Community is one of those words that everyone thinks they understand. For centuries, it was easy enough: a community was the collection of people you could see from your front door, the neighbours you nodded to on your way to…
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Certain experiences rise above the everyday. They don’t merely impress us – they overwhelm us. They bypass cognition and connect directly with your soul, producing an involuntary jolt that makes you want to leap from your seat. These are the…
Winter 2026
This article was originally published in Knight Frank’s Rural Report. Read it here: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/perspectives/publications/the-rural-report When we founded Oxygen Conservation, our mission was ambitious yet simple: to Scale Conservation. We set out to prove that nature could be investable, that by…
Winter 2026
In elite football, gegenpressing is more than a defensive tactic. It’s an operating philosophy brought to life wonderfully by the mercurial Jurgen Klopp. When possession is lost, the team immediately applies intense pressure, not to recover the ball eventually but…
Winter 2026
There is a strange and persistent accusation thrown at natural capital: that it is ‘extractive’. That investing in landscapes, restoring ecosystems, and revitalising rural economies is somehow the same as mining, monocropping, and deep-sea dredging. It’s a comparison so wildly…
Winter 2026
Scotland has just passed landmark legislation that introduces new standards of transparency, community benefit, and environmental accountability for large landholders. The new land management requirements that will be introduced by the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill align with what we’ve been…
Winter 2026
Yesterday marked a genuine shift – a moment when the future of finance, food, and forests stopped debating and started demonstrating impact. The Pensions for Purpose Annual Conference was a reminder that the movement to align capital with climate action…
Winter 2026
In a world increasingly feeling the realities of climate and biodiversity collapse, Oxygen Conservation is both a business and a blueprint for using capital to drive positive impact and risk-adjusted returns. We believe risk is a reality of what we…
Winter 2026
Peter Thiel is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, and author whose insights have shaped the trajectory of some of the world’s most transformative companies. As a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, and the first outside investor in Facebook, Thiel’s contrarian approach…
Winter 2026
Delivering natural capital restoration at scale in Scotland isn’t a romantic idea. It’s a relentless, muddy, wind-lashed, problem-solving reality. It’s equal parts logistics and leadership, ecology and engineering, patience and persistence. And if we’re honest, it’s a craft we’re only…
Winter 2026
One of the things I hear the most is that time behaves differently at Oxygen Conservation – in the piece below, I explore why that might be. When you’re surrounded by extraordinary people, momentum compounds. It’s addictive. People work more,…
Winter 2026
The latest flurry of panic in the environment sector has related to Trump’s (et al.) impact on the ESG agenda. Are corporates abandoning ESG? Has the tide turned against sustainability? But before we leap to outrage or eulogies, let’s ask…
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