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My recent work, from 2016 onwards, can be found at http://www.clippings.me/smorlinyron. Hope to see you there!
My recent work, from 2016 onwards, can be found at http://www.clippings.me/smorlinyron. Hope to see you there!
Lead poisoning from industrial pollution has imposed a terrible toll on Kenyans, and single mother Phyllis Omido is no exception – lead from a nearby metal refinery badly damaged her own son’s health. But it was when she decided to fight back against the polluters that a whole new realm of threats and dangers opened…
1. Philae wakes up As comet 67P gets closer to the sun from February onwards, the slumbering lander Philae should get the five watts of power it needs to get back on its feet. “Within the team there is no doubt that we will wake up,” said lead scientist Jean-Pierre Bibring. 2. UN Climate Change…
Pete the Temp’s remarkable ‘spoken word’ show is challenging, inspiring, terrifying and amusing audiences across Britain. But it’s performance with a purpose – to engage people in a positive fight to protect the Earth from catastrophic climate change. And so far, it seems to be working … ‘Multi-talented’ doesn’t do environmental activist and spoken word…
Celebrities have been happy to grace video games with their presence. So ask no more what Snoop Dogg and Kevin Spacey have in common… This piece was published in print in The Observer Tech Monthly and online on Guardian Technology in October 2014. Please follow this link to read the article online http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/13/celebrity-video-games-in-pictures.
Isn’t it daft to use plastics that last for centuries to make short-life packaging? Now there’s an alternative – using fungi to bind farm and forestry waste into strong, non-toxic, complex forms. When the job is done, the material can be safely burnt or composted – and it even works for buildings … An unusual…
Tens of thousands of Londoners and hundreds of thousands of people worldwide took to the streets on Sunday to raise awareness of climate change as part of a global initiative which has been deemed the largest environmental demonstrations ever seen. London’s version of The People’s Climate March, which was organised by environmental organisations and NGOs,…
Hunter Lovins is on a mission: to put the transformational technologies we already have to work for the benefit of people and business – and to re-create the economy so it’s no longer a machine for polluting the planet and devouring natural resources, but a mechanism for building and sustaining natural and human capital. American…
Sophie Morlin-Yron meets Jan Creamer – effective, courageous and seemingly selfless campaigner against animal cruelty worldwide, from Bolivia to Zambia, from circuses to factory farms. As president of Animal Defenders International (ADI) and chief executive of the National Anti-Vivisection Society, as well as the Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research, Jan Creamer has dedicated most of…
Suren Gazaryan took on the Kremlin in trying to block illegal development at the Sochi Olympics and on the Black Sea coast. Forced to flee to Germany, he can finally get down to researching his beloved bats. Russian zoologist and environmental campaigner, Suren Gazaryan, is today awarded the 2014’s Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Europe. Gazaryan…