Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish and Turkish. He is researching ''The Green Ways: Walks Into A Wild Future'' for publication in 2026.


References


Green College Centre for Environmental Policy and Understanding

''Costing the Earth''

The politics of climate change

chinadialogue

Artists' Project Earth

The Book Barely Imagined Beings

A New Map of Wonders

A Book of Noises

The Green Ways
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