The huge popularity of antibacterial household cleaners is encouraging superbugs, allergies, immune-system failure and dangerous environmental pollution. It’s time to stop cleaning ourselves to death. Superbugs don’t just appear out of nowhere. They aren’t invaders from Mars or the result of some mysterious process that science can’t fathom. They’re the consequence of human behaviour, and […]
Why pay £60 for an almost barefoot experience, when you can kick off your shoes and get it for free? The human foot was described by Leonardo da Vinci as ‘a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art’. Containing 26 bones and 33 different joints, feet are a miracle of biomechanical engineering. Today, because […]
Are we being naïve about nivea? By Pat Thomas It’s a name we all grew up with. In some form or another Nivea – the world’s first water-in-oil cream – has been the most popular and trusted hand and body lotion since it first emerged in 1911. In recent years the range has expanded to […]
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a hefty warning to the cosmetics industry – clean up your act or else. The question is: will the agency follow through? If the FDA follows through, it would mean that more than 99 per cent of personal care products on the US market could be forced […]
Skin has a life of its own that most of us know nothing about. Getting in touch with its natural rhythms, rather than bullying it with creams and potions, is the most reliable path to a better complexion. Flip through any woman’s magazine or browse in any chemist and you will be confronted with a […]
Credited in the Guinness book of records as the world’s most slippery substance, Teflon has escaped the scrutiny of environmental regulators for 50 years. Now evidence suggests that the chemicals that leak from the Teflon pans during cooking may be more harmful to the environment and human health that DDT. Discovered largely by accident in […]
Overrun with shower gels that claim to firm and tone, cream baths that turn back the clock and body scrubs that detox and purify, the shelves of the average supermarket and pharmacy could be mistaken for those of a specialist spa or beauty parlour. Modern marketing contrives to make us believe that taking a bath […]
Behind the Label: Clairol Nice ‘n Easy Haircolour 120
In a culture obsessed by quick fixes, permanent hair colours are a fashionable and inexpensive way to transform your life. Change your hair colour and you too can have celebrity good looks and youthfulness. And, as an extra bonus, most colorants now boast ‘gentle’ ingredients that nurture your hair. Business is understandably booming, overshadowing a […]
Behind the Label: Olay Regenerist Replenishing Cream
‘40 is the new 30,’ proclaimed a recent ‘regenerist survey’ conducted on behalf of the UK’s number-one skin-care brand, Olay. The statement might have made a good contribution to Private Eye’s Neophiliacs column had not the implicit message of the survey been so disturbing. Our population is getting older. By the year 2010 around 40 […]
The writs are flying in Los Angeles after a six year old girl, Sabrina Brierton Johnson, developed Stevens Johnson Syndrome – a devastating inflammatory disease that can result in serious gastrointestinal problems, blindness and death – soon after being given a children’s ibuprofen manufactured by Johnson & Johnson for a mild fever. Since her case […]
I am an award-winning campaigner, journalist and author. A former editor of the Ecologist magazine Pat has run campaigns for Paul McCartney’s Meat-Free Monday, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) and Neal’s Yard Remedies. In 2011, my work leading the campaign, Cows Belong in Fields, won CIWF the Observer Ethical Award for Campaigner of the Year. In 2014 I co-founded the campaigning group, Beyond GM.
I am a qualified psychotherapist and the author more than 40 books for adults and children and I was inducted into Who’s Who in 2014. In addition to my work with Beyond GM, I work occasionally with the film production company Ecostorm. I also currently edit and oversee NYR Natural News – a campaigning natural health website, continue to write in a freelance capacity and make regular public speaking and media appearances.
I have been a trustee of both the Soil Association and the Organic Research Centre in the UK and am currently on the advisory board of GMO Free USA and am a trustee of the investigative media agency, Eyewitness.
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I am interested in and available for short- and long-term projects/consultancies, and am particularly keen on those that focus on food, sustainability and culture change. I am also an experienced public speaker.
My unique professional experience means I bring a variety of skills to any work I do, including effective and persuasive communication and writing skills, an holistic perspective on sustainability and change, and both intuitive and analytical ability. I am well known in my field and comfortable working in most fora.
Recent projects/consultancies include work with: Stella McCartney ‘Care’ range, Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Monday, Friends of the Earth, Compassion in World Farming, Soil Association, Neal’s Yard Remedies.
Recent public speaking engagements: UK Aware, Oxford University PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Society, Durham Union Society (Durham University), Bristol Festival of Nature, World Preservation Foundation, Women’s Institute.
I'm a highly experienced journalist and award winning campaigner specialising in environment and alternative health. I'm also the author of several books for adults and children and a qualified psychotherapist.
