Sleep deprivation is a worse malaise than most people realise. Pat Thomas explains some of its causes, effects and remedies In our ‘open all hours’ culture, it’s easy to trivialise the role of sleep in staying healthy. While some people may appear to thrive on a few hours of sleep a night, most of us […]
In an attempt to stave off that bad hair day, you could end up with a bad health day. Pat Thomas reports Jennifer gave us the ‘Rachel’. Madonna made ‘blonde ambition’ a desirable thing – at least for a while. And Britney? Well, she got fed up and shaved all hers off. For women, in […]
Behind the Label: Maybelline Superstay 16-hour Lip Colour
What goes on your lips can go into your mouth – and it may be far from palatable. Pat Thomas investigates Go ahead and try to fight it. Lipstick is just iconically female. Big girls use it to enhance their allure; little girls often make their first forays into womanhood by sitting in front of […]
Putting on your best smile doesn’t mean using fancy dental products, says Pat Thomas, it’s achieved by what you eat. There is much more going on in our mouths than of us know. Ads on TV and in glossy magazines suggest that gleaming white teeth and kissably fresh breath are the major goals where your […]
Burying The Truth – The Orginal Ecologist Investigation Into Monsanto and Brofiscin Quarry
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed. Documents have been mysteriously lost, witnesses silenced, scientific data ignored. But like the periodic explosions that issue from the depth of the […]
Ethical consumerism in the UK is currently worth £29.3 billion, yet 60 per cent of us feel we don’t have enough information to make an ethical decision. There is an ever-growing array of eco labels, but what do they tell us? Or fail to tell us? Pat Thomas explains It used to be easy to […]
We all know that smokers should quit the habit. But does nicotine replacement really help? Pat Thomas investigates There’s no getting around it. The nicotine in cigarettes is highly addictive and can make stopping smoking a difficult undertaking. Without a regular nicotine fix, smokers can experience withdrawal symptoms such as depression, irritability, insomnia, difficulty in […]
Oliver James’ new book asks if we need a new definition of success to help us find happiness. Pat Thomas agrees The concept of ‘affluenza’ did not originate with Oliver James. It has been in the psychological and sociological lexicon for more than a decade. There are websites devoted to it; TV programmes have been made about it. However it […]
Pat Thomas looks at this common complaint – and how the most common treatment for it may just pile on the pain. In the mid 1970s, US Federal analgesics that they are widely, but wrongly, used to treat other types of no different from ‘pushers’. ‘We’ve got ‘pain’ for which they are not a drug […]
Ethical consumerism in the UK is currently worth £29.3 billion, yet 60 per cent of us feel we don’t have enough information to make an ethical decision. There is an ever-growing array of eco labels, but what do they tell us? Or fail to tell us? Pat Thomas explains It used to be easy to […]
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.