Monthly Archives: October 2011

One less star in Africa tonight

Christina Scott — Africa’s foremost science journalist, an inspiration across the continent and beyond, and my colleague and friend — died today. Continue reading

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Q: When is a forest not a forest? A: When no-one knows

The fate of forests gets decided in concrete capitals where policymakers pour over green-tinged maps and financial spreadsheets that only show some of the costs and benefits of changing a real forest into anything else. Continue reading

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How to talk to the media… How not to talk to the media

Here are two of my favourite recent video clips of people being interviewed by the media — one wins and one loses.

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Blacklisted by Canada… for drawing climate-change cartoons?

Canadian artist Franke James says the government of Canada has flexed its diplomatic muscle to block exhibitions in Europe of her visual essays about climate change. Now she is fighting back.

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