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Roc Sandford is a writer, climate & nature dissident, organic farmer, and member of artists' collectives Ocean Rebellion and Hard Art. Offering not only a lyrical take on nature's mystery but a rational one on the dangerous stresses we face, Burnt Rain was published by Hazel Press in July 2023. Rebel, Rebel — An Emergency Dialogue, written with Susana Medina, was published in June 2024.

Writing, editing, profiles, reviews and interviews have appeared in Dark Mountain, Telegraph, Times, Mail, Guardian, Observer, Sun, Mirror, Scotsman, Herald, Reuters & many other outlets. Work has been the subject of documentaries & dramatisations by BBC, Dmitri Galitzine, ARTE, ZDF, RTÉ One and Stacey Dooley.

As a mathematical geographer, Roc modelled perceptual bias at Bristol, Penn State and UCL; was a member of David Graeber's Brains Trust; is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a director of Mathematical Sciences UK and community arts charity Gerry's Pompeii. Having helped start Writers Rebel, David Graeber Institute, Absurd Intelligence and Catalysers, Roc presents on climate and nature collapse to multilateral bodies, government, finance, accountancy & academia.

Lives on the off-grid Hebridean Isle of Gometra, and part-time in London.