Staying healthy in the winter is mostly a matter of common sense.
It’s great to be asked to write something positive about health for a change! This month I am the guest blogger on Neal’s Yard Remedies Year of Wellbeing site where I share a few simple tips for keeping the bugs at bay. I’ll also be answering questions on Neal’s Yard Remedies’ twitter page on February 10th so check in an join the discussion. For more in depth information on health and well being make sure to follow NYR Natural News, which I edit, and which is a wealth news updates, articles and reliable information on how to manage your health naturally.
It will be great to be back at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, January 6, 2016.
I’ll be speaking at the session, How can we win the war of words on GM?
From the programme:
Genetically modified food can be an explosive topic. Passion is a powerful force for change, but how can we ensure that, when we talk about GM, we generate more light than heat? Leading GM campaigners share their experience of presenting the case against GM and discuss the ways in which different language, tone and emphasis can help, or hinder, the campaign to keep GM out of our food and off our farms.
My group, Beyond GM, worked with the Humane Society International, Compassion in World Farming, Food for Life Global and the European Parliament’s Sustainable Food Systems Group to put on a special event highlighting waste – and sustainability – in the food system.
The Free Lunch which took place on the Esplanade of the European Parliament was by all accounts the largest food event outside the European Parliament ever. We served around 1000 people on the Esplanade and around 500 refugees camped out in Parc Maximilien received the surplus from the day (check out the pictures here)
All the organisations behind the event were involved in the sourcing and preparation of the food – but of course we also had professional chefs including Peter O’Grady of Food for All Feeding the 5000. We estimate we used between 1-1 ½ tonnes of nourishing – and non-GMO! – plant-based food that would otherwise have gone to waste.
It’s been some time since I dusted off my rock & roll shoes. But I did just that this month – and got a chance to reconcile my former career with my current one – when Beyond GM joined our colleagues at GMO Free USA on tour with Neil Young + Promise of the Real […]
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.
