Now this really is a treat for me… As a sustainability campaigner, part-time forager and full time passionate cook I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to being a UK delegate at the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre 2012, in Turin, hosted by Slow Food International. This will be my first experience of this semi-annual […]
My Infrequently Asked Questions site continues to go from strength to strength thanks to word of mouth and a few nice pushes from friends. I’ve just added a new deck called WellBeing which is health focused. It’s designed to illuminate the connection between body and mind and can be useful at those times when you […]
If things have been quiet on these pages recently…
…it’s because I’ve been in the middle of writing a book with my friends and colleagues at Neal’s Yard Remedies, Susan Curtis and Dragana Vilinac, on the medicinal properties of food. It’s been a mouthwatering journey, though ironically – and frustratingly – when trying to meet heavy book deadlines the one great pleasure that tends to go out the window first is cooking and eating well!
More on this project when I can give you the details…
The spectre of toxic chemicals and colourings in lipsticks has raised its ugly head – again.
A report out in today’s Daily Mail talks about all the chemical nasties that cosmetic manufacturers put in lipsticks in the name of ‘beauty’. It’s a great report written by John Naish, a fine journalist and author of one of my favourite books Enough – Breaking Free From the World of More, and I was pleased to be quoted in such a generous way.
If anyone is interested I raised the issue of toxic lipsticks in my Behind the Label column in the Ecologist in 2006. The problem of ugly ‘beauty’ products is also featured in my books What’s in This Stuff? and Skin Deep. John’s article also mentions some genuinely worrying problems with, amongst other things, the antibacterial chemical Triclosan. You can read more about this in my article The Dawn of the Domestic Superbug.
You’d think by now manufacturers – and more crucially women – would have got the message and stopped using this stuff!
About Pat Thomas
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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Projects, Consultancies and Public Speaking
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.
