Chris Packham

This audio clip is from a series of 100 life history interviews with environmental campaigners in the UK, 1970-2020. A quotation from this recording features in the book Voices for Change, published by UCL Press in November 2026 (available in print as well as a free PDF download). The full interview, along with the summaries, transcripts and recordings for this and the rest of the interview collection, is available at the British Library (Sound and Moving Image Collection, under the shelf-mark C2037). For more information, including educational materials and other resources, visit the Oral History of the Environmental Movement project website at www.royalholloway.ac.uk/ohemQuotation:So that was a time when it, you know, I, it was beginning to turn from just indulging myself in learning about things, to recognising that there was going to be a need to protect them. And look after them. And of course now it’s swung completely full circle. I spend very little time looking and learning and a lot more time attempting to protect things.British Library catalogue number: C2037/69 Project clip number: 62